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Careers and Enterprise What should you do next as a 2 nd year SMS student?

Introduction Stefan Couch Careers Consultant for SMS Ø Linked. In Ø Twitter

Career questions? q“Where do I go for career help? ” q“What career activities should I do in Year 2? ” v. Theme: Exploring and focusing on your career options Photo of Queens’ Building where Careers and Enterprise is based (in WG 3)

“Where do I go for career help? ” v Face-to-face v Online q. Book a one-to-one q. Check out our QMUL Careers appointment web pages q. Visit our dedicated QM Plus page, ‘Maths Careers’ q. Visit the Careers and Enterprise Centre

“What career activities should I do in Year 2? ”

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A career development plan 1 st Year Vacation 2 nd Year Placement year Final Year Build Skills Work Experience Plan Career path Relevant internships § Research careers § Autumn: applications Or 12 months in industry Academic Clubs, societies Voluntary Part time work Engineering or Tech related § Plug skills / interests gaps § Apply for summer jobs / internships § Interview Practice § Spring: Interviews & assessments

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Mathematics can be applied to any industry! • Arts, Entertainment & Music • Business & Finance • Environment • Health & Society • Retail • Science & Engineering • Sport • Technology Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (2020)

“What other career activities can I do in Year 2? ” q Apply for work experiences opportunities – summer internships and industrial experience years q Apply to QMentoring q Apply to QTaster q Apply for the Student Consultancy Project q Attend careers events and…. . network q Linked. In q QMUL Network

Virtual Careers Fair 2020 Tuesday 27 th October 16: 00 -20: 00 Your opportunity to have 1 -1 conversations with representatives from top organisations! An online fair won’t have any freebies… But it does give you the unique opportunity to approach multiple companies in an online chat. These chats can then turn into a video/voice call. You will have longer and better interactions with each company than at a physical fair. We will provide you with ‘prepare for the fair’ sessions to help you make the most of the platform.

Events for Maths Careers Register at qmul. ac. uk/careers/events Fintech - Innovating the Sector Thursday 1 st October 2020 Careers in Investment Banking Wednesday 7 th October 2020 Making a Difference: Routes into Teaching Thursday 15 th October 2020 Coding Workshops*4 Fridays - 23 rd & 30 th October and 13 th & 20 th November 2020 Data Science Challenge #1 Wednesday 11 th November 2020

Events for Maths Careers Register at qmul. ac. uk/careers/events Options in Accountancy Thursday 12 th November 2020 Careers in Consultancy Tuesday 17 th November 2020 Using Your Skills for Risk and Insurance Tuesday 16 th February 2021 Series of Mock Assessment Centres and Mock Interviews Wednesdays 27 th January – 24 th February 2021

External sources – To find work experiences opportunities q Linked. In q Gradcracker q Rate My Placement q Target Jobs q Bright Network

Plan effectively for Internship / Industrial Placement Year hunting Internships / Industrial Placement Year For large, well known companies (10% of jobs) Internships / Industrial Placement Year SME’s (90% of jobs) Sep - Apr Spring/ Summer

Interested in Entrepreneurship? q Develop your entrepreneurial skills with our QHack bootcamp over 2 weekends 31 st October – 1 st November / 7 th – 8 th November q Test your business idea in our QIncubator programme 7 th October – 25 th November APPLICATIONS OPEN NOW

Funding Awards Try It - £ 500 to test an idea. Grow It - up to £ 3, 000 to grow an existing business. Build It - up to £ 10, 000 to build a product or prototype. Last year we received 50 applications, funded 24 students and graduates.

Opportunities q Global Entrepreneurship week: 16 th – 20 th November 2020 q ‘Meet the Entrepreneur’ weekly lunchtime chat q QMentoring for entrepreneurs q Entrepreneurship competitions: Mayor’s Entrepreneur competition, The Pitch, NACUE Varsity Pitch q Take part in social enterprise society ENACTUS

I hope you are now able to answer these two questions: ü “What career activities will I do in Year 2? ” ü “Where do I go for career help? ” v. Theme: Exploring and focusing on your career options

Shape future events Take 2 minutes to complete feedback! The event title is: SMS UG Y 2 Careers Session - Linear Algebra

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