Announcements

There is just under two weeks left to apply for these two amazing Queen Mary programmes!

QTaster

Would you like to gain insight into different organisations and sectors and learn about their graduate application process?  QTaster is a great opportunity to boost your employability, CV and career prospects.

QTaster is ideal if you have ever had any doubts or uncertainty about your future career path – the programme gives you a real life insight into individual roles and sectors.

What will a QTaster virtual session involve?

All QTaster Summer sessions are expected to take place online. These may include:

·       Presentations by different speakers from across the organisation

·       Information about their internship and graduate recruitment processes

·       Interactive online activities

·       Facilitated online networking sessions

·       And, of course, the opportunity to ask lots of questions!

Which employers have hosted in the past?

BT, SKY, Microsoft, HSBC, Barclays, Expedia, Civil Service, Media Com, Fidelity International, Ernst & Young, Skanska, Salesforce, Credit Suisse, Liberty Communications and many more.

QTaster time commitment: 

All sessions will take place online on a variety of afternoons between Wednesday 16th June to Friday 25th June. You will attend 5 sessions during this time:

 To apply click here

 Deadline to submit application is 25^th April at midnight.

The SCP Sprint

Looking to strengthen your CV this summer? Join a student team and help a business or charity, solve a real-life business challenge.

The Student Consultancy Project Sprint (SCP Sprint) offers you the opportunity to collaborate in a team and tackle a real-life business challenge over one week. Whilst on the programme, you will benefit from training, coaching and the opportunity to interact with a business who will act as your client.

SCP Sprint is open to all undergraduate students at Queen Mary.

We will support you during the programme to develop work-related skills such as;

• Commercial awareness
• Problem solving
• Project planning
• Collaboration and teamwork
• Presentation skills

Benefits of taking part:

• Gain experience of working with a client on a real-life consultancy project.
• Receive support, training and advice on a range of work-related skills.
• Add the SCP to your digital transcript, the Higher Education Achievement Report (HEAR).

The programme runs from Monday, 7 June to Monday, 14 June.

Participants on this programme will be expected to be available for training and teamwork during standard office hours (9am-5pm). Due to Covid-19 related restrictions the programme will take place online, with a mixture of livestreamed and pre-recorded sessions.

APPLY NOW – please click here.

Applications will close on the 25^th April at midnight.

Please note that the SCP is a popular programme. We recommend that you have your application checked by a Careers Consultant before you submit it, please make a Careers appointment by booking online or calling 0207 882 8533.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our recruitment processes for our student employability programmes, as well as our stated strategic objective of being “the most inclusive university of its kind, anywhere”. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability.

QTemps

If you are interested in part time work, make sure you have checked QTemps, Queen Mary's own recruitment agency, with opportunities on and off campus all paid at least the London Living Wage. 

This opportunity within Careers & Enterprise is currently live, working as a Telephone Researcher for £12.17 per hour plus holiday pay. The deadline is 23rd April if you are interested in applying! 

If you have any careers-related questions, or would like to book in for an appointment, please do get in touch at f.bush@qmul.ac.uk. 

Fliss

Careers Consultant for the School of English and Drama