Getting Ahead in Publishing Seminar

Interested in a future in publishing? The Society of Young Publishers (SYP) is holding their key seminar, 'Getting Ahead in Publishing' at this year's London Book Fair. The event has high-profile speakers discussing what you need to kick-start your career in publishing and is free, with drinks afterwards. The seminar takes place twice on 20 April 2010 at 2.30pm and 4.00pm at Earls Court.

IPA Summer School

The IPA Summer School offers undergraduates the opporunity to work in top advertising agencies. Aimed at second year students (although other years are not excluded) the school runs from 5 July-10 September 2010 in central London. Entry is via a creative writing competition that can be found on the IPA website. The deadline for entries is 7 May 2010.

NHS Summer Internship in Kent

Are you interested in working in NHS Management? Following a successful pilot scheme last year, NHS West Kent are running their Summer Internship programme in summer 2010. The scheme is open to students and graduates and will run from the 5th July 2010 to the 27th of August. It is a full time, paid placement. For more details see our website.

JOB SPOT

Our Cornish Pasty Shop on Gardner Street in the North Laine have a Staff Wanted sign up. They want you to email your CV with a covering letter stating how long you intend to stay in Brighton and why you left your previous job to: info@ourcornishpastyshop.com

Job spotted: Saturday 27th March

JOB SPOT

Doggy Fashion on George St, Hove, are advertising for an experienced groomer for part time work. You can enquire within or contact them via 01273 777555 or info@doggyfashion.co.uk

Job spotted: Saturday 27th March

Banking & Finance Workshop with Benedix

Simon Dixon from Benedix is running a one day Banking & Finance Professional Workshop
this Saturday and one attendee will be given offered a guaranteed work experience opportunity at a leading Wealth Management Institution. The successful candidate will be treated in CEO style, put up in a hotel and Simon Dixon will take you out for lunch to discuss career strategies for your chosen career path in Banking & Finance.

For more information and to reserve your space visit: www.benedix.co.uk/breaking-news
Please note that this workshop will incur a charge of £97+vat.

Two day event in Brussels for Engineering students and graduates

Energy 21st - a careers events for final year engineering students and recent engineering graduates

Energy 21st is a two day event taking place in Brussels on June 25th & June 26th 2010. Free accommodation is provided for 200 candidates.

Energy 21st brings top recruiters from the energy sector face to face with graduate engineers - a mix of expertise and young talent - ready to develop the energy solutions for tomorrow. The two day event will involve interviews, workshops and an opportunity to explore exciting international careers. Apply before April 25th. By invitation only.
www.careersineurope.com

Sussex Internship Programme's application deadline extended

Deadline for the Sussex Internship Programme has been extended to 28th March 2010.
So if you want a job in media but can’t get experience? And need experience but can’t get a job...
Then apply now for your chance to get on the Sussex Internship Programme.
40 placements are available with leading companies such as Rocket Marketing Group, Oban Multilingual and Cloud Data Ltd offering placements.
So if you graduated in 2008/2009 and need experience to get that first step on the ladder, then check out the Internships but hurry as applications will close on 28th March.

Hot Job!

Do you want to help Brighton and Hove cut carbon emissions? This is your chance! Brighton and Hove has been selected as one of the first cities to coordinate a local campaign to inspire steps to cut carbon emissions by 10% in 2010 and they are looking for a graduate to join them. This is a 40 week shorter Knowledge Transfer Partnership between the University of Brighton and Environmental Protection UK. For more information see our website.

Web review: Access-ScienceJobs.co.uk

Ok, this really does do what it says on the tin. It's all about finding jobs in science...

On the most basic level you can search by your discipline. Sussex degrees this covers include Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Maths, Biomedical Science & Physics. Use the search jobs tab to combine these with experience. So you can look for graduate jobs, or in specific areas like consultancy, clinical research, laboratory, research, and more.

Once you've done your search you can register for email alerts based on your search criteria. So you can get automatic updates without having to keep going back to the site. There are RSS feeds too, if you prefer not to be emailed. Although you would have to use something like Yahoo Pipes to combine searches, as it can't do this from the results page

As you might expect from a jobs site, many of the vacancies posted are from recruitment agencies. This is not necessarily a bad thing, but it does mean that you have a lot of sifting to do. And you only get scant details about the company itself, not including its name.

However, there are some useful articles on the site too. Like how to use recruitment agancies effectively, interview tips and using social media to find a dream job in science.

