In the recent Careers survey about sessions you would find helpful, there was a request for help regarding Psychometric tests. I have spoken with Carolyn and she has recommended the Careers resource on this topic at http://careers.aber.ac.uk/cas_web/interface/view_content.php?structure_id=762.
The resource also includes to some practice tests.
N.B. Only pre-registered students will be able to take part. Do not turn up on the day without registering.
Please see:-
Lighthouse Graduate Job Description
Salary will be in the range £20k – £25k. They have told me this would be a suitable role for those graduating this year.
Please see:-
Please email your CV and covering letter to christopher.burke@simulity.com
Salary in the range £22k – £29k
I’ve been asked to let you all now about this event below……
The Graduate 2013
After graduating from University, many IT / Computing students have the knowledge to fulfil the technical specification of a job advertisement but can be perceived to lack some of the soft skills to be a modern IT professional. Without interview or assessment day experience it can be difficult to for them to show their true potential to prospective employers.
To help tackle this The BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, has organised “The Graduate” Event. The BCS has teamed up with an outstanding list of IT Graduate Employers to put this event together.
Some the judges on the day include Yorkshire Water, Deloitte, Microsoft and Capgemini.
“The Graduate” is a mock recruitment event designed to provide IT/Computing students with the chance to experience how a recruitment process works. It provides an insight into what competencies organisations are seeking in their next graduate intake, an opportunity for them to exhibit their potential and the platform to learn new skills for when it really counts.
It is important to point out that “The Graduate” is not a recruitment event. The main aim of the event is to give the candidates feedback from trained professional graduate recruiters so that they can be better prepared for when they are applying for a real job. In the past a number of candidates have started roles at one of our partners, but this is very much an indirect benefit.
I would be really grateful if you could publicise this opportunity to your students. The event is open to all student year groups including recent graduates. The best way for them to get an idea of what happens at the event is to take a look at this video from 2012’s event http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=BQ-5jIj8ot8.
The advertised deadline for this event is the 31st January 2013 so the students really need to apply ASAP. The event itself will take place on Monday 18th March.
More information can be found at http://www.thegraduate.bcs.org/ and you can find us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/TheGraduateEvent and on Twitter as @TheGraduateBCS.
The following positions and dates are available for graduate, industrial year and summer placements.
| Type | Role | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Graduate | Software Development (2013 start) | http://rfer.us/IBErcCL2S |
| Graduate | Technology Solutions Specialist (2013 start) | http://rfer.us/IBEXcnL2U |
| Graduate | Technical Consultant (Summer/Autumn 2013 start) | http://rfer.us/IBEcHWL2Z |
| Graduate | Technical Consultant (early 2013 start) | http://rfer.us/IBEMpOL2b |
| Graduate | Strategic Analytics Consultant (September 2013 start) | http://rfer.us/IBEhXlL2d |
| Graduate | Strategic Analytics Consultant (early 2013 start) | http://rfer.us/IBEM-xL2f |
| Industrial Placement | Business (2013 start) | http://rfer.us/IBEb..L2j |
| Industrial Placement | Finance (2013 start) | http://rfer.us/IBER2PL2l |
| Industrial Placement | Human Resources (2013 start) | http://rfer.us/IBELgdL2n |
| Industrial Placement | Information Technology (2013 start) | http://rfer.us/IBEo39L2p |
| Industrial Placement | Marketing (2013 start) | http://rfer.us/IBEJ8dL2r |
| Industrial Placement | Software Development (2013 start) | http://rfer.us/IBEQE.L2v |
| Extreme Blue | Technical Role (2013) | http://rfer.us/IBEsZvL2t |
Please find attached details about Graduate Programme opportunities in BT. This follows on from a visit by Nick Barker from Futureboard, who came to talk about opportunities with BT at a careers event. Nick is looking for CVs by the end of the year so that he can process them early in January. He said he is only looking for a CV at this point (so you don’t need a covering letter).
Contact details for these positions is in the following PDF documents.
Summary-BT-Technology-Graduate-Programme-2013.pdf
MIS-BT-Technology-Graduate-Programme-2013.pdf
Field-Engineering-Manager-BT-Technology-Graduate-Programme-2013.pdf
Renishaw Graduate and Industrial Placements adverts
Adrian Shaw says: “Renishaw are a very good company to work for, and at the cutting edge of technology with their own research labs. I’ve visited an IY student there recently, and in the past I’ve worked on a collaborative project with them. They really seem to look after their employees. And their rural location in South Gloucestershire is a lovely place to work and live.”
Closing date is 31st December.
