Are you looking for your dream job?
As UCS Alumni you may be on the road to identifying and establishing an inspiring and rewarding career. We appreciate that whatever your current situation, sometimes finding that dream job can be quite a daunting prospect.
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The Careers and Employability Service offers UCS Alumni:
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UCS Job Shop
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Flexible and impartial information, advice and guidance to support your individual needs
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Access to current careers resources and publications
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Access to Careers Fairs
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Access to the Careers Resource Area
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Graduate and Professional Employability Workshops
*Current job opportunity*
UCS is inviting applications from alumni of UCS who have graduated in the last three years for the post of Student Recruitment and Marketing Assistant (1 year fixed term post commencing during August 2012), based in the External Relations and Marketing team at UCS Ipswich. This post involves representing UCS at careers and higher education events across the UK; providing talks in local schools and colleges; supporting marketing and promotional activity; and assisting with the organisation of the UCS Open and post-application visits, taster days and campus visits.
Please note the post involves a considerable amount of travel.
Please see the job description on the right hand side of this page for full details. If you wish to apply, please follow the application instructions at the end of the job description. This post is not being promoted on the www.ucs.ac.uk/jobs website as it is only open to UCS Alumni and final year students. However, guidance notes and the application cover sheet is available via the website, and you should ensure that you download those documents alongside the attached job description.
If you have any questions about this position please contact Karen Hinton:
01473 338663
k.hintonucs.ac.uk|
UCS Job Shop
Gain additional experience and source paid work, jobs on graduation and voluntary opportunities. We also work with local employers to offer Internships. These opportunities have been specifically developed to enhance employability by offering experience at every stage from; application, recruitment and appointment to the Internship project, performance review and beyond.
Flexible and impartial information, advice and guidance to support your individual needs
If you graduated within the last 3 years, you can access a Careers Adviser via email, telephone or in person. You may like to email your CV for advice, or talk to a Careers Adviser in person. Careers guidance offers you the opportunity to reflect, develop self awareness, plan for the future and identify key job hunting strategies.
Contact Careers on:
Email: careers@ucs.ac.uk||
Telephone: 01473 338400
Access to current online careers resources and publications
As UCS alumni you are still able to access our online UCS Careers Management System which includes the Careers Calendar, Job Shop and Employer Directory.
To access these services please use the following link;
http://www.ucs.prospects.ac.uk/casa/servlet/casa.jobseeker.JSVacServlet?mode=menu|
You are also able to access the Destinations website for Careers information and advice.
Please use the following link (you may be required to enter your username and password again);
http://destinations.ucs.ac.uk|
Access to Careers Fairs
Whilst Careers Fairs offer fantastic opportunities to source paid work or experience, they can also be a good way to network with different employers and explore different types of careers, as well as developing confidence in self-presentation skills.
Access to the Careers Resource Area
Based on the first floor of the Waterfront Building at the Ipswich Campus, the Careers Resource Area contains free copies of:
Directories of graduate employers and training
Careers information leaflets and booklets
Prospectuses outlining courses of postgraduate study
Graduate and Professional Employability Workshops
UCS Careers and Employability are working in conjunction with Career Directions to offer Graduate and Professional Employability Workshops at the Ipswich Waterfront Campus. The workshops are designed to support you in thinking about and increasing your “employability”, developing your approach to finding opportunities, and ultimately, to achieve success in finding a new job.
The Graduate and Professional Employability Workshops run twice a month, subject to demand and availability. To find out when the next workshop is or to book a place, please email careers@ucs.ac.uk. Alternatively call Sarah on 07703 304560 or Sarah@career-directions.co.uk.
National Careers Service
Helping you to take the next step
For those of you who graduated more than 3 years ago, the National Careers Service is available free to every adult in England and has already helped millions of people improve their working lives. It provides information, careers and skills advice that’s tailored to you. Help is available online, or with a careers adviser over the phone or face-to-face.
What can the National Careers Service offer you?
The National Careers Service offers careers and skills advice to fit your individual needs.
They can help you:
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Find learning and training that’s right for you
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Improve your reading, writing and maths
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Understand the local job market
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Find out about funding to support your learning
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Develop your CV
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Improve your interview and presentation skills
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Progress in your current job
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Set up a Lifelong Learning Account
If you want to know about the types of disability and childcare support available
their careers advisers are professionally qualified and can give individual advice to help you make the right choices about learning and work. They can also help you to open a personal online Lifelong Learning Account, which you can access whenever you need to keep track of your progress. Your local face-to-face National Careers Service provider is Career Directions. Contact Sarah to arrange an appointment:
t: 07703304560
www.career-directions.co.uk