The Job Shop

Welcome to the Job Shop! If you are a student and have not done so already please register with us. Please feel free to browse our vacancies, then come and see us during our opening hours to receive further details. If you are an employer please visit our employer information page.

Registering for the union does not count as registering for the jobshop, Click Here to Register for the Jobshop

Term Time Opening Hours for Academic Year 2008/09 are:

Monday	10am - 4pm
Tuesday	10am - 4pm
Wednesday	10am - 4pm
Thursday	10am - 6.30pm
Friday	10am - 4pm

We will be running a "Job Club" from 4pm - 6.30pm every Thursday evening during term-time in the Job Shop for any Newcastle University student wishing to look at the most current local newspapers containing job advertisements, and also details of local vacancies from the Job Centre. Just drop in - no appointment necessary!

We are the student employment service based at Newcastle University's Students' Union. We offer a range of services to current undergraduates and postgraduates including advertising hundreds of part-time, temporary and vacation positions in the Newcastle area. The Student Job Shop has been developed in response to the increasing number of students having to seek employment whilst at university. The Job Shop is a Student Employment Service, acting as an information exchange (rather than an employment agency) between students seeking temporary and part-time work, and employers seeking temporary or part-time workers.

We are based on the first floor of the Union Society building and are open in both term time and vacation periods.

Employer CV Preparation / Interview Session on Wednesday 12th November.

This is a great opportunity for International Students (although any student is welcome to attend) to gain some expert advice and feedback from a local employer.

Denalli Denalli, a Recruitment Company specialising in recruitment for the Contact and Call Centre industry in the North East, are coming to the Students' Union on the above date in order to help students with their interview skills. The session will start at 2.30pm and will begin with a half hour presentation on tips for CV preparation, interviews and general Call Centre opportunities. Following the presentation, each student will have a 10-15 minute "mock interview" session with the employer (this will be a general interview with some standard questions that would be commonly asked in interview scenarios).

All students will be expected to attend the half hour presentation starting at 2.30pm, and will have already been allocated an individual interview time for afterwards, so it will be your own responsibility to turn up at the correct time for your mock interview. Feedback will be provided by the employer in the form of a completed "report" afterwards for each student being interviewed.

This session is intended to provide students of Newcastle University with valuable interview experience without the pressure of a real job interview, as well as feedback and tips for improvement - it also enables the employer to "pre-interview" you to enable them to assess your suitability against any future vacancies they will be looking to recruit to.

This session is expected to be very popular with students, therefore if you would like to book a place on either (or both) the Group Presentation on CV Preparation / Interviews from 2.30-3pm on 12th Nov or to be allocated an interview slot, running between 3-5pm on the same day, then please email the Job Shop as soon as possible with the following information - your name, your course, your contact tel number AND email address, whether you would like to book onto the Group Presentation, or whether you would like to book onto an individual "mock interview" time, or BOTH. Send these details to job.shop.union@ncl.ac.uk and wait for the Job Shop to reply to you to confirm that you have a place. All sessions will be taking place in the Training Room (a few doors down from the Job Shop). Get emailing!!

Are you an International Student looking for paid work in the UK,

but finding it difficult due to a lack of real work experience on your CV?

The Student Job Shop has organised some work shadowing in the Students’ Union Building this term in order to try and help fill this gap and offer you the opportunity to gain on-the-job training that you can use as valuable experience when applying for jobs in the UK. The work experience will be unpaid but in return, you will be able to “sell” the skills that you have acquired to employers looking to recruit staff into the catering and hospitality industry. There will be two different types of training that you can sign up for:

CATERING WORK EXPERIENCE (front of house) consisting of training and practical work shadowing. You will be required to wear a white shirt/blouse and black pants and shoes.

You will cover the following elements in the three hour session:

· Basic table place settings, silver service and waiting on tables (carrying plates and cleaning tables).

· Basic tips on menu knowledge plus a question and answer session.