Overall, it's a great starting point for getting your first job in science

Free TV Summer Course

The Network is an educational and development scheme offering a FREE comprehensive introduction to careers in TV through masterclasses, workshops and talks. The Network takes place from 26 to 29 August 2010 as part of the Edinburgh International Television Festival. It has contributers from BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and five with workshops being led by Endemol, Sky News and MTV. With the exception of travel to and from Edinburgh everything else is free including accommodation and food. Applications can be made online and the closing date for entries is 16th April 2010

Hot Job!

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs) are a three way project between a graduate, a company (or other organisation) and a university (or other research / education centre). They offer a great opportunity to take ownership of a key project whilst applying skills from your degree and often gaining a further professional qualification.

Under the KTP Scheme, the University of Northampton have teamed up with STS Motors Ltd to create a graduate role for a Motor Design Engineer. They are looking for an Electrical / Electronic Engineering, Physics or similar disciplined graduate. For more information see our website.

More information about KTPs in general can be found at www.ktponline.org.uk

JOB SPOT

Not a paid job, but could be fun! City Reads are looking for volunteer bookcrossers to help them release lots of copies of From Russia with Love into the wilds of Brighton city centre - all you have to do is turn up at their stall in Jubilee Square on Saturday to collect some, then release!

They're also looking for helpers on the stall so if you can spare an hour between 11 and 2 on the day get in touch with Sarah via cityreadsbrighton@googlemail.com

Job spotted (via City Reads mailing list email): 15th March.

Deloitte Technology Webinar

This evening 16 March 2010 at 6pm Deloitte will be running a webinar in association with Bright Futures for students interested in a career in technology consulting at Deloitte. It is an opportunity to find out more about the graduate opportunities available in the Consulting Technology Integration team, Consulting Enterprise Applications team and Information and Technology Risk group.

If you are interested in this event please email Simon Reichwald(simon@brightfuturesresourcing.com) with the following details: Name, university, course/Year, contact number, if you are a Bright Futures Member and where you found out about the event. For more information on graduate programmes at Deloitte see their website.

Residential Chemistry Training with GlaxoSmithKline

GlaxoSmithKline is running a fully funded week-long training course designed to give you practical experience of the work of a graduate chemist in the pharmaceutical industry. Based at the GSK Medicines Research Centre in Stevenage, Hertfordshire on 12 - 17 September 2010 the course will provide you with personalised laboratory tuition together with coaching in interview technique, presentation skills and working in teams

Applicants should be entering their final year of a chemistry degree and applications are especially sought from mature students and ethnic minority students. Application forms can be obtained by emailing uzy55557@gsk.com and the deadline is 11 June 2010

Engineering & Construction Recruitment Exhibition

Industry companies such as Jaguar Land Rover, Network Rail and Schlumberger will be exhibiting at the National Engineering & Construction Recruitment Exhibition at the NEC in Birmingham 23 to 24 April 2010. It is an opportunity to meet potential employers and attend specialist workshops on CV writing and interview preparation and more. Admission is free and students can claim a subsidy of up to £10 towards travel costs

The event is also hosting a University Challenge which is a practical engineering challenge against other university teams that could win you £750. To find out more or to submit a team email clare.macauslan@vmgl.com or call 020 8394 5265

Further information about the exhibition and registration details can be found at http://www.engineerjobs.co.uk/

JOB SPOT

Phase Eight on East Street have a sign up for staff - go check it out!

Job spotted: Saturday 13th March

National Science and Engineering Week

National Science and Engineering Week runs until 21 March 2010 and we are celebrating here on the blog. We'll be writing about engineering recruitment, useful websites for prospective mathematicians and careers information for the science and engineering sectors.

Also this evening, 15 March, we are hosting an event with Teach First who are still recruiting for science, maths and ICT subjects. More info can be found on our events listing.

New Take-Away Resources

We've just received the new TARGETjobs magazine in the Careers and Employability Centre. This issue has a useful article on professional conversion courses, and interview tips as well as the usual lists of deadlines for graduate jobs. Come in and pick one up; the magazine may not look great but is actually really useful and interesting.

Also in today is the new Prospects Postgrad magazine. There is an article on postgraduate study in Australia (useful for anyone who couldn't attend today's event), plus information on funding and applications.

Also, it's worth noting that we are down to the last few Prospects Directory and Times Top 100 Employers guides. If you want to research graduate employers these guides are indispensable and once we run out we won't get any more until next academic year.

