Welcome Message HT 2007

Dear Students,

My name is Alison Dalton, and I am the Careers Officer at Exeter College, having taken over from Daragh McDowell since the start of 2007. I hope to meet many of you during the coming weeks. The Careers Office is unique amongst Oxford colleges, and provides a highly valuable service which I would urge all of you to make use of while you are here.

Internships

The main purpose of the Careers Office is to arrange internships for College students. Several placements in a wide variety of organizations have already been agreed with employers for summer 2007 and others are being progressed. These are extremely worthwhile opportunities not only to get to know at first hand what it is like to work for these organizations, but also to help clarify what career you might wish to pursue after your studies.

This link takes you to those internships currently on offer. I urge you not to delay; most employers would prefer the application process to start as soon as possible, and some have application deadlines during January and February. If you would like to speak to students who took up internships in 2006, please get in touch with me (careers@exeter.ox.ac.uk). Last year, Exeter had students working as far away as Mumbai, in Dublin and in Paris, as well as in the City and in Oxford itself.

Careers Events

Tuesday 6th February (Week 4 of HT) - Career Evening

Professionals (some Old Members) from 4-5 companies will talk about their careers and organizations, and then will be available to chat informally over a buffet supper. This is a marvellous opportunity to meet people from different fields of expertise and experience; some of their organizations will also be offering internships.
The event will start at 7.00 p.m. in the Saskatchewan Room. Further details will be sent out nearer the date.

Tuesday 1st May (Week 2 of TT) - CV Clinic

Alison Dalton, Careers Officer, together with her business colleague Dr. John Russell, will be available between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. to give advice on your CV and covering letters.

As an added incentive, may I remind you that it is the policy of the Careers Office and the Development Office to offer a preferential service to students who have attended at least one event. Many of our internships operate on a basis of pre-selection by the College, and attendance at an event will be taken into account when making these selections. If you are considering taking on a summer internship, or would like careers advice and assistance, I strongly recommend that you take part!

Finally, please get in touch with me if I can help with careers advice in general; for example, if you need a trained eye to look over a CV. Although I am a D.Phil. student, I have run a business for many years, and been both an employer and employee. I would also welcome any feedback or comments about the Careers Office so that I can continue to improve this unique service to better meet your needs. Thank you.

Alison Dalton
Careers Officer,
Exeter College, Oxford

August 2006: Volunteers for a Language Study

We are looking for native GERMAN and native ENGLISH speakers to participate in a study on language processing. The study is currently running and it involves Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), a non-invasive method of stimulating the brain using relatively focal magnetic fields to determine the contribution a brain region makes to a language task. You will be asked to perform a simple language task in your native language.

We are looking for healthy right-handed native German speakers and native English speakers between the ages of 18 and 65 who would be interested in volunteering to participate in this study. We pay £20 and the session takes between 1 and 1.5 hours. For further information or to volunteer, please contact Dr. Gert Westermann (email: gert.westermann@psy.ox.ac.uk, phone: 271 393).

January 2007: Telethon

Are you CHATTY & FRIENDLY?

Do you need WORK EXPERIENCE & CASH?

Do you want to have FUN?

Then we have the job for you: chatting to Old Members for a few hours an evening on the 'phone (we'll even pay you for it!).

From 2nd-14th January 12 students will be calling around 1000 Old Members to let them know what's going on at Exeter at the moment. We'll also be asking for their support - both financially and in terms of their commitment to the College through giving advice, attending events and offering student internships.

Last year we raised over £120k to provide hardship grants, maintain the tutorial system and to improve the buildings we live and work in. This year, we hope to raise even more to ensure that Exeter and its students continue to flouish and excel over the coming years...but we also expect to have a lot of fun too - Old Members like to hear about the College today, and many have interesting experiences to share.

It's a great job - just ask anyone who did it last year! Full training is given and no experience is needed - and be encouraged - it's nothing like double-glazing tele-sales. Pay is excellent at £6.61ph (plus a sizable reliability bonus at the end), and you'll be working around 23hrs pw (you do the maths!) so there'll still be time to get some work done as well as spend the hard earned cash! The campaign ends Wednesday 0th week so you should be fine for Collections too.

