Did you know that approximately 50% of PhD graduates develop their careers outside academia ? If you\u2019re considering this option, or are curious to see what might be available, why not visit the recruitment fairs next week ? Employers attending will all have opportunities available on their graduate programmes for 2022, and these are open to postgraduate researchers too. The fairs will be online, giving you the chance to meet employers and discuss the opportunities available. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Find out who\u2019s attending<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Use the Careers and Placements fairs webpages<\/strong><\/a> to find out more about the virtual fairs, including which employers are attending and how you can get the best experience. There are videos to show you what the day will look like, and details of how to get a 1:1 appointment or join a group session with an employer you\u2019d like to know more about (booking essential).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Law fair <\/strong><\/a> Wednesday 20th October<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Includes law firms and law qualification training providers<\/p>\n\n\n\n Grad Jobs and Placements fai<\/strong><\/a>r<\/strong> <\/strong>Thursday 21st October<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Includes a range of opportunities (broader business roles to specialist and technical) from employers in sectors that include: consultancy, finance, IT, education, science and engineering, social impact and public sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n How to book <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Register for a place at the fair using the Fair links above. To book a 1:1 meeting with an employer or a group presentation: <\/p>\n\n\n\n More about graduate schemes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n If you\u2019re unsure about what UK graduate schemes are, why not listen to our series of short presentations on Finding and Applying for UK Graduate Schemes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you want to discuss whether a graduate scheme is right for you, or any other aspect of career planning or decision making, you can book a Postgraduate Researcher Careers Appointment<\/strong> on Handshake.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Did you know that approximately 50% of PhD graduates develop their careers outside academia ? If you\u2019re considering this option, or are curious to see what might be available, why not visit the recruitment fairs next week ? Employers attending will all have opportunities available on their graduate programmes for 2022, and these are open … Continue reading Careers Fairs – October 2021<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":173,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,17,80],"tags":[331,335,334,333,332],"class_list":["post-911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-careers","category-events","category-job-opportunity","tag-careers-fairs","tag-employers","tag-jobs-and-placements-fair","tag-law-fair","tag-recruitment-fairs"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"custom_fields":{"_edit_lock":["1633957378:173"],"_jetpack_related_posts_cache":["a:1:{s:32:\"8f6677c9d6b0f903e98ad32ec61f8deb\";a:2:{s:7:\"expires\";i:1778730592;s:7:\"payload\";a:3:{i:0;a:1:{s:2:\"id\";i:1694;}i:1;a:1:{s:2:\"id\";i:518;}i:2;a:1:{s:2:\"id\";i:1216;}}}}"]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/research-student-community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/research-student-community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/research-student-community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/research-student-community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/173"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/research-student-community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=911"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/research-student-community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/911\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/research-student-community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/research-student-community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/research-student-community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}