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DEVELOPING YOUR CAREER IDEAS
EMPLOYERS AT OXFORD, AND BEYOND
The Careers Service’s International Careers Day takes place in
Hilary Term, and brings together a range of organisations with
visit Oxford’s UK-centred fairs in Michaelmas Term. If you are
your home or a different country. There are also a number of
international employers who visit Oxford to give recruitment
presentations (and who sometimes conduct interviews here),
so check CareerConnect’s online events calendar regularly for
details.
There are also many other fairs that take place throughout the
world organised by international recruitment organisations.
Some take place in London, and others are ‘virtual’ and held
online. Look out for details of these on The Careers Service’s
blog and e-newsletter.
INTERNATIONAL NETWORKING
Take opportunities while you are in Oxford to develop your
language skills and intercultural awareness by joining relevant
international student societies. Employers may contact
international student societies to advertise in-country roles.
Alumni from Oxford live all over the world, and are often
happy to give advice to current students. Use the Oxford
connect with them, or contact international alumni branches
via their websites or Facebook groups. See pages 18-20 for
further information on effective networking.
If you are an international student looking to work at home,
maintain links with your home country. For example, keep in
contact with friends at university there and join your national
student society at Oxford for networking opportunities. Use
the resources and tips described above to research your
options and stay in touch with relevant opportunities and
developments in your home country and remember that the
recruitment cycle and processes may be different to those in
the UK.
ONLINE RESOURCES
Online databases provide a vast array of resources to aid
job-seeking in most countries. Many are referenced on The
Careers Service’s website. Some examples you can search for
include:
] The Careers Service’s vacancy database on CareerConnect
frequently holds job postings placed by international
recruiters (p.4).
]
Access this external resource for free via The Careers
Service website with your Oxford Single Sign On. You
can also access a directory of employers, and search for
international vacancies and internships.
] VENTURE – a website which covers a wide range of topics
related to living, working and studying abroad.
] GradLink – advice and job boards for graduates looking to
return to China, Malaysia, India, Africa and Canada.
] Graduate Jobs in Europe – a website showing graduate
employer league tables by country (voted by home
students) and live economic data.
] The Careers Group: JobOnline – a source of graduate jobs,
schemes and internships with an international section.
] If you know your destination, search for ‘expat’ websites
which often provide great advice, personal stories, and
opportunities to meet others who have made the same
transition.
MORE INFORMATION
www.careers.ox.ac.uk/goinglobal
www.venture-uk.co.uk
www.gradlinkuk.com
www.graduatejobsineurope.com
www.jobsonline.thecareersgroup.co.uk
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