Monday 23 May
Blind in Business – meet with an organisation that supports Visually Impaired students and graduates 10:00-13:50, Online
Our goal is to help blind and partially sighted people into work. We provide training and resources for you and for employers to help get your career started. Find out more at https://blindinbusiness.org.uk/
Any queries, please email workstudy@kent.ac.uk
Using LinkedIn, 12:00-13:00, Online
With 87% of recruiters using LinkedIn, having an online presence is crucial! But how do you use LinkedIn successfully?
In this session find out how to build your LinkedIn profile and use the platform effectively to showcase your skills. The talk will also share how employers use LinkedIn to recruit and how to grow your professional network.
Study Plus Introvert – Thriving in the workplace as an Introvert by Joanne Rawbone, 12:00-13:30, Online
With so many workplaces biased towards extraverts, being confident enough to be authentically you, rather than pretending to be something you’re not just to fit in & get on, will set your career off on the right foot.
From interview stage onwards, owning and playing to your natural strengths as an introvert will have you stand out for the right reasons.
This 90 min session, delivered by Joanna Rawbone of Flourishing Introverts, is full of practical hints, tips and takeaways.
Graduating? Your career action plan, 13:00-14:00, Kennedy KENSR10, Canterbury Campus
How ready are you for graduation and making job applications? – This checklist will help you reflect on your career readiness and help you to set actions to fill the gaps.
This session is an in-person only event on the Canterbury campus.
Study Plus – Bitesize Language taster session – Arabic, 14:00-15:00, Cornwallis East CESR1, Canterbury Campus and Online
Discover World Languages-Taster Sessions are for beginners who would like to have a taster session of the Arabic language. No previous experience with the Arabic languages is required. Through an introduction of the habits and culture, you will gain some understanding of key traditions, learn and pronounce a range of simple key words, engage in basic everyday communication, introduce yourself in the target language, learn simple greetings and farewell phrases.
Study Plus – Bitesize Language taster session – Mandarin, 15:00-16:00, Cornwallis East CESR2, Canterbury Campus and Online
Discover World Languages-Taster Sessions are for beginners who would like to have a taster session of the Mandarin language. No previous experience with the Mandarin languages is required. Through an introduction of the habits and culture, you will gain some understanding of key traditions, learn and pronounce a range of simple key words, engage in basic everyday communication, introduce yourself in the target language, learn simple greetings and farewell phrases.
CVs, Cover letters and Application forms, 15:00-16:00, Online
Join this information session to find out the key things you need to include in your CV, application forms and cover letters.
We will cover the dos and don’ts and ways to tailor your documents to make you stand out.
Study Plus -Bitesize Language taster session – Japanese, 16:00-17:00, Woolf W1-SR5, Canterbury Campus and Online
Discover World Languages-Taster Sessions are for beginners who would like to have a taster session of the Japanese language. No previous experience with the Japanese languages is required. Through an introduction of the habits and culture, you will gain some understanding of key traditions, learn and pronounce a range of simple key words, engage in basic everyday communication, introduce yourself in the target language, learn simple greetings and farewell phrases.
Study Plus Italian/Spanish Bitesize Language Taster session, 17:00-18:00, Cornwallis East CESR1, Canterbury Campus and Online
Discover World Languages-Taster Sessions are for beginners who would like to have a taster session of the Spanish and Italian language. No previous experience either language is required. Through an introduction of the habits and culture, you will gain some understanding of key traditions, learn and pronounce a range of simple key words, engage in basic everyday communication, introduce yourself in the target language, learn simple greetings and farewell phrases.
Tuesday 24 and Wednesday 25 May
Destination Success Bootcamp – Days 1 and 2, 10:00-16:00, Canterbury Campus
Join us at this in person, interactive 3-day programme designed to help you map out your journey to success, whether that is employment or further study, and build confidence in your abilities.
Through games, group activities and experiential learning you will explore how to become the best version of yourself, how to navigate others and how to get things done efficiently, before putting it all together, so you can sell your skills and abilities in whatever you choose to do in life. Come away from the course with a clear understanding of how to sell yourself through your CV and a deep understanding of what you can offer future employers. Apply now – limited spaces! https://www.kent.ac.uk/ces/DestinationSuccess.html
Thursday 26 May
CES Destination Success Bootcamp – Day 3, 10:00-17:00, Canterbury Campus
Join us at this in person, interactive 3-day programme designed to help you map out your journey to success, whether that is employment or further study, and build confidence in your abilities.
Through games, group activities and experiential learning you will explore how to become the best version of yourself, how to navigate others and how to get things done efficiently, before putting it all together, so you can sell your skills and abilities in whatever you choose to do in life. Come away from the course with a clear understanding of how to sell yourself through your CV and a deep understanding of what you can offer future employers. Apply now – limited spaces! https://www.kent.ac.uk/ces/DestinationSuccess.html
Creative Access Training Session, 10:00-13:00, Online
Are you looking to improve your chances of gaining employment on graduation? Sign up for step-by-step guidance on getting ahead in the creative industry and a chance to hear from a music industry professional!
What you will learn:
· How to best present your CV and covering letter
· How to ace your interview
· Expanding your networks
· Professional conduct
· Key tips for getting into the creative industry
· Meet Creative Access alumni to hear about their creative career journey
This event is aimed at students from backgrounds typically underrepresented in the creative industries. Students do not need an ILP to be eligible and may have self-identified mental health conditions, such as anxiety.
Friday 27 May
Graduating? Your career action plan, 11:00-12:00, Online
How ready are you for graduation and making job applications? This checklist will help you reflect on your career readiness and help you to set actions to fill the gaps.
Study Plus: How to Manage Stress and Anxiety with Mindfulness by Esther Van Hout, 11:00-12:30, Online
Building mindfulness skills is now a part of training programmes in many organisations and taught at Google, Intel and Goldman Sachs. Scientific research is convincing them that investing in mindfulness skills will help boost resilience to stress and improve mental focus which will have a positive impact on employees and the organisation.
This practical workshop will give you an introduction to research-based strategies for coping with stress and anxiety. We will focus on how mindfulness practice can give us tools to build our resilience in the face of study, work and life challenges. Research shows that this helps to reduce the levels of stress we experience and makes us more able to focus, improve creativity and make better decisions. We will practice mindfulness exercises and techniques together, which you can continue to use after the workshop.
How to answer interview questions – the normal, the tricky and the downright strange! 13:00-14:00, Online
If you were a tree, what kind of tree would you be and why? … Does the thought of answering interview questions fill you with dread?! Come along to this interactive workshop, where we will discuss how to tackle basic interview questions, such as motivational questions, the trickier ones, including competency based and the unusual questions!
How to Network 14:00-15:00, Online
Learning how to network effectively is one of the most powerful tools an individual can use to advance their personal and professional life. This skill could possibly help you land your dream job and become close with the leaders in your industry. This workshop will cover the benefits of networking, how to prepare for an event and how to get the most out of networking.
