Working during your studiesJanette Back

Working in the UK

This session:

• Tax, National Insurance and your Right to work.

• Where to find jobs

• Key concepts in the UK labour market

• This presentation is available on the international students pages of the Careers Service website – www.rhul.ac.uk/careers

What do you know already? True or False?

• All non-EU students can work part-time during term

• Graduate employers prefer candidates with work experience

• Masters students can work full time during the summer

• Students are exempt from paying tax

• Employers prefer your friends to cover your shift if you cannot work

• National Insurance was made optional in 2003

• There is no minimum wage for foreign workers

• All employers will treat you fairly, all the time

• Very few international students manage to get part-time jobs

The only restriction to working in the UK on your student visa if…

……Your passport contains one of the following:• No work • Work prohibited

because this would be a breach of your immigration conditions and a criminal offence. You can see examples of passport stamps that allow and prohibit work at: www.ukcisa.org.uk/files/pdf/working/work_during_stamps.pdf

These stamps are very uncommon and therefore this means that you will undoubtedly be allowed to work for:

• up to 20 hours per week term-time • 40 hours per week during vacations.

Careers Service is not able to give Visa advice:

please go to International Student Office in FW 139 for advice and see http://www.rhul.ac.uk/international/support/studentsupportservices/home.aspx

The most useful website about practical things!

• Tax, National Insurance, Allowances, Employment rights, Contracts, Minimum wage, driving licences, vehicle tax, council tax, immigration, parking fines, anti-social behaviour, police, victims of crime, job centres, democracy……….

• www.direct.gov.uk

PRACTICALITIES

• National InsuranceJob Centre PlusTel: 0845 6000643

• Income TaxYou will have to pay tax if you earn more than £8,105 in the tax year. PAYE system.You can claim back tax paid if you don’t earn enough.

If you are a student on a course in the UK and you work solely in the holiday periods (summer, Christmas, Easter) you may be able to receive your wages without tax being deducted. You will need to complete a student exemption FORM 38S

National Minimum Wage

£6.19 - the main rate for workers aged 21 and over  £4.98 - the 18-20 rate

For confidential help and advice on the NMW call 0800 917 2368

What do we mean?

• Internship

• Work Experience / Work Shadowing

• Placement

• Temporary work

• Casual Work

• Self-employed

• Graduate Scheme

Finding part-time jobs

• Job Online• Work window - just outside the Careers Centre, Horton Building • Notices around campus - notice boards, The Hub, Libraries etc • Local large employers - Heathrow, Tesco, The College, St. Peter's Hospital • Seasonal employers - Thorpe Park, Legoland, Royal Household, Argos • Become a Film or TV extra - Mad Dog Casting, Casting Collective • Gumtree Jobs - London, Reading and Guildford all cover the Egham  area • Get paid to fund-raise for charity - Gift Fundraising, Summer jobs • Egham jobs on Twitter • Local newspapers (you may need to buy them to access the jobs) - Egham News,

Surrey Herald, Evening Standard, MetroPart-time job fair on campus - check out the Events page

• Specialist websites - Student Jobs, Justjobs4students, Student Gems. • Local recruitment agencies • Facebook – www.careers.lon.ac.uk/facebook/rhul

Some employers from Part-time Jobs Fair - Yesterday

Graduate Recruitment - Key Concepts

• No such thing as campus recruitment (sorry!)• Recruitment cycle: Autumn term for entry following Autumn• Typically takes 3 -5 months for graduate selection process• Very strict interpretation of what employers seek.• Skills and Competencies used by majority of graduate recruiters.• Multi-disciplinary approach• Key issues:

– Get work or voluntary experience– Develop skills– Improve your written and spoken English

How we help

• CV, Application and Interview workshops throughout the year• Personal statements workshops• One-to-One career coaching and guidance• Employer presentations on campus*• International futures – www.careers.lon.ac.uk/international• Facebook – www.rhul.ac.uk/careers• International Student careers pages – www.rhul.ac.uk/careers/students

New for this year – Themed Career weeks http://www.rhul.ac.uk/careers/students/events/events.aspx

Finance - 22 Oct

International - 5 Nov

Numbers -19 Nov

Not for Profit - 26 Nov

Diversity - 26 Nov

Creative - 4 Mar