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Blast off with a STEM career!
Ding Ding, a new term, a new school year and here's your new edition of Careerscope We hope you had a great summer and managed to take advantage of those long sunny days and, of course, some of those excellent festivals? Did you party all the way through or perhaps you got a summer job? As ...well as earning a bit of cash part time work is a great way to get some valuable experience to show on your future applications? But how do you get some experience when jobs are scarce and hard to come by?This term we're launching a whole new range of Futurewise courses and events.
ehcourses.inspiringfutures.org.uk
Futurewise Courses and Events offer students the opportunity to gain valuable employability skills and experience
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Summer’s here and it’s time for a little rest & relaxation after all your hard work this terms and those exams! How were they? How did you do? Hopefully it went well and you're going to get the grades you want on the 20th August, or the 5th if you're in Scotland. ...
Careerscope Online Have you ever thought of working in a Nuclear Power Station? No, we didn't think so either. But, did you know it's predicted to be one area where there's going to be a lot of future demand for skilled engineers and professionals. Take a look at our new feature on the Nuclear industry, you'll be surprised it's not all a...bout Homer Simpson and men in white coats!
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And don't you have to wear sci-fi style suits to avoid developing a strange green Ready Brek glow? Or worse, live in fear of a terrible explosion?
See MoreCareerscope Online It’s our favourite time of year. Exams are over, the sun's shining (fingers crossed), school's nearly finished and there's 8 weeks of festivals and chilling out on the way... Time for a little rest and relaxation after all that hard work and those exams
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The 2:1 degree: no longer compulsory for all graduate jobs
The 2:1 degree may no longer be compulsory for all graduate jobs. It appears that more graduate employers are becoming prepared to consider well-rounded applicants with 2:2s, as they look to ‘widen their talent pool.’
New AGR research shows that:
the percentage of... employers asking for a 2.1 minimum has fallen from 64 to 57%
those actually accepting a 2:2 rose to 32.9% compared with 24.7% last year- employers are instead looking for specific degree subjects and/or work experience/skills
the new average salary for first-graduate-jobbers is £24,500
each graduate vacancy received between 31-112 applications
Quote Carl GillIard, CEO of the AGR:
"I think employers feel that the salaries are quite respectable anyway and basically they are counting the pennies and they don't see a great necessity to increase salaries."
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Studentgems.com matches small businesses with students
Studentgems is a website which matches students looking for project work which utilises their skills, with employers. Such employers might be small/start-up businesses needing a skilled project/piece of work done- but who can’t afford to pay full professional fees....
The website has over 3,500 students and 1,000 businesses signed up to it.
How it works: students post their profiles onine, listing their skills. All the money they earn is theirs to keep, as the site does not take a percentage-its funding comes from sponsorship and advertising.
The site includes financial information such as how to prepare a quote/an invoice (see templates).
www.studentgems.com
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Investment banking is No 1 job for men and No 10 job for women
The Top 10 jobs for male & female graduates reveals that Investment banking is the No 1 job for men and the No 10 job for women. The No 1. job for women? Teaching.
See full list of Top 10 Jobs for both genders on:
Is the future bright for graduates?
money.uk....msn.com/guides/salarycentre/article.asp
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A degree will now cost £33,000?
New figures on student debt reveal that the predicted cost of getting a degree is around £33,500- according to a NatWest bank student money survey.
The total student debt bill is expected to hit its highest ever figure of £22 billion, this year.
Last year, students borrowed around £4 billio...n- up 32% on the year before.
Quote the president of the NUS: "It is worrying when public policy is in essence creating a generation who is clocking up a significant amount of debt.”
In addition, the government are to proceed with plans to axe the £100 million-a-year given to around 170,000 students who take a second degree or shorter professional course.
Sources: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1027246
