10 International Student Jobs In The UK

10 Jobs For International Students In The UK

today’s article is going to be about jobs for international students in the UK, more specifically I’m going to tell you which tier 2 sponsored jobs international students can get no matter which degrees they have studied in the UK.

Many students inquire, "I have completed an MBA or business management course and I'm not sure what sort of job I may acquire that would give me amazing career chances and visa sponsorship?" So, no matter what background you have in terms of degrees or how much experience you have in any of the professional disciplines, let me give you some examples of career pathways you could choose.

1. Consulting

Consulting is providing advice, analysis, and research for businesses, it is quite a prestigious profession with good salary expectations and levels but at the same time, it can be quite competitive if you are working as a consultant you could be providing advice to businesses on things like Human Resources, cost-cutting strategies or even technology solutions it’s a great career for someone who has great communication skills, ability to solve issues and approach problems critically this is because your main task will be solving a problem for business and providing them the best solution.

2. Banking

banking is quite a broad term for many types of careers, but you could be working in departments like asset management, commercial banking, private banking, front office roles in banking, and so on. Banking involves a lot of hard work and long hours that’s not always but quite often expected but don’t let that scare you if you’re the right person and you might enjoy it because it’s quite well-paid and can secure a great career in the UK.

when you apply for banking roles you usually don’t have to have a specific academic background but be prepared that it will be very competitive and the application process will be quite strong to make sure they filter all unwanted candidates some of the examples of roles in banking could be private banking, for example managing the money of very wealthy individuals sportspeople or celebrities and the second type of career you can have is, for example working in an investment bank in Merger and Acquisitions Department then you will be helping different businesses with their deals when they try to acquire a business or when they trying to merge the business with another firm.

3. Human Resources

human resources roles are available in all types of companies consulting companies in the oil sector banking all big companies need human resources partners, Human Resources is not just hiring and firing people as many of you might think it is not just recruitment of candidates or graduate recruitment strategy it’s also a lot of things like advising senior partners on Human Resources strategy there could be different roles within HR that focus on employee relations within the firm or another example is managing and designing benefits for employees working in the firm.

Human Resources roles quite often don’t require specific training in advance and quite a few firms will pay for your CIPD qualification while you are working for them.

4. Finance

Finance has quite a lot to do with bookkeeping reporting financial analysis, so the final specialists will be reviewing all the financial data of the company looking for new trends or discrepancies or information to make sure they can advise the business on their decisions.

the finance department will be consulting businesses on funds available what kind of decisions they should make how budgets should be distributed and so your role can be quite analytical and data-driven at the same time could be quite creative because you’ll be looking for possible solutions and cost-cutting opportunities.

5. Operations

operations roles are used to do with back-office processes of the company, for example, let me explain what operations mean in banking, in banking operation specials will make sure that all the transactions and deals of the bank are taking place in an effective and timely manner so they’ll make sure everything is processed and without risk according to the law and with all the controls in place.

these roles are usually very process-driven and quite often require project management skills as well because you manage day-to-day activities of the business there is a lot of accuracies required as well as attention to detail. Operations is a lot of communication between departments because on one hand they’re supported by technology and on another hand, they are supporting the business and they need to make sure they’re meeting the needs and speed of front office bankers.

6. Technology

getting a job in technology does not always require you to have a degree in computer science or data science quite often you can learn everything on the job so because working in technology does not always mean being a programmer or coding quite often it involves providing business with IT solutions, technology solutions, looking for trends creating a strategy for technology development, designing the programs, designing technology solutions and so on.

quite often technology roles also include data analytics so even though you don’t require specific education to apply for this role quite often you are required to have specific skills and you’ll be tested for your ability to manage a great amount of data, but don’t be afraid to explore possible careers and jobs in technology if you haven’t studied computer science I’m sure you can find a role suited to your needs if you have a strong interest in this field.

7. Audit

so what does mean to work in audit quite often it means working for one type of audit company that is hired by another company to check their financial data sometimes you can also work as an auditor internally within the firm but there are more roles available in firms that are usually hired to do auditing by other businesses, so you quite often will be expected to travel to the client, interview people that are close to financial data or financial directors and then analyze the data financial information provided to you perhaps investigate more look for any issues or discrepancies and then produce a final report with your statement and opinion?

the report will involve a lot of financial reporting tools and other tables and you will be required to produce quite accurate work quite often when you are hired by a company to be a junior auditor you’ll be studying for your qualification while working and qualification will be paid by the company.

8. Tax

when you’re working in tax you’ll be helping your clients with all the tax issues and making sure the clients are following the tax law. there are different areas of tax you could be either working for a big company managing their taxes and corporate accounts or you could be working for a smaller business that might follow different tax laws or you could even be managing tax for a very wealthy individual, in any case quite often you’ll be studying for professional qualification while working as a trainee in a tax department.

9. Risk

this quite often you’re not required to study any particular degree in advance of application to this job but what is the risk roles will involve, it’s quite a broad term for many types of careers but mainly what you’ll be managing, you will be managing risk, you’ll be calculating risks and predicting risk and making sure you creating strategies to avoid these risks.

what kind of risks I’m talking about it could be an operational risk of a company, it could be compliance risks, the risk that a company does not follow a law or regulation in that sector or it could even be reputational risk and risk that the company or a small firm or even a person does not produce a certain reputation level that is required for their success and of course, financial risks are quite big for all types of businesses so working the risk could involve calculating and managing these types of losses.

10. Actuary

actuaries are quite similar roles to risk while people at risk create strategies and procedures to prevent the risk. the actuary calculates the possibility of risk and calculates the possible repercussions of an event happening quite often associated with insurance companies because these types of professionals calculate the probability of a certain event happening and therefore they can calculate an appropriate premium on insurance.

if you want to work in this type of career you don’t have to work for insurance companies while a lot of businesses require these types of professionals, working in this sector could mean working with computer statistics of financial models, a lot of data analysis and calculations.