Career Zone Podcast

What is the Graduate Labour Market looking like? October 2023

We last looked at the Graduate Labour Market in February 2022, but what has changed since then? In this episode, Rachel looks at the current state of the graduate labour market and the sectors which are expanding.*

 

Links and Resources :

• If you would like help making career decisions or exploring your career/further study options, please contact the Career Zone to book a Guidance appointment.
• Book onto a CV/Application form advice session via Handshake
• Book onto a skill session via Handshake, topics include Problem Solving, Communication and Collaboration and Personal Resilience.
• Develop your sustainability skills with Green Consultants  (ex.ac.uk/greenconsultants)
• Attend one of our Employer Events

*Data mentioned in this podcast is from late summer 2023.

Law Mini-Series: Getting started with your career planning: In conversation with Jenny Clark, University of Exeter Faculty Employability Lead (Social Sciences)

In our Law mini-series podcast, Rachel Gaunt Employability and Careers Consultant for the Law School, talks to experienced professionals from both legal and non-legal sectors about their career experiences and advice.

Jenny is our Faculty Employability Lead for Social Sciences and has experience working in careers, both in strategic and operational roles. Hear Jenny’s tips about where to start with your career planning, key factors to consider, practical steps to help make informed decisions and what’s available within Career Zone to help you.

In addition to this episode you can find more information to help with career planning here; University of Exeter Career Zone , My Career Zone Digital , Employability for Law Students,

Building Brilliant Careers and University of Exeter Law and Legal Services Sector

Finding part time work

Jen Hardwick, Employabliity and Placements Adviser shares her advice on finding paid work while studying at the University of Exeter. Jen shares where you can find paid work and internships as well as highlighting other ways you can gain employability experience.

 

If you are having any financial concerns, please get in touch with the Students' Guild or The Students' Union Advice Teams.

 

Further links:

• Find out more about how the Career Zone can support you on the Career Zone webpages (www.ex.ac.uk/careerzone)
• Find jobs and internships including SCP roles on Handshake (https://exeter.joinhandshake.co.uk/edu/postings/pending?page=1).
• If you are an international student, you can access visa support from the International Support Team 
• Internship Schemes (www.ex.ac.uk/internships)
• Professional Pathways (http://ex.ac.uk/professionalpathways)    
• Green Consultants (www.ex.ac.uk/greenconsultants)

Graduate Access to the Career Zone

In this episode Rachel and Sunny, Employability and Career Consultants, seek to assist our University of Exeter graduates to navigate the Career Zone resources and scopes of services to our University of Exeter alumni.  This episode is specifically produced for University of Exeter alumni in mind.

Further resources

Careers support | Alumni and supporters | University of Exeter
Alumni network: Alumni networks | Alumni and supporters | University of Exeter

Help with: Help with... | Career Zone | University of Exeter

Handshake: Handshake | Career Zone | University of Exeter

My Career Zone Digital: Welcome (careercentre.me)

Graduate Jobs: Graduate Jobs | Career Zone | University of Exeter

 

 

 

In conversation with graduates who have changed career

Sunny Lalli, Employability and Career Consultant, in conversation with Joy and Shiryn, two University of Exeter graduates, examines why and how graduates make career changes. In this episode we explore cycles of change from pre-contemplation to action, the career decision-making process of decide, plan and compete; define what a career change is, how graduates can generate ideas to propel a potential career change and resources such as mentoring which can support a career change.

 

Further resources:

My Career Zone resource on top tips for securing a job when changing a career: https://mycareerzone.careercentre.me/resources/elearning/Hub.aspx?search=career%20change

My Career Zone resource on "what it feels like to change career": https://mycareerzone.careercentre.me/resources/elearning/Hub.aspx?search=career%20change

My Career Zone resource on "career change considerations": https://mycareerzone.careercentre.me/u/fekv13jn

Enterprise and Entrepreneurship: https://www.exeter.ac.uk/students/careers/research/enterpriseentrepreneurship/

Help with researching sectors and employers: https://www.exeter.ac.uk/students/careers/research/helpwith/helpwithresearchingsectorsandemployers/

Help with networking: https://www.exeter.ac.uk/students/careers/research/helpwith/helpwithnetworking/

Career Mentor scheme: https://www.exeter.ac.uk/students/careers/employability-schemes/careermentorscheme/

What are employers looking for? July 2023.

In this week's podcast, Rachel is joined by colleagues from the Career Zone who recently attended the Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services Conference. The Career Zone staff share what they found out and their top tips for developing your employability and getting jobs.

You can view current jobs on Handshake 

Working in the Heritage Sector

In this week’s episode Rachel Sloan is joined by Zoe Hendon, Head of Collections at the Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture to discuss what you should consider if you’re thinking of a career in the arts, culture and heritage sector. 

 

Links: 

• Heritage and Culture webpages: 
• Pathways to Arts, Culture and Heritage 
• Career Mentor Scheme 
• A2I 

How to keep going with applications – job hunting resilience

Job hunting is difficult and rejections can be disappointing.  Here, Will King, considers ways in which you can increase your resilience and remain positive while job hunting.

 

Value of doing a placement for setting up your own business

Rich Daniels, Placement Learning Manager talks to Quinn Leatherbarrow-Stokes a University of Exeter alum, who co-founded of QWERTY Beer Box and QWERTY Commerce.  Here Quinn discusses his time at University of Exeter and how his choices and actions put him on the path to starting his own company. Useful information relating to student start-up support can be accessed here: Enterprise & Entrepreneurship | Career Zone | University of Exeter.  You can discover more about UpReach here https://upreach.org.uk/

 

If you would like to talk to an Employability Careers Consultant about your start-up idea, visit the Career Zone or use the Live Chat on the website.   

You can book into a  session on Networking or LinkedIn via Handshake

 

To discover more about placement options during your time at university, visit our webpages here

 

You can find out more about QWERTY Beer Box/Commerce here;

 

QWERTY Beer Box which focuses on beer gift hampers and championing the awesome independent UK breweries out there. Key periods throughout the year for us include Father’s Day (June 18th), Birthdays & Christmas, here www.qwertybeerbox.co.uk

University of Exeter staff and students can find out more about QWERTY Beer Box and Fathers Days promotion via this  link

 

QWERTY COMMERCE which focuses on enhancing brand's online sales - with a special emphasis on Amazon, here - www.qwertycommerce.com

 

Settling into a new role – deepening connections

Sunny Lalli, an Employability and Career Consultant explores the process of settling into a new job role with Rob McKellar, alum of the University of Exeter and a practicing solicitor. In this episode we examine methods to leverage rapid onboarding, strategies to allay anxieties and how mentoring can deepen connections to enable integration into a new job role and organisation.