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Careers Webinar 1 Careers Impact: Early Applications Senior Careers Consultants Rupinder Morrow and Danny Wilkey
Pre-entry webinar series
4 in total
• Careers Impact: Early
Applications
• Successful applications – what
works - CVs, cover letters and
applications
• Succeeding at online assessments
• Applying for positions in China-
timelines, employers, vacancies,
recruitment processes
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Agenda
At the end of this session you will have a good understanding of the:
• The Graduate Market –time lines, employers, recruitment practices
• Graduate training schemes vs graduate jobs and the role of SMEs and
Fintech
• Skills – Understanding your strengths and articulating them with
evidence
• How we can help, the Careers Offer
• How the Careers Offer is structured and how we work together – so lets
meet the team(s)
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Markus Stretz
Rupinder Morrow Kate Woods
Employer Relations &
Sr. Career Consultant Career Consultant
Development
Danny Wilkey Leslie Parsons
Sr. Career Consultant Career Consultant
Pat Wade Deborah Scott-Anderson Amanda Saunders
Career Consultant Career Consultant Career Consultant
Corporate presentations Career masterclasses Employer skills sessions Bespoke workshops Careers fairs Premium tools CASE Coach and Vmock Jobs board Dedicated Career Consultations Skill development opportunities and awards Appointments booked up to 2 Weeks in advance Career workshops Dedicated Career leads Career Consultations KBS Alumni engagement Appointments booked on the day only https://www.kcl.ac.uk/careers Successful students engage early! 5 KING’S BUSINESS SCHOOL | kcl.ac.uk/business
Graduate Training Schemes/ Programmes • A structured programme that typically combines work with training • The training is quite intensive training and varies per business area. Will be a combination of structured classroom-based learning, on-the-job training and online resources • Duration – 1 to 3 years • Most programmes involve rotations across a number of business areas • Roles will start around July to September 2022 6 KING’S BUSINESS SCHOOL | kcl.ac.uk/business
Fact
Graduate schemes,
particularly in Finance, close
early, most before November
for a start date the following
summer.
Important to engage early
When is your best window of
application?
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Where do I have the strongest chance? E.g. UK vs China? What are recruiters looking for?
UK 4 big skills areas 3 big domains China big 5 skills + 3 signals
1. Attitudes and behaviours : adaptability, self-motivated, EQ 1. Generic Skills Team and interpersonal skills
(transferable)
2. Transferable skills: team, problem solving, interpersonal,
presentation with “client ready English” 2. Discipline knowledge or occupational knowledge
3. Workplace skills: commercial awareness, negotiation 3. Learning agility
4. Technical skills – data handling and analysis, coding 4. Proactivity
I. Education – strong record of achievement 5. Social and interpersonal capability
II. Work experience - strong record impact I. Prestigious University
III. Extracurricular – strong engagement II. English / bilingual skills
III. Respect for authority / realistic salary
KING’S BUSINESS SCHOOL | kcl.ac.uk/business Sources: Institute of Student Employment Survey 2021
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University of Nottingham Uni. BS – China report
Application Deadlines vs
Rolling Recruitment
Application deadlines dates will probably be
similar to last year
Bank of America October
BCG October
Lazard October
UBS November
Citi November
JP Morgan November
Goldman Sachs November
Rolling Recruitment
EY, Bank of England, PWC, Bloomberg
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Why it’s important to apply early Goldman like other banks accepts applicants on a first come first served basis. In other words, if you apply now and Goldman likes you, it will make you an offer and give you a place. But if you apply in November and Goldman likes you, it might want to make you an offer and give you a place, but it could be that there are no places left. Why this matters? Goldman Sachs receives a lot of applications. In 2016, Goldman told the Financial Times it received 223,849 applications for analyst and summer analyst positions. August 2019 Goldman received 270,000 and JP Morgan saw a 55% increase 10 KING’S BUSINESS SCHOOL | kcl.ac.uk/business
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Graduate jobs
• Graduate jobs like Graduate Training Programmes are any roles which require
a degree
• These opportunities are advertised by companies on a need basis and as such
can be found all year round
• Most Graduate jobs are found in SMEs and start ups, where there may be just
one or a few positions advertised at any one time
KING’S BUSINESS SCHOOL | kcl.ac.uk/business 12Job Boards Prospects
https://www.prospects.ac.uk/graduate-jobs
TARGET jobs
https://targetjobs.co.uk/search/all
Milkround
https://www.milkround.com/
Efinancial Careers
https://www.efinancialcareers.co.uk/
City Jobs
https://www.cityjobs.com/
KING’S BUSINESS SCHOOL | kcl.ac.uk/business 13What are finance employers looking for in graduate
talent?
KING’S BUSINESS SCHOOL | kcl.ac.uk/business 14Top 5 skills sought after by finance employers & 5 areas of concern (skills lacking) for UK Employers 1. Analysis – the ability to research, analyse and evaluate 2. Decisiveness – to make informed decisions in a timely manner 3. Interpersonal and Communication Skills 4. Mathematical and quantitative expertise 5. Team working ability Top 5 skills areas of concern include: (I) Career management (ii) Managing up (iii) Negotiating and influencing (iv) Leadership and (v) Dealing with conflict Key message: engage early with careers and each other Well done for joining today’s session 15 KING’S BUSINESS SCHOOL | kcl.ac.uk/business
PwC’s eligibility and the skills they look for:
Whole leadership
I lead myself and others to make a difference and create a positive impact in a
responsible, authentic, resilient, inclusive and passionate manner.