Hot Job!

The BBC are now recruiting for their Disability Scheme, a six month placement starting in September. There are opportunities across the country in the following business areas: production (TV, radio or online); journalism; technical and design; business support and administration.

For more information on the BBC Extend Work Placement Scheme see our website.

Open Day: Occupational Therapies

There will be an open day at Southlands Hospital in Shoreham, 9:15-12:00, 14 May 2010 aimed at anyone interested in occupational therapy as a career. The morning includes presentations from Occupational Therapists working in physical, mental health and learning disabilities settings, an opportunity to see the practical work they do and information about relevant courses at Brighton University. If you wish to attend please contact Andrea Wilson, Ellie Mann or Eleanor Quab on 01273 455622 ex 3409.

Alumni Careers Event: School of Media, Film and Music

The School of Media, Film and Music are holding a careers event tomorrow 11 March 2010 11.00am - 12.30pm in the Silverstone Building. Alumni will be talking about their careers in cinema programming, music, and video production among others. There will also be an opportunity to chat informally with the speakers afterwards

If you wish to attend the event please email c.forbes@sussex.ac.uk to book a place

JOB SPOT

Word on the street* is that Las Iguanas on Jubilee Street are looking for waiting staff - go check it out!

Job spotted: 9th March

*on the Facebook group 'Operation Brighton JOB SPOT' that is. Nice work guys!

No Late Night Tonight

The Careers and Employability Centre will not have late night opening tonight Wednesday 10 March 2010.

We will close at 5pm and the last appointment with a careers adviser will be at 3.40pm.

Sorry for any inconvenience caused. If you require careers information, advice or guidance outside our opening times please check our website or use our online careers advice service.

BBC EXTEND SCHEME NOW OPEN FOR APPLICANTS!

Exclusively for disabled people, the BBC run a specialised work placement scheme - BBC Extend.
Extend is a BBC-wide placement scheme which offers appropriately experienced and/or qualified disabled people a great opportunity to gain six months paid work within the BBC. Although there is no guarantee of a full-time job at the end of the 6 month placement last year 67% of the Extendees gained further work at the BBC!
Becoming an Extendee is a great way to get started at the BBC. There have many challenging and imaginative placements across the country, in both programming and support areas. For further information see: http://www.bbc.co.uk/jobs/extend/index.shtml

JOB SPOT

Caffe Italiano on the corner of New Road and Church Street (opposite the Mash Tun) hae a sign up for staff - go check it out!

Job spotted: Saturday 6th March.

Brighton University CMIS Open Day

The School of Computing, Mathematics and Information Sciences (CMIS) at the University of Brighton is holding an open day on Wednesday 24th March 2010 from 4 to 7pm at the Watts Building on Moulscoomb campus. This will provide the opportunity to find out about the courses on offer including Information Studies, Digital Television Management and Production and Computer Science and speak with staff. Further information can be found here.

HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYERS ASSOSCIATION BURSARIES

The Human Rights Lawyers Association (HRLA) has five bursaries of up to £1,000 to distribute to fund internships with human rights organisations. Established in 2006, the aim of the bursaries is to ensure that those without independent financial backing are able to take up work placements or internships in this field.

Undergraduates, recent law graduates and postgraduates studying the LPC or BPTC are eligible to receive a bursary. To qualify for a grant, applicants will need to show commitment to practising as a human rights lawyer or finding future employment in the area in the United Kingdom.
The deadline for applications is 2 March. For an application form and further information, visit the HRLA website: http://www.hrla.org.uk/.

TARGET NATIONAL PUPILLAGE FAIR

The TARGET National Pupillage Fair will be taking place at Lincoln's Inn,London on Saturday 6 March 2010

The Fair is in its 12th year and is the only national event for students seeking pupillages to meet with chambers and course providers. You will have the valuable opportunity to speak to chambers, collect important information and gain an insight into life at the Bar. They have had bookings from over 60 well respected chambers and Bar Professional Training Course(BPTC) providers.

In addition to the exhibitors' stands there will be a programme of talks running throughout the day covering key topics, for example human rights bar,common law bar, public law and employment bar and other specialist areas of practice. The talks will be given by delegates from a wide range of backgrounds.

For further details and to pre-register please visit the TARGET National Pupillage Fair website:
http://targetpupillagefair.co.uk/