For more details and an application form email Katrina Hancock in the Development Office (katrina.hancock@exeter.ox.ac.uk) or drop in to 8:3.

What are you waiting for!

Dec 2006-08: Oxford Internet Institute (no skills required)

The Oxford Internet Institute (http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk) and the Said Business School (http://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk) will be running some simple, computer-based experiments in Oxford over the next two years. We will be studying online surfing behaviour and economic decision making. Nothing complicated, completely anonymous, no hidden agenda, little time and no skills required...

and you get paid for your time in the computer lab

You're normally guaranteed £3-5 just for coming along and you will earn more during the experiment. How much more depends on the experiment (and some of your decisions during that experiment) but in the past our participants would often go home with £10-15 for about an hour's work.

In order to take part, you need to register your name and email address at http://oxlab.oii.ox.ac.uk/public/participant_create.php.

Everyone can join (not only students)! Once you are registered, you will be invited by email to participate in upcoming experiments throughout the year.

We have some opportunities for participation coming up already in December so we do hope you will sign up!

The Oxford eXperimental Laboratory (OXlab) is a joint project by the Oxford Internet Institute and the Said Business School with financial support by the Fell fund. The Principal Investigators on that project are Professor Helen Margetts and Professor Nir Vulkan.

If you have any questions, simply drop us an email at oxlab@oii.ox.ac.uk or check our website at http://oxlab.oii.ox.ac.uk.

Feb 2007: Male volunteers wanted

Male Volunteer for a Research Project in Psychiatry wanted

Martina Di Simplicio, a SPR in psychiatry, is currently running a research project with the Oxford University Department of Psychiatry.

The project is interested in studying the effects of oxytocin, a natural hormone, on social and emotional information processing. It involves testing healthy male volunteers on a series of psychological computer tests after having received a single dose of oxytocin or placebo.

Oxytocin is a natural hormone which has a number of functions in the body. It is best known for its effects on the reproductive system after childbirth when it helps the uterus contract and stimulates the flow of breast milk. Experimental studies in animals have suggested that oxytocin has another role, namely in the development of social relationships. If this is the case the use of oxytocin might be helpful in certain human conditions such as schizophrenia and autism where people find it hard to establish close relationships.

The aim of the current study is to see whether we can find evidence that a single dose of oxytocin might modify various measures of social performance in healthy volunteers.

Your help would be much appreciated. In addition to travel expenses etc they can also give you £50 for taking part in the study. More detailed information can be found in the attached file.

January 2008: Telethon

Then we have the job for you: chatting to Old Members for a few hours an evening on the 'phone (we'll even pay you for it!)

New: apply online!

From 8th-20th March 2008 12 students will be calling around 1000 Old Members to let them know what's going on at Exeter at the moment. We'll also be asking for their support - both financially and in terms of their commitment to the College through giving advice, attending events and offering student internships.

Last year we raised over £130k to provide hardship grants, maintain the tutorial system and to improve the buildings we live and work in. This year, we hope to raise even more to ensure that Exeter and its students continue to flouish and excel over the coming years...but we also expect to have a lot of fun too - Old Members like to hear about the College today, and many have interesting experiences to share.

It's a great job - just ask anyone who did it last year! Full training is given and no experience is needed - and be encouraged - it's nothing like double-glazing tele-sales. Pay is excellent at £6.87ph (plus a reliability bonus at the end), and you'll be working around 23hrs pw so there'll still be time to get some work done as well as spend the hard earned cash. The campaign ends on Thursday 20th March so you will finish in time to enjoy the long Easter weekend!

For more information, please download the job description and application form, email Laurelle Vingoe in the Development Office (laurelle.vingoe@exeter.ox.ac.uk), or drop in to 11:5. You can also apply online.

Archive

The pages below report on previous events.

August 2006: Jobs at Yahoo

Yahoo search team is hiring for the positions below. If you are interested, please email your CV to vivianl@europe.yahoo-inc.com with the relevant job title in the subject field.

These are roles part of the Europe team based in London.

European Product Manager - Yahoo! Maps
Senior Marketing Manager - Yahoo! Answers
Product Manager - Search Quality & Innovations

Many thanks to Meredith Riedel for this resource.