Business acumen
I bring business knowledge, innovation and insight to create distinctive value for
clients and PwC.
Technical and digital
I apply a range of technical, digital and other professional capabilities to deliver
quality and value.
KING’S BUSINESS SCHOOL | kcl.ac.uk/business 16Global and inclusive
I operate and collaborate effectively with a mindset that transcends boundaries
and
embraces diverse perspectives.
Relationships
I build relationships of high value which are genuine and meaningful.
Motivational fit
Fit of interests and motivation to PwC’s culture.
KING’S BUSINESS SCHOOL | kcl.ac.uk/business 17So over to you
What have you done in the past which What can you do both now and during
will demonstrate to finance employers your time at KBS to further develop
that you have these skills? these skills?
• Internships • Virtual Internships
• Student Societies • LI Learning
• Volunteering • Elective skills modules incl. Python,
• Student Rep roles Matlab
• Kings Investment Fund
• Student Societies
18 KING’S BUSINESS SCHOOL | kcl.ac.uk/businessVirtual internships Virtual Internships are an excellent opportunity to learn about the world of finance, develop soft and technical skills and network with industry professionals and peers. They will make a really good addition to your CV and give you content for interviews when talking about what you did during the summer of Covid19. Boston Consulting Group Virtual Internship – Strategy Consulting https://www.insidesherpa.com/virtual-internships/prototype/ntTvo6ru6Tq3A2JPq/BCG- StrategyConsulting Citi Virtual Internship – Virtual Banking programme https://www.insidesherpa.com/virtual-internships/prototype/icdo6cFXmnQtb8WLK/Virtual- Banking-Program Deloitte Virtual Internship – Technology Consulting https://www.insidesherpa.com/virtual-internships/prototype/FqFtWwQzNxJ8Qsh5H/Technology- Consulting 19 KING’S BUSINESS SCHOOL | kcl.ac.uk/business
LinkedIn Learning
LinkedIn Learning offers a wide
range of online courses including
software courses, data analytics
courses and leadership courses
LinkedIn Learning is free to
enrolled Kings students
https://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/learning
teaching/ctel/technologies/linkedin-
learning
But if you want to get started early
LinkedIn Learning is free to
everyone to try for the first month
KING’S BUSINESS SCHOOL | kcl.ac.uk/business 20Understand employer resources 21 KING’S BUSINESS SCHOOL | kcl.ac.uk/business
How we partner with you?
• Pre arrival consultations
• Virtual masterclasses
• One to one career coaching
• English for successful careers
programme
• Virtual employer events
• Digital resources
• VMock – CV tool
• Vacancies board
KING’S BUSINESS SCHOOL | kcl.ac.uk/business 22Pre-arrival career
coaching consultations
You will have access to early one to one
consultations where you can meet us and
talk though your career options, get some
feedback on your CV and applications, talk
though the recruitment process etc
.
One to one consultations will be available
from the beginning of Sept 2021 will be
delivered using Microsoft teams.
KING’S BUSINESS SCHOOL | kcl.ac.uk/business 23Masterclasses
3 timetabled Masterclasses in term
1
• Masterclass 1 –
Communicating with Impact
• Masterclass 2 – Online Testing
and Virtual Interviews
• Masterclass 3 – Assessment
Centres and Group Exercises
Giving insight into country specific
trends as well as sector and
corporate hiring.
KING’S BUSINESS SCHOOL | kcl.ac.uk/business 24Future Advantage workshops In addition the central careers team offer a range of workshops as part of the Future Advantage Series covering topics like: • Resilience • Networking • Elevator Pitch • Commercial Awareness • Case Studies 25 KING’S BUSINESS SCHOOL | kcl.ac.uk/business
One to one career coaching sessions Covering everything from: • First introduction • CV / Application checks • Practice interviews • Case study interviews • Practice presentations 26 KING’S BUSINESS SCHOOL | kcl.ac.uk/business
Employer events
• Banking, Finance & Consultancy Fair
• Tech, Engineering & Data Fair
• Focus on Investment Banking
• Focus on Consulting
• Discover Careers in AI, Data Science and
Machine Learning (panel event)
• Discover Careers in Accounting and Audit
• Discover Careers in Banking
• Discover Careers in Consultancy
• Female Networking Night
• China Networking Night
Most of these will be delivered virtually in
Term 1
KING’S BUSINESS SCHOOL | kcl.ac.uk/business 27Online support and
vacancies board
The King’s Careers and Employability KEATs
pages offer a wealth of online support, to help
guide you through every stage of your careers
decision making and application process,
including InterviewStream to support with
virtual interviews and Graduates First so you
can practice online tests.
We also offer a comprehensive jobs board
advertising graduate positions and
internships both in the UK and globally.
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kcl.ac.uk/business 28Prepare your CV using VMOCK
King’s Business School uses VMOCK, a powerful machine
learning technology to assist students in fine tuning their CV
– moving it from good to great!
We will be inviting confirmed offer holders to get a head start
on preparing their professional CV this summer.
KING’S BUSINESS SCHOOL | kcl.ac.uk/business 29What you can be doing
now?
• Attend the weekly webinars to better
understand the jobs, markets you are
applying to and recruitment and
selection processes
• Research thoroughly the areas / roles
that interested you
• Conduct a self audit and compare this
to Employers requirements
• Think about any skills gaps and what
you could be doing now to fill them
KING’S BUSINESS SCHOOL | kcl.ac.uk/business 30Any questions
KING’S BUSINESS SCHOOL | kcl.ac.uk/business 31Thank you
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