Lorraine
Are you ready for the world of Employment?
e-skills UK is looking for final year Computing/IT Students to participate in a new project which will enhance and increase your readiness for the world of employment. The programme gives you access to some world class on line learning and exposure to network and engage with a number of Employers from the Computing/IT Industry. The benefits of the programme include:
We are working with a number of Employers who are keen to work with you. This will develop your business and interpersonal skills, and give you a greater insight into how to secure a role within the IT Industry.
Some of the events we are offering are:
There are a limited number of spaces, so to secure a place on the programme, please complete the quick questionnaire telling us a bit about you and email back by the Friday 7th December 2012 to joanna.scott@e-skills.com. The sooner you apply, the better your chance of getting one of these places.
Stuart Herbert, Head of Quality from Datasift, is coming to do a talk on the above date. He will also be doing a Q&A session afterwards in Comp Sci reception. He is recruiting Software Engineers.
Please see job description:-
Graduate Platform Engineer 2012
You can apply online after the talk, or you can bring your application along with you to give to him.
Thanks
Lorraine
Following the IBM presentation on Nov 2nd, Daniel has kindly prepared this list of Graduate, IY and Summer Internship positions available for this next year. For general jobs info about IBM, please see www.ibm.com/uk/jobs.
Keep in contact on Twitter, Facebook and Linked In. Search for IBM UK Careers. Each Friday, a different graduate takes over the Twitter account @IBMUKGraduate, so you can hear about the experiences of different people.
Neil Taylor has a copy of slides from the presentation on November 2nd. Email him if you would like a copy.
Graduate – ibm.com/jobs/uk/graduate-programmes
Minimum entry requirement: 2:1 degree
Closing date for applications: 31st December 2012
Business Consultant (Summer/Autumn 2013 start) http://rfer.us/IBENt1HD7
Technology Solutions Specialist (2013 start) http://rfer.us/IBE09THD9
Software Development (2013 start) http://rfer.us/IBEgevHDP
Financial Management Consultant (2013 start) http://rfer.us/IBEVMRHDR
Strategic Analytics Consultant (Sept 2013 start) http://rfer.us/IBEvA4HDs
Technical Consultant (Summer/Autumn 2013 start) http://rfer.us/IBERRjHDu
Industrial Placement – ibm.com/employment/uk/students
Closing date for application is expected to be 31st December 2012, but check each post for details.
Business (2013) http://rfer.us/IBEnAPHDT
Information Technology (2013) http://rfer.us/IBE9oyHDW
Human Resources (2013) http://rfer.us/IBED3.HDY
Finance (2013) http://rfer.us/IBETuvHDa
Software Development (2013) http://rfer.us/IBENeJHDm
Marketing (2013) http://rfer.us/IBE1AbHDo
Extreme Blue 2013
Extreme Blue is an opportunity for a summer placement with IBM.
Technical Roles http://rfer.us/IBEQQKHDe
Business Roles http://rfer.us/IBE4jLHDj
Future Board Consulting has us sent details of graduate opportunities in a Major Oil & Energy Graduate Programme in London starting in September 2013. For details, please see the information sheet.
If you are interested, please email your CV to Lottie or email her for more information on: lw@futureboardconsulting.com.
ThoughtWorks is a software company that began in 1993 and has offices around the globe. Its clients include guardian.co.uk, Siemens, NSPCC, E4 and thetrainline.com, to name a few. They are looking for talented graduates to join their company. They have recruited several Aber graduates and are keen to talk to come back to look for more.
The session will begin at 6.15pm on Thursday 15th November. There will be a presentation about careers at ThoughtWorks and an opportunity to learn about agile team planning for projects – using Lego as a way to explore the ideas.
The session will finish by 8:15pm. There will be plenty of time for an informal chat with the Aber graduates who now work at ThoughtWorks.
This session is for anyone who enjoys writing software. This certainly includes students in Computer Science, but anyone from any discipline who is passionate about software can apply to ThoughtWorks. Come along to see why this could be you.
We are asking for people to book for this session. If you plan to come along, please use the booking form on the Careers site.
Also, there will be some additional technical oriented sessions running on Friday 16th. You are welcome to come along to those too. For details about those sessions, please contact Neil Taylor nst@aber.ac.uk.
Daniel Cucos, one of the department’s graduates, is coming to the University on Friday 2nd November to talk about careers with IBM. Daniel graduated in 2011 and he is currently an IT Junior Consultant at IBM in the UK.
He is running a general session pitched at all departments from 12noon until 1.30pm. You can find out details at the Careers site.
At 2pm, Daniel will take a session aimed directly at Computer Science students. He will be talking about his experience of working for IBM, tips on applications and also talking about the current Graduate opportunities and Industrial Placements. This is in 0.33 in the new IBERS building. Come along to learn about specific opportunities available for students with a computing background.