· Coffee Training – Understanding the differences between each type of coffee, e.g. latte or cappuccino and serving them to customers, how to steam/froth milk and how to make an Expresso, Latte, Cappuccino, Pot of Tea and Hot Chocolate.

Each session for the Catering Work Experience will be held in the Global Restaurant on the 2^nd floor of the Union Building between 11am-2pm. There will be spaces for 3 students per session and the dates available are as follows: Mon 17^th Nov, Wed 19^th Nov, Fri 21^st Nov, Mon 24^th Nov, Wed 26^th Nov, Fri 28^th Nov, Mon 1^st Dec, Wed 3^rd Dec, Fri 5^th Dec, Mon 8^th Dec, Wed 10^th Dec, Fri 12^th Dec.

BAR WORK EXPERIENCE consisting of training and practical work shadowing. You will be required to wear a white shirt/blouse and black pants and shoes.

You will cover the following elements in the two hour session:

Opening up the bar:

· Bar Work - Bar preparation, setting up the bar and floats for tills.

· Training – Serving alcoholic beverages, opening and serving of wine, serving a bottle of beer, pulling a pint, making a cocktail, serving spirits and soft drinks, use of cash register and basic customer service skills.

· Use of Glass Washer – Use of correct cleaning chemicals to wash glasses, etc.

· Personal Hygiene – Wearing of jewellery, washing hands, tying back hair, no strong perfume.

· Cash Handling – Use of cash register.

Closing down the bar:

· Training – Safe handling of products, manual handling, stock replenishment and rotation and closing down procedures (security of bar).

Each session for the Bar Work Experience will be held in the Global Restaurant on the 2^nd floor of the Union Building between 3-5pm. There will be spaces for 3 students per session and the dates available are as follows: Mon 17^th Nov, Wed 19^th Nov, Fri 21^st Nov, Mon 24^th Nov, Wed 26^th Nov, Fri 28^th Nov, Mon 1^st Dec, Wed 3^rd Dec, Fri 5^th Dec, Mon 8^th Dec, Wed 10^th Dec, Fri 12^th Dec.

In order to sign up for one of the above sessions, please email the Job Shop as soon as possible with the following information - your name, your course, your contact tel number AND email address to job.shop.union@ncl.ac.uk and wait for the Job Shop to reply to you to confirm that you have a place. STATE CLEARLY THE PREFERRED DATE AND WHETHER IT IS FOR THE CATERING OR BAR WORK EXPERIENCE.

Be a Corus Early Bird

www.corusgroupcareers.com

Bag yourself a Materials & Engineering vacancy before the rest of the flock.

The Corus Group Early Bird assessment centre is available to graduates interested in:

Metallurgy / Materials Science, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering

Corus are committed to supporting you through Professional Accreditation/Chartership (including IET, IMechE, IoM). They have vacancies across the UK on the Corus Graduate Scheme starting in August 2009. All applications are online.

Apply online by 25th October 2008

Receive a job offer by Christmas.

T: 01926 488025

E: recruitment@corusgroup.com

www.corusgroupcareers.com

How to get from Point A to Point B

Don't have a car, and need to figure out how to take public transport to your potential employer, or recruitment event? Get your route planner by going to www.transportdirect.com

Jobcentre Plus Vacancies

The Student Job Shop is now posting a selection of vacancies being advertised with the Newcastle city Jobcentre Plus.

The Job Shop is on Facebook!!

Did you mean to apply for that job, but forgot because you were spending too much time on Facebook? Good news! The Job Shop now has its own Facebook group! This will be a useful way for you to be kept up to date with upcoming events and other jobs related news, and to tell your friends as well. Anyone at Newcastle University is free to join, so join the Job Shop Facebook grouptoday!

Notice to International Students

If you are currently in the UK on a student visa the number of hours you are legally allowed to work may change over term-time and the vacation. For more information take your passport/visa into the Student Advice Centre during their drop-in hours or arrange an appointment with them.

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