Elite Saudi Careers Recruitment Summit

Elite Saudi Careers will be holding a Recruitment Summit in London on the 21st-23rd March.
The summit is designed to enable you to meet, talk to, and have interviews with, representatives from leading Multinationals and large local Saudi Arabian companies.
The event is open to students in their final year and graduates who are nationals of Saudi Arabia or have work authorisation for Saudi.
If you are interested in returning home to work in Saudi then this looks like an excellent opportunity to meet lots of employers in one place. Last year they had 21 companies taking part and 621 interviews took place over the 3 days.
But not everyone who applies to attend the Summit is offered a place. In order to receive an invitation you need to apply online then their recruiters will screen your CV and decide whether to offer you a place or not. So, if you are interested in this event you need to register now and treat the registration process as similar to a job application
Further information including how to register is available at - http://saudi.eliteic.net/en/home/

Judy

Follow-up to the Manchester Pakistan Graduate Job Fair

On wednesday afternoon I attended the Pakistan Graduate Job Fair which was organised by the British Council and the University of Manchester. It was a very sucessful and busy event.
I publicised this event a few weeks ago, (see earlier blog posting), to University of Sheffield students and I know that some of you attended. However if you were not able to go, the Fair organisers kindly let me bring back a few copies of the ‘Fair Guide’. This guide gives details of the 16 Employers who were there, all of whom are interested in recruiting international students from Pakistan who have been educated in the UK. So it provides very useful information on employers, from a wide range of sectors, who would be interested in receiving your application if you are aiming to return to Pakistan to build your career.
Call in to the Careers Service (388 Glossop Road) to pick up a copy.

I also attended a seminar in the morning where several of the employers gave presentations. Some of the key messages where:-

-There are a lot opportunities for graduates in Pakistan particularly for students with degrees in Business/Finance/Marketing, Engineering/Technical, Law-related, subjects

-They were keen to recruit UK-educated students but that applications must be of a high quality

-Applicants must market what they have gained from their degree and being in the UK, such as independence, drive, commercial awareness, IT skills, English language skills

-Applicants must have clear career goals, a strong work ethic and be able to show that their values relate to the those of the company.

Judy

Careers in Africa Summit

Global Career Company is holding their ‘Careers in Africa’ summit in London on the 18th- 20th May 2012.
These summits have been running for 10 years now and they are described as “Unique invitation-only events that bring together world class companies with high calibre African talent from the international market.”
You have to apply in advance and only good applicants are invited to attend so it is important to submit a strong application.
The closing date for applications is the end of March.
To apply you must have:-
-Work Authorisation for at least one African country
-An undergraduate degree or professional qualification
For more information and to apply go to:-http://www.careersinafrica.com/summits/london

Judy

Events for Chinese students next week

There are several Careers events next week that are of interest to Chinese students:-

1.Careers Seminar for Chinese Students
I will be running a session next week with staff from an external organisation called ‘Beyond Career Consulting’ which specialises in working with Chinese students studying in the UK. I will be talking about looking for and applying for jobs in the UK, and ‘Beyond Career Consulting’ will talk about job search and career opportunities in China. Should be a good session – don’t miss it! It is on Wednesday 15th February 2.00pm-4.00pm in Hicks Lecture Theatre 7. To book a place, go to the Careers Service ‘What’s On Diary’ at http://www.shef.ac.uk/careers/students/events

2.Mandarin Consulting
On the same day in the evening an organization called Mandarin Consultant will be giving a presentation at 6.00pm-8.00pm in Hicks Lecture Theatre 1.They say that “the seminar is aimed at Chinese students and graduates who want to gain internship work experience or start their career successfully in the UK, internationally and in China. We are a leading London based consultancy firm helping Chinese students and graduates to gain UK based work experience. We have in-depth understanding of the international, UK and Chinese job markets, we also work with many multinational international companies who actively recruit bilingual Chinese. For further information, please visit our website” http://career.mandarinconsultant.com/ To book a place, go to the Careers Service ‘What’s On Diary’ at http://www.shef.ac.uk/careers/students/events

3.CV Workshops specifically for International Students
Also there are still a few places left on next week’s CV/Applications Workshop that I’ll be running together with staff from the English Language Teaching Centre. (Please note this workshop is for all international students, not just those from China). It is in 2-parts on Thursday 16th February 2-5pm and Thursday 23rd February pm. The first week is a workshop and the second week is where you have your CV individually reviewed by staff from the Careers Service and the ELTC. So you have to be able to attend both sessions.These sessions are relevant to undergraduates and taught post graduates and will help with CVs, Covering letters and Applications for part-time jobs, work experience or graduate vacancies.To book a place, come into the Careers Service with £10 to leave as a deposit (this will be refunded at the workshops).

Judy

Internships – International Students

Great opportunity! 5 new paid internship positions have just become available.
They are within Student Services at the University and are specifically for international students (or students who have experience of being an international student - i.e. studied abroad etc).
These are an excellent opportunity to gain some very valuable employment experience in administrative/project work and make a contribution to developing the University’s services for international students.
They are in the following areas:-

-Registry Services- Communications Review Assistant

-ELTC -International Summer School Recruitment Assistant

-Careers Service -Evaluation Assistant - Services for International Students

-Student Support and Guidance - Vacation Programme Assistant

-Student Support and Guidance - Chinese Student Project worker ( for this internship the student would need to be fluent in Mandarin Chinese)

3 out of the 5 are already advertised on 'myVacancies' (accessed via the Careers tab in MUSE) and the other 2 will be on there very soon (put ‘Student Services’ into the search box).

The internships are 80 hours each and will be paid at £7.29 per hour. They will start within the next month and must be completed by the end of July.
If you are interested I’d advise you to apply quickly as they have fairly short closing dates. Also I imagine that they will be popular so you will need to put in a strong application.

Judy

Manchester's 'Pakistan Graduate Job Fair'

The University of Manchester is holding its first “Pakistan Graduate Job Fair” on Wednesday 22nd February 2012. They have very kindly opened it up to University of Sheffield students who are from Pakistan.

There will be 17 major Pakistan and multinational organisations attending on the day to hire for graduate positions and tell students more about their opportunities. It is a chance to find out about graduate jobs available, possible internships or just explore your career options further.

The event is free to students, and held in association with The British Council, Pakistan.

All years of study are welcome to attend.

The event will be held at: The Alan Turing Building, (behind University Place) at The University of Manchester. Timings: 1.30pm – 4pm Date: Wednesday, 22nd February, 2012

(You will need to organise your own travel arrangements to Manchester.)
For more details including a listing of the organisations attending on the day; the location of the building on campus, and advice on how to make the most of the fair, please see: www.careers.manchester.ac.uk/students/international/pakistanfair/

Judy

Graduate Case Studies

Have you had a look at our database of graduate case studies yet? It is really interesting and useful. At the moment there are just over 600 case studies of University of Sheffield graduates on the database and just under a quarter are from international students. There are more being added all the time. The case studies are written by the individual graduate and cover areas such as what they are doing now, what they like about it, how they got there, their future plans, and advice they would give to current students.
You can search by factors such as employment, further study, department, type of job, and year of graduation. At present you can’t search for just international students, but this is a feature we are planning to develop. However if you search by department and then go into the case studies you can see the nationality of the writer.
The case studies are very useful in terms of seeing the range of careers people go into from a degree and what route they took to get to their current job and where they see themselves in the future. It is always inspiring to hear people’s stories and you can learn a lot from other’s experiences
The graduate case studies are accessible from our home page www.shef.ac.uk/careers
And don’t forget- when you leave and are building your career, remember to post up your case study!

Judy