Tim Reed - Head of Careers Careers Advisory Service Introduction to Careers
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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?
PSYCHOLOGY - Kent graduates 2010
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PSYCHOLOGY - Kent graduates 2009 & 2010
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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/
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