Monday 9 May
How to make the most of your vacation, 13:00-14:00, Online
Suggestions for activities you can do during the vacation to boost the skills and experiences on your CV.
Building resilience for the recruitment process, 15:00-16:00, Online
What is resilience in relation to the recruitment process? Steps to develop this vital skill and demonstrate resilience to employers.
Tuesday 10 May
Asking for Reasonable Adjustments, 11:00-12:00, Online
What are reasonable adjustments, and should I request them? Telling an employer about your disability is a personal choice, but there are benefits to doing so – one of these is asking for reasonable adjustments to enable to bring your whole, best self to work.
This session will give you some ideas of different adjustments you may benefit from, and how and when to speak to an employer about them.
What to expect at an Assessment Centre, 14:00-15:00, Online
This is an information session which will cover what to expect at an assessment centre, the types of exercises undertaken, how to approach case studies and group exercises and tips for preparing.
Wednesday 11 May
Study Plus – Editing and Proofreading at work by Jakki Bendell, 09:30-11:00, Online
Editing and proofreading are transferable skills that will be valued in any job role. At work, you will need to check your own emails and reports. Your employer may also ask you to check other people’s work as part of your role.
This session will give you the skills, tools and resources to check written work effectively. It is highly interactive including group discussion and practical exercises.
After completing this 90-minute online course, you will be able to:
· Understand the difference between editing and proofreading, and why they are difficult
· Know how to check and improve the readability of documents
· Identify techniques to edit and proofread your document systematically
· Know what to look for
· Use free software editing tools
Study Plus: World Class Manager Programme Introduction, 13:00-13:30, Online
This session will introduce you to the online World Class Manager programme. This programme can be completed at your own speed, introducing you to the actionable and highly practical ways to help managers get their best for themselves and their teams. It is designed around 12 habits of great leaders.
You don’t need to be a manager to attend the introduction and complete the course. This is designed to provide you with the knowledge you can take forward to your future employment.
Graduating? Your career action plan, 13:00-14:00, 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.
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.
Thursday 12 May
How to get started with LinkedIn, 11:00-12:00, Online
Not joined LinkedIn? It is one of the most useful places to network. Find out how to get started with the basics.
Graduate Careers with MI5, M16 & GCHQ, 13:00-14:00, Online
At MI5, MI6 and GCHQ we are proud of our mission to protect National Security and UK interests overseas. We’re also proud of our people and upholding our values. Our working cultures encourage open minds and attitudes and are supported by a welfare and benefits structure that enables our workforce to be at its best. From training and development that helps employees expand their skills, to flexible working patterns that support a healthy work life balance at MI5, MI6 and GCHQ to create an environment where everyone can achieve their full potential.
Between us we have many ways to use your skills, so we offer variety and potential to switch between agencies. We are so proud of our awards for diversity and inclusion, which underpin everything we do and hold important. Come and join us on Thursday 12th May at 1pm, where we will be sharing with you a presentation about what it is like to work for us, explain our missions further and show you some of the many routes to joining us.
Study Plus – The Importance of Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace by Ali Whelan, 13:00-14:30, Online
To provide an overview of Emotional Intelligence and how it underpins personal effectiveness within the workplace.
You can expect to come away knowing:
· The 5 elements of EI
· The importance and impacts of EI in the workplace and for career building
· Actions you can take to increase your own EI
Commercial Awareness, 15:00-16:00, Online
Commercial awareness is one of the top skills employers are looking for from students and graduates who are applying for internships, placements and graduate roles.
In this session you will find out what commercial awareness is, how employers test for it during the recruitment process, how to make yourself more commercially aware and some useful techniques to help you demonstrate this.
Friday 13 May
Study Plus – Personal Energy Management for Optimal Workplace Performance by Ali Whelan, 10:00-11:30, Online
Moving past time management, energy management relates to understanding your optimum performance times during the day/week/month and how you can manage workloads and task prioritisation around your peak energy times.
Students can expect to come away knowing:
· The concept of energy management
· How to recognise peak and low energy periods
· Different strategies for managing your life, working with energy fluctuations
· How to deal with working effectively outside of your optimum hours, when you have no choice.
Graduating? Your career action plan, 11:00-12:00, 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.
Interview skills including video interviews, 13:00-14:00, Online
This session will cover common interview questions and how to approach them, including competency, strengths based and motivational questions. The session will also look at steps to take to prepare for an interview, helping you to feel more confident for the real thing!
Study Plus: Understanding stress and self-care – Planning for your future, 14:00-16:30, Online
As you prepare to enter, or re-enter, the world of work taking stock of your wellbeing is an important reflective practice. Not only will it ensure that you know when you are feeling overwhelmed, but it will provide you with strategies and tools to help manage your stress levels and enhance your resilience.
You will have the opportunity to explore the symptoms of stress (physical, emotional, and behavioural) and then think about the steps you can take to develop your self-care routines and those important work-life boundaries that will keep you well.
This webinar will be a whirlwind tour of best practice, free resources, and signposting to help you think about your wellbeing and resilience for now, and for your future career. There will be time for Q&As at the end of the session so attendees can share best practice and ask questions about their specific challenges.
