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KBS EMPLOYABILITY & PLACEMENTS TEAMKent Business School, Room 123
Elaine Howe, Placement Co-ordinatorEmail: [email protected] Tel: 01227 827979
Sophie Davis, Employability & Placements ManagerEmail: [email protected]
Irena Jennings, Lecturer in Careers & Employability Email: [email protected]
Debbie Kemp, Head of Employability & PlacementsEmail: [email protected]
Careers and Employability ServiceBuilding next to Keynes College and bus stop
Jenny Keaveney, Careers AdviserEmail: [email protected] Tel: 01227 823299www.kent.ac.uk/ces
Drop in apointments available: Monday - Friday, 10.30 - 12.30 and 14.00 - 16.00
POSTGRADUATESBitesize WorkshopsA series of intensive half-hour workshops to help you successfully navigate the graduate job market and get a head start to secure the job you want.
Tuesdays, 17.30 - 18.00 in room
Planning your career 13 October
Job hunting strategies 20 October
Making applications 27 October
Producing a CV with impact 3 November
Writing an effective covering letter 10 November
Preparing for your job interview 17 November
Succeeding at assessment centres 24 November
Making the most of social media 1 December
Global Skills AwardThis programme, run by the University of Kent’s Graduate School for postgraduate students on taught programmes, comprises a range of lectures on global issues and a series of skills workshops which have been specifically designed to improve your employability in a competitive job market.
For details and how to apply visit: www.kent.ac.uk/graduateschool/skills/programmes/gsacurrent
Personalised individual careers and application support
Contact Irena for an appointment
Support for THREE years after graduation
Contact us for support
EMPLOYABILITY EVENTS TIMETABLECanterbury - 2015/16
STAGE 1Helping you get a head start on your employability journey
(see Moodle WSHOP079)Looking ahead (CB311)
Understand navigating the graduate job market and how to start mapping out your journey.
Developing your skills (CB311)
Cover the practicalities of a successful journey and take your first steps.
Taking action (CB311)
Covers all the practicalities you will need for a successful journey and encourages you to take your first steps.
Paul Dyer Challenge - Leadership & Teamwork event
Enhance your employability, make new friends and add an impressive achievement to your CV - limited places available!
Planning your summer
Use the summer to develop your skills, make yourself more employable and start to research placement opportunities.
STAGE 2A detailed programme of events coaching you through the recruitment process step by step (see Moodle WSHOP078)
TERM 1Preparing for your placement
All you need to know now to gain a successful placement
Cover letters, applications and business writing
Learn how to tailor your cover letters and applications for impact
Networking and social event with the Stage 3s
Meet the returning final years and hear their placement tips!
Interview practice
Get to grips with answers to those difficult questions
Online reasoning tests
Hosted by IBM, find out how to get through reasoning tests
Mock interviews with a range of employers
Practice interviews and feedback with actual employers
Presentation skills
Learn to give effective presentations for job interviews and more
Mock assessment centre
Hosted by IBM, try out a real assessment centre
Networking
An extremely valuable skill, learn how to make useful contacts
Interview practice
Get to grips with answers to those difficult questions
Job hunting troubleshooting - issues and solutions
Establishing solutions to your job hunting difficulties
TERM 2Placement fair
Meet and impress recruiting placement employers on campus
Creating your own placement
No placement yet? Try these alternative job hunting strategies
Managing yourself and others on placement
How to manage yourself and your boss(!) when on placement
Placement briefing
Everything you need to know before you start your placement
OPTIONAL PLACEMENT YEARDuring your Year in Industry you will be supported by the us through regular contact.3 month phone call
A call to you and your manager to see how you are settling in
6 month visit/Skype
A KBS staff member will visit or Skype you and your manager to see how the placement is progressing and check your portfolio
Business School Returners’ Day
Day back at university to catch up and be briefed on your report
Support is available at any time during the year for you or your manager to ask any questions or raise any issues
STAGE 3Support for THREE years after graduation
Contact us for support
Networking and social event with the Stage 2s
Come and share your placement wisdom with the year below!
Paul Dyer Challenge - Leadership and Teamwork weekend
Enhance your employability, make new friends and add an impressive achievement to your CV - limited places available!
CAREERS AWARD FOR BUSINESSThe university’s Moodle Careers Award scheme, adapted for business. It prepares you to navigate the graduate job hunting process and is worth 30 Employability Points, if completed outside a module. To access, you can self-enrol on Moodle module code DP2825.
For instructions go to the blog, then the Careers Advice tab.
blogs.kent.ac.uk/kbs-employability/careers-advice/moodle-award/
ENTERPRISE DAYWednesday 25th November, 1-3pm
KBS Lecture Theatre, Canterbury CampusAn opportunity not be missed if you are considering starting your own business and want to listen to practiced business leaders share their experiences of starting up and running a business. Join us at The Kent Business School Enterprise Day and become tomorrow’s new business entrepreneur!
Personalised careers and application support is available Contact Irena or Sophie for an appointment
Many of these events are worth Employability Points! For further information go to:
www.kent.ac.uk/employabilitypoints