Careers & Enterprise

Careers & Enterprise

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Overview Careers & Enterprise is your award winning careers service.

We provide you with access to work experience, support with starting a business, employer networks and self-presentation skills training for the recruitment process, giving you the edge you need in today’s job market.

You can meet employers at one of our employer-led events or fairs. We hosted 160 events last year, from alumni career option panels to CV and interview workshops and large scale recruitment fairs.

Employers on campus last year included Accenture, Airbus, Astra Zeneca, Bloomberg, BAE Systems, Cancer Research, Capgemini, Civil Service Fast Stream, Clifford Chance, Deutsche Bank, EDF Trading, Freshfields, GSK, Half Moon Theatre, HM Treasury, Imagination Technologies, KPMG, Rolls Royce, Thomson Reuters, The Animation Guys.*

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Each academic school has a Careers Consultant who delivers a bespoke careers programme for students. This will equip you to gain work experience and graduate employment. You can access work opportunities through our QRecruit services and benefit from the application and interview support provided by your Careers Consultant.

Make sure that you check out our events page to find out about employer-led events and in-school careers programmes: www.careers.qmul.ac.uk/events

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Getting work experience and networking with employers We have placed almost 1000 students into work experience in the last four years through our award winning QRecruit schemes. We place you into large companies, SMEs, startups, charities and on campus roles - so there’s something for you whatever you are looking for.* • QTemps places students into temporary work • QInterns provides paid part time or full time three month internships • QConsult recruits students into business consulting projects • QProjects places students on project work one day per week in a local charity

To search for work experience opportunities go to: www.careers.qmul.ac.uk/ qrecruit We also have an online jobs board, advertising part time jobs, volunteer opportunities, internships and graduate jobs.

Browse our jobs board at: www.careers.qmul.ac.uk/jobs

• QMentoring matches students with alumni and industry mentors for 3-6 months

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Choosing a career Students in every School are able to participate in a diverse careers programme. This alters year to year and might include activities such as in-curriculum lectures, lunchtime workshops, career panels, 1-to-1 careers guidance, application feedback appointments and mock interviews.

Search for careers activities for your school at www.careers.qmul.ac.uk/events You can get 1-to-1 careers guidance, application appointments and mock interviews by booking to see a career consultant. Call 020 7882 8533 or book in person in WG3. Appointments are 20 minutes and can be made a week in advance. If you are unable to get to campus we can offer you an appointment by phone or Skype.

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At the click of a button, you can get advice and information to support your job or work experience search. See our QMPlus page (under ‘my student life’) for information sheets, practice interview software and practice psychometric tests plus specific advice for international students. Browse our blog for articles on career related topics. https://qmjobsblog.wordpress. com/

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Starting your own business If you are an aspiring entrepreneur, QEnterprise can help you to set up a business or social enterprise via funding, mentoring and events. Since October 2014 we have awarded over £100,000 in funding to launch over 50 student enterprises.

You can develop your entrepreneurial skills through one-off events such as 3 Day Start-Up weekends and access tailored mentoring and training via our 8 week startup programme ‘InQUBEate’ and our seed funding competitions.*

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Find out more about our programme of support at: www.careers.qmul.ac.uk/ enterprise

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Find us online at:

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www.facebook.com/qmcareers http://twitter.com/qmcareers www.careers.qmul.ac.uk

The Careers & Enterprise Centre is open from 9.30-5pm Monday to Friday. For full information on how to access our events, 1-2-1s, and work experience schemes go to: www.careers.qmul.ac.uk “I am incredibly grateful for the help I received from you in looking for work. The advice was always very proactive and I appreciated having a professional to review both my CV and cover letters before applying for work. I think the Careers support is invaluable for students like me who struggled knowing where to start and what steps to take to find that first job.�

2014 Graduate

* Schemes and employers may differ from year to year.

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