Finding a job for postgrads University of Manchester Careers Blog

Finding a job for postgrads How to find a job is a hot topic at the moment, with employers popping up all over campus and at careers events, so Ive put my Finding a job talks for Masters and PhDs online. Even if you couldnt make it to the talks in person, you can now see, and hear, what I said with the slidecasts below. You can also ask questions through this blog just add your question as a comment on this post. How a slidecast works You can see the PowerPoint presentations below, and you have the option of just clicking through the slides using the arrows, if thats all you want. Alternatively, pressing the large arrow lets you play the audio soundtrack, either for the whole presentation, or just the slides which interest you. Youll see that lots of my slides are either graphs or data, or just a few bullet points, so a lot of the real content (and the inside info, tips and insight into whats really happening in the job market) is in the audio commentary. Where theres lots more info on the postgrad careers website, or the general careers website, Ive put links in the presentations. These should be clickable. Ive split my recent talks into 3 presentations. The Job Market for Masters This is the link for the presentation if its not displaying correctly within this post   (may not get the audio on the mobile version of the blog). . The Job Market for PhDs This is the link for the presentation if its not displaying correctly within this post   (may not get the audio on the mobile version of the blog). Just to point out this isnt quite as long as it looks! Towards the start of this presentation are 5 slides plus commentary, one for each large discipline area (biomedical sciences,  biological sciences, physical sciences engineering, arts humanities, social sciences) on the destinations of PhDs. Obviously, Id suggest only focusing on the slide which covers your area. . Finding a Job Job Search Strategies for Postgraduates This is the link for the presentation if its not displaying correctly within this post   (may not get the audio on the mobile version of the blog). This includes how postgrads find jobs, how to find job adverts, using agencies and how to find jobs which are never advertised. It also covers how to get further help and support. For most of the presentation, Ive combined both Masters and PhDs, but the first couple of slides show how Masters find jobs, and how PhDs find jobs separately. The commentary is the same for each slide, so just focus on the one which is relevant to you and skip over the other This presentation has quite a lot of links in it which should be clickable it makes a lot more sense to point you towards our postgrad or general careers resources with further active links if you need them. . Where can I find these presentations in future? These presentations, along with presentations on CVs, covering letters, applications, interviews and assessment centres for postgrads, are on the postgrad careers website, on my Slideshare page, and will be on our online talks for postgrads page on this blog shortly. All Postgrad-highlighted Postgraduate academia graduate schemes international jobs job hunting job market