{"id":1512,"date":"2021-09-20T14:15:05","date_gmt":"2021-09-20T13:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/studentexperience\/?page_id=1512"},"modified":"2022-02-23T17:26:31","modified_gmt":"2022-02-23T17:26:31","slug":"job-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/studentexperience\/job-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"Opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/studentexperience\/files\/2021\/07\/Journo-radio-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1668\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/studentexperience\/files\/2021\/07\/Journo-radio-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Job Opportunities<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>To find graduate jobs, sandwich placements and vacation work\/internships <strong>sign up to the University&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/careers.kent.ac.uk\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vacancy database.\u00a0 <\/a><\/strong>This database offers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Continuous updating of vacancies<\/li>\n<li>A personalised search facility<\/li>\n<li>Email alerts of new vacancies which may interest you<\/li>\n<li>Employers notifying vacancies are often specifically targeting Kent graduates, so competition for jobs is lower than on other vacancy sites.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/careers.kent.ac.uk\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>If you register, you will be able to:<\/em><\/a><br \/>\nCreate and save job searches on any of the above criteria<br \/>\nBe alerted by email of new vacancies matching your searches<br \/>\nSearch the careers events calendar and maintain your careers diary<\/p>\n<h4><strong>International Students looking for graduate work in the UK<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>You can use the above vacancy database but you will also find <em><strong>Student Circus<\/strong><\/em> a useful platform as all jobs advertised are with employers who are willing to sponsor a visa and have specifically said that they will recruit international people. It will save you time!\u00a0 See: <a href=\"https:\/\/kent.studentcircus.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/kent.studentcircus.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Work Abroad<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The Careers &amp; Employability Service provide lots of information about finding and securing part time work.\u00a0 See: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/ces\/student\/workabroad.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/ces\/student\/workabroad.html<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Part time work whilst a student:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The Careers &amp; Employability Service provide lots of information about finding and securing part time work.\u00a0 See: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/ces\/localparttimework.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/ces\/localparttimework.html<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/kentunion.co.uk\/jobshop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sign up with Kent Union Jobshop<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Jobs for Aspiring Lawyers.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>See the listings on the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/getintolaw\/employment_opps\/\">Get Into Law blog.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Job Opportunities To find graduate jobs, sandwich placements and vacation work\/internships sign up to the University&#8217;s Vacancy database.\u00a0 This database offers: Continuous updating of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/studentexperience\/job-opportunities\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74026,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/studentexperience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1512"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/studentexperience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/studentexperience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/studentexperience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74026"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/studentexperience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1512"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/studentexperience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2159,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/studentexperience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1512\/revisions\/2159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/studentexperience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}