STUDENTS' UNION NEWS

Employer Presentations - You can’t afford not to attend!!!…

Competition for graduate jobs has always been fierce and particularly so in the present economic climate. You need to be prepared, researched employers and gained the extra skills required by employers beyond your academic qualifications. Employer presentations are an excellent way of finding information and extremely useful if you should ever apply! You can always mention it on your application!

5/02/09 5pm – 6pm Seminar Room, Student Development Zone, 2nd Floor, David Wilson Library

BUNAC

Earn money, experience the culture of a fantastic new country and have the summer of your life! BUNAC’s Summer Camp USA programme is the great low-cost way of spending a whole summer working and travelling in America. BUNAC offers loads of exciting placement opportunities on all types of camp, working either with children as a camp counsellor or in a support role. On top of all this, it looks absolutely brilliant on your CV! Come along to one of our talks at University of Leicester to find out how you can get involved.

6/2/09 9am – 12.30 Meeting Room, Student Development Zone, 2nd Floor, David Wilson Library

ARMY

Young, fit and can’t bear the thought of repetitive work in an office? Want something challenging that gives you variety and early responsibility? Then being an Army officer is for you! Our business is defending Britain's interests at home and abroad. Individuals who are self-confident, self-motivated and looking for a varied lifestyle in a high-quality organisation are our target. A career in the Army offers all the above - and far more - for an initial contract of 3 years after training or perhaps until the age of 60. Applicants must be fit and healthy and under 29 years old.

Vacancies

Every year we are looking to recruit 800 male and female officers, of which over 85% are graduates. A wide variety of careers is open not only in the combat arms but also in communications, intelligence, engineering, logistic, flying, policing, HR/administration & finance, education, catering plus medicine, dentistry and veterinary practice.

Rewards

Unrivalled leadership and management training, loads of sport and adventurous training, subsidised food and accommodation, free medical and dental care, 6-weeks paid holiday and a starting salary after training of £29000 (£23500 while training)!

Applications

Through the university careers service or on-line (www.armyjobs.mod.uk). If you want more information, Lt Col Roddy Shaw-Brown, the Army Careers Adviser for Leicester University will be visiting the university on 6th February and would be happy to speak to you. Arrange your appointment with the Careers Service by e-mailing Employerlink@le.ac.uk

6/02/09 12pm – 1 pm followed by informal drop in Seminar Room, Student Development Zone, 2nd Floor, David Wilson Library

CHARTERED INSURANCE INSTITUTE

Want a challenging, well-paid career that could take you around the world, and still give you time to have a life?

You may not have considered insurance, but it’s the UK’s second biggest export and touches areas as diverse as climate change, law, sport and, of course, keeping your wheels on the road. The UK insurance sector employs hundreds of thousands of people and is recruiting now.

If you'd rather guide individuals or companies in their key financial decisions from school funds to investment strategies and pensions, you can also find out about outstanding career opportunities in financial advice. A career for ALL DEGREE DISCIPLINES