KICK START YOUR GRADUATE CAREER - AN INTRODUCTION TO GO WALES SERVICES FOR GRADUATES AND STUDENTS
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> KICK START YOUR
GRADUATE CAREER
AN INTRODUCTION TO GO WALES
SERVICES FOR GRADUATES
AND STUDENTS
www.gowales.co.uk“COMPLETING A GO WALES WORK PLACEMENT IS A GREAT WAY OF DIFFERENTIATING YOURSELF. IT DEMONSTRATES TO EMPLOYERS THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN THE INITIATIVE IN SEEKING EXPERIENCE AND IT ALLOWS YOU TO BUILD ON THE THEORY YOU STUDIED WHILST AT UNIVERSITY.” Luke Fox
/01 An introduction to GO Wales services for graduates and students > Graduates and Students Universities in Wales deliver a range of services for Find out how other graduates graduates and students via the Graduate Opportunities and students have benefited – Wales programme. These services are designed to www.gowales.co.uk/casestudies help you to kick start your graduate career through quality work experience, training and other support. The GO Wales programme is funded by the European Union’s Convergence Fund and the Welsh Government. Thousands of graduates in Wales have taken part in the work experience and training courses on offer to make the best start to their careers. Open to all Our services are available to graduates from any University, of any age, with any degree. We also work with second and final year students. You must have an address in Wales and be an EU citizen. To find out more details, please visit www.gowales.co.uk/whocantakepart
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> Work Placements
In the current graduate job market, employers ask for What’s in it for you?
more than a degree, they want evidence that you have As a placee, you will see a range of benefits:
proven yourself in a working environment. This means
you need work experience; it’s the best way to get + 6-10 weeks of quality work experience
ahead of the competition. + A salary of £250 per week or more
What is a Work Placement? + An enhanced CV
Our Work Placements last between 6 and around + A chance to find further work – 65% of graduate
10 weeks. They are normally full time and based placees continue to be employed by their host
around the completion of a project or other graduate- organisation at the end of the placement
level tasks while working for a local employer. Most
of our placements are based in companies termed + A work-based qualification: the City & Guilds
SMEs (small to medium-sized enterprises, this Professional Development Award to help you
means they have less than 250 employees). make the most of your time on placement
GO Wales work placements are paid – you will receive How do I apply?
a minimum of £250 per week while on placement. Visit www.gowales.co.uk and view our work placement
vacancies. You can then apply online.> Professional Development Award
Gain a qualification while on work placement “Completing the GO Wales
While on a GO Wales Work Placement, placees Professional Development
complete the City & Guilds Professional Development Award has allowed me to
Award (PDA). This is a higher-level award that allows keep track of my progress
you to get the most from your placement and whilst on the scheme. It
articulate your achievements. gave me structured and
specific goals to work
The PDA involves setting goals for your personal towards, and achieving
and professional development and then working these aims has been
towards these goals in a focused and measured way. satisfying, as well as
Participants tell us the PDA enables them to make constructive in terms of
the most of their time on placement, to take charge career development.”
of their career direction and to really understand their Jess Lea Wilson
abilities more thoroughly.
This short qualification is free to participants, is
completed while you work and is aimed at working
professionals.04/05 An introduction to GO Wales services for graduates and students
> Graduate Training and Development Fund
Available to graduates working in “Studying for a Masters
small businesses in Wales Degree has enabled me to
SMEs* in Wales can access the GO Wales Graduate further my professional
Training & Development Fund to help support the cost training. The process of
of training their graduate-level staff to achieve more for applying was made easy by
the organisation. The fund aims to fill skills gaps or the helpfulness of the team.
help businesses to develop new skills to help with Thank you for offering me
business growth or diversification. such a great opportunity –
the benefits of this funding
There is up to £1,500 per person available for will be evident for years to
eligible training. come.”
Andy Garland
If you work in an SME in Wales then why not bring
this fund to the attention of your employer? Funding
is also available for self employed graduates.
Visit www.gowales.co.uk/training for further details
and restrictions.
*SMEs are small to medium-sized enterprises which
have 250 employees or under> Work Tasters
We organise unpaid periods of work experience for “I have learnt so much in
students and graduates seeking to gain experience two weeks that has been
of a particular job, industry or career. Tasters are invaluable to me, it has
organised to suit you. also provided me with a
competitive edge when
Work Tasters last between 3 days and 2 weeks. applying for jobs in the
You could be work shadowing or working on a small future and helped me
project. We offer a contribution towards travelling progress into my final
expenses. year.”
Natalie Stewart
This experience is organised and managed by your
University careers service thereby providing a more
structured insight to enable you to make career
decisions.
Work Tasters are particularly suitable if you:
+ Want to gain an insight into a particular industry
or profession
+ Are eager to develop new skills and knowledge
+ Want to network and build contacts
To take part, visit www.gowales.co.uk/tasters06/07 An introduction to GO Wales services for graduates and students
> Graduate Academy
The GO Wales Graduate Academy is a unique free “It’s been a fantastic
training programme that aims to provide unemployed experience and an
graduates and those in low skilled jobs with the skills incredible educational
and support needed to help gain graduate programme, and I feel
employment. very grateful that
I was accepted as a
The benefits include: participant. Thanks to
+ 2 weeks full-time residential training the Graduate Academy,
my focus is renewed,
+ 4 weeks work experience, I feel enabled to
organised by GO Wales continue developing
+ Practical, commercial focus and advancing in my
career.”
+ Career planning and job search support Lowri Pearson
+ A management qualification awarded by the
Institute of Leadership and Management
Once a year we run a part-time Graduate Academy for
graduates who are employed or volunteering and have
agreed with their manager that it would be beneficial
to undertake leadership and management training.
Apply online now at
www.gowales.co.uk/graduateacademy> Freelancer Academy
Want to work on a freelance basis? “At the end of the course,
We can help you make the best start I have a business plan and
The Freelancer Academy is a free training course a plan of action. I also
designed to help entrepreneurial graduates to have an ILM qualification
develop the skills, knowledge and confidence pending, which will look
needed to advance their business idea. great on my CV. Most
importantly, I have the
The benefits include: confidence that my idea
will work.”
+ Free training course for graduates
Kat Dawes
living in Wales
+ The ‘Starting your Enterprise’ qualification
awarded by the Institute of Leadership and
Management
+ Course tutors with first-hand freelancing
experience
+ Networking opportunities
+ Ongoing support
Apply online now at
www.gowales.co.uk/freelanceracademy/08 An introduction to GO Wales services for graduates and students
> Graduate Jobs
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comprehensive database of vacancies suitable for info@gowales.co.uk
graduates. Our vacancies are sourced from all
business sectors and new ones are added daily. 0845 225 60 50
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