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EMPLOYABILITY & PLACEMENTS EVENTS
- Are you interested in career mentoring?
Would you like to have a career mentor? We are inviting all first and second year students, as well as students who will be enrolled on a Kent postgraduate course in Autumn, to participate in a career mentoring programme starting in October.
Kent Career Mentoring aims to connect Kent students with Kent alumni, to receive guidance and support in achieving their career ambitions. We aim to match students with an alumnus working in a profession they are interested in. As a mentee you’ll experience a wide range of benefits from your mentoring partnership which could make a big difference to your future career prospects.
Find out more here or click here to apply now!
OPPORTUNITIES
- One-year post-graduate job scheme for Psychology graduates – working with primary school children – deadline 20th June
Graduating this summer and interested in working with primary school aged children? Two Bridges School in Tunbridge Wells is looking for a Psychology graduate to work alongside the programme lead on their Primary Focus programme; a nurture-based programme to support primary aged pupils with social and emotional coping strategies.
- Psychology student wanted for part-time therapy role (Head First)
Head First provides access to mandatory training and brain injury specific training. Head First also provide regular 1:1 clinical supervision and 24/7 emergency on-call support. This is a great opportunity for a therapy assistant to assist a 14 year-old girl with her independence and ongoing rehabilitation.
- Psychology Student Volunteer opportunity
The Psicon Group is a specialist psychological and health service provider focusing on: Adult Mental Health Services; Child, Young People and Family Services; Community-Based Neurological Rehabilitation Services; Occupational Health Psychology Services; Medico-Legal Services; and Neurodevelopmental Lifespan Services. They are looking for a Psychology student volunteer to assist with data entry and gain valuable work experience. This post would suit an undergraduate Psychology student or graduate who is keen to have exposure to a psychology service and gain an overview of how an assessment questionnaire tool is used in the assessment of ASD.
- Volunteering Opportunity: Make Education Fairer!
CoachBright are looking for Kent students to work with school pupils from low-income backgrounds to help them improve their grades, confidence and access to university. As we navigate life in a post-covid world, it’s more important than ever that our most disadvantaged pupils are getting the support they need.
Click here to find out more and help make education fairer!
- NatWest Insight Weeks for Women – apply now!
Applications now open for NatWest Insight Weeks for Women. This is a great way to learn more about NatWest and a career in banking; network with colleagues to hear about their experience and get a feel for the culture. The programme will run over four days from 30th August to 2nd September 2022.
- How to get a graduate job – free online course!
Make your graduate job search easier and land the graduate job you want with help from the UK’s leading graduate coaching company. Understand the graduate recruitment process and prepare for the world of work to land the job you really want!
BOOK A 1-1 CAREERS CHAT
Need some advice on your CV or future career? Book a one-to-one appointment with our Employability Officer who can support you with your job and work experience search, help you look for and secure work (we review CVs, applications, and offer interviews and assessment centre training and advice). Use the link below to make an appointment:
https://blogs.kent.ac.uk/aspirations/book-a-careers-chat/
CAREERS SERVICE EVENTS
Postgraduate Week, Careers and Employability Service. 6th – 10th June 2022
Join us for a week of online employer talks and workshops for postgraduate students, to help you prepare for your next steps after your master’s.
Workshops include:
- Becoming an Academic
- Discover Project Management
- Working in research outside of academia
- Next Steps After Your Master’s
- Delivering Great Consultancy
- Teacher Training with Teach First
To see the full schedule of events and book, please visit our website: www.kent.ac.uk/ces/pