1. Our services Welcome to the Careers and Employability first
newsletter!
New for 2011/12 We would like to start by wishing you a successful start to
the academic year.
Coming Events
September – October 2011
Graduate Schemes
Services for you and how they can be accessed
Popular Resources
The University Careers and Employability team offers
Employers’ Directories - individual advice and guidance to students on all aspects
FREE of career planning to help ensure a smooth transition from
undergraduate study into further study or the world of
work. We encourage students to come and make use of
Careers and Employability at any stage of their studies
and appointments are available daily (Mon - Fri). We also
offer a very popular online guidance service, ‘Advice by
email’, where students can email our Careers
Consultants.
We also organise various workshops, presentations by
employers and fairs. These will be notified to you in future
issues of the newsletter, on the Careers website, on
Current Students Pages and you can also see our posters
around the campuses. We also have a presence on
Facebook and Twitter.
If you’d like to get in touch with us, just:
 Come in and see us at FCH (Clegg Building)
 Call on 01242 714795
 Use Live Help Online or email: careers@glos.ac.uk

2. New for 2011/12
Popular resources EGGS
 Destinations® - The Careers and
contains all the Employability team is
resources you need to pleased to announce
plan your career, the launch of the
including videos, brand new EGG
interactive tools, scheme, which you
downloads and can get involved in
answers to frequently right from the start of
asked careers your course here at the University of Gloucestershire.
questions.
It offers recognition for the extra-curricular activities you
 Useful Downloads will be taking part in while at uni.
– here you can
download our useful This includes all sorts of activities, including part-time
guides on jobhunting work, volunteering, societies, clubs, sports teams ... and
and applications, many, many more.
vacancies websites
by sector and watch The scheme enables you to gain an award that
videos recognises your involvement, the contribution you make
and the skills you develop through these activities.
 Gradsouthwest –
for the latest jobs and Just one of the benefits of achieving an EGGS award is
opportunities, notified that it will help you to impress employers and get a head
to us. start in the jobs market.
 Prospects - the
official graduate To find out more about EGGS (the Employable
careers website Gloucestershire Graduate Scheme) just email us at:
packed with eggs@glos.ac.uk
information about
jobs, sectors,
postgraduate study
and more

3. What students said Campus Appointments
about us:
Based on feedback from Park students we will be now
 ‘I thought the offering appointments at Park
service I received Helpzone twice a week - on
was brilliant and Tuesday mornings and
very helpful and Wednesday afternoons. The
informative.’ appointments at FCH and
Oxstalls will remain as in
 ‘Advertise your
previous years. Please check
services more as I
our website for a detailed
feel it would
schedule and information on
benefit first year
how to book your career
students greatly as
meeting.
well.’
At the end of last year we piloted a new more efficient
 ‘I received explicit
way of booking appointments. You can now do this by
feedback giving
using our Live Help Online tool from our website. It is nice
me clear direction
and easy and it will take you a couple of minutes to
in amending my
discuss any particulars about your appointment.
personal
Alternatively, you can call us on 01242 714795 every day
statement ready
from 9am till 4.30pm.
for job
applications.’
 ‘I felt very Feedback from our students
reassured by the
advisor- she was Last year we asked students who had career meetings for
very positive and their anonymous feedback and we are very pleased to
friendly and gave share with you that:
me lots of  100% of our clients said that they would
information and recommend our services to their friends
links, it was all
summarised at the  96% agreed that it is easy to book an appointment
end- I recommend
it. Thank you’  95% were clear about what to do next to move
ahead with their career plans after a discussion with
our experienced consultants.

4. Coming Events
Do you need help with your application to train as a
teacher? Attend our PGCE Workshop, Wednesday, 5
October, 2.15-4.15pm
NHS Jobs – please Due to popular demand we are running another workshop
note that many on PGCE preparation. The focus will be on writing the
vacancies that are personal statement but we will also look briefly at the
advertised on their GTTR application system & alternatives to the PGCE.
website are withdrawn Places are limited, so book yours NOW!
before the closing date.
The NHS state that
they have received Graduate Recruitment Fairs
sufficient number of
good applications, so  Ethnic Diversity Fair – Wednesday 5 October,
they close early and Manchester
begin the shortlisting  The London Graduate Fair – Tuesday 18 October,
process. They also London
suggest signing up for  Finance, Business and Management Fair –
their email alerts so Thursday 20 October, Manchester
you get notified as  Autumn Graduate Fair – Wednesday, 26 October,
soon as the vacancy ExCeL London
opens.
Our tip: Be prepared
and don’t leave your Graduate Schemes
application for the last
It may surprise you but if you want to apply to the
moment. Start applying
graduate training schemes of large companies you should
as soon as you see a
know that the deadlines for applications to those
vacancy that might be
commencing in 2012 are coming soon. Please find the
right for you.
deadlines for just a few of them below:
 Civil Service Graduate Fast Stream – applications
open on 19 September and the closing date is 30
November
 John Lewis Graduate Schemes – 15 November
2011

5.  BT Graduate Programme – 31 December 2011
(bear in mind that they will require to see your CV at
some point of the application process, and our team
is here to help you make it stand out)
 The Co-operative Corporate Leadership
Programmes – 31 December 2011
Employers’ Directories
TARGET jobs GET Directory –FREE!
Just in! This guide has
profiles of UK employers and
their graduate opportunities,
information about various
cities, including average
salaries and letting costs, tips
on how to choose the right
job and pass the application
process.
The 2012 version is now available FREE to take away in
our Careers Information room at FCH! Just come in and
collect one.
Soon we will have more of the 2012 editions of other
Employers’ Directories – Prospects, the Guardian UK
300, and the Times Top 100 Graduate Employers – all
free to our students!