tim reed - head of careers careers advisory service introduction to careers

Tim Reed - Head of Careers

Careers Advisory Service

Introduction to Careers www.kent.ac.uk/careers/

Introduction to the Careers Advisory Service

Location

Opening times etc

Services & facilities

Specific CAS facilities

computer-aided guidance

CAS Website www.kent.ac.uk/careers

Careers Employability Module on Moodle

email, Prospects Planner, FunderFinder, etc..

job vacancy database www.kent.ac.uk/careers/jobs/index.htm

quick queries

careers interviews

careers library

talks & presentations

Careers Presentationswww.kent.ac.uk/careers/casevents.htm

Careers in Politics, Media Careers, Careers using languages, Careers in Psychology etc.

Choosing A Career

CV Workshop, Making Successful Applications etc ….

Interview Skills

Presentations by CHARTERED INSURANCE INSTITUTE, ICAEW

Presentations by DELOITTE, IBM, MICROSOFT, PwC etc ….

Presentation by NHS West Kent

Presentation by PEARSON (summer internships)

Presentations by BUNAC: (i) Work in Australia & New Zealand (ii) Work in USA & Canada, FRONTIER, INTERAC, BRITISH COUNCIL

Postgraduate Teaching Courses

Working in the UK, Working Abroad

Introduction to Psychology Careers www.kent.ac.uk/careers/workin/psychology.htm

What do Psychology graduates do?

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“Any discipline” careers

Armed Forces

Arts administration

Broadcasting

Charities

Civil Service

Computing/IT

Customs/Immigration

Finance

Fire Service

Journalism

Law

Library & Archives

Management Consultancy

Media

Museums

NHS Management

Personnel

Planning

Police

Production Management

Publishing

Purchasing

Retail

Sales & marketing

TEFL

Teaching

Transport

Travel & Tourism

CAREERS USING PSYCHOLOGYwww.prospects.ac.uk

• ADVERTISING

• CAREERS GUIDANCE

• COUNSELLING

• HUMAN RESOURCES

• MARKET RESEARCH

• MEDICINE

• MENTAL HEALTH

• NURSING

• OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY

• PHYSIOTHERAPY

• PROBATION WORK

• PSYCHOTHERAPY

• PUBLIC RELATIONS

• SOCIAL RESEARCH

• SOCIAL WORK

• SPEECH THERAPY

• YOUTH WORK

PSYCHOLOGY CAREERSwww.bps.org.uk/careers/what-do-psychologists-do/areas/areas_home.cfm#related

• CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY ww2.prospects.ac.uk/p/types_of_job/clinical_psychologist_job_description.jsp

• COUNSELLING PSYCHOLOGYww2.prospects.ac.uk/p/types_of_job/counselling_psychologist_job_description.jsp

• EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGYww2.prospects.ac.uk/p/types_of_job/educational_psychologist_job_description.jsp

• FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGYww2.prospects.ac.uk/p/types_of_job/forensic_psychologist_job_description.jsp

• HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY

www.bps.org.uk/careers-education-training/how-become-psychologist/types-psychologists/becoming-health-psychologis-0

• OCCUPATIONAL PSYCHOLOGYww2.prospects.ac.uk/p/types_of_job/occupational_psychologist_job_description.jsp

• SPORT & EXERCISE PSYCHOLOGYwww.prospects.ac.uk/links/sport_and_exercise_psychologist

• TEACHING/RESEARCH & NEUROPSYCHOLOGY

Employability Skills

• Ability to work under pressure

• Analytical & Problem Solving

• Communication

• Evaluation

• Information Technology

• Interpersonal Awareness

• Literacy

• Numeracy

• Research

• Statistics

• Teamwork

Employability skillswww.kent.ac.uk/careers/sk/skillsmenu.htm

CAS Moodle Resource

www.kent.ac.uk/careers/moodle.htm

Employability Points

www.kent.ac.uk/employabilitypoints/

Global Skills Award

www.kent.ac.uk/graduateschool/skills/programmes/gsalectures.html

CAS Employability skills exercise

www.kent.ac.uk/careers/sk/skillstest.html

Tim Reed - Head of Careers

Careers Advisory Service

CAREERS www.kent.ac.uk/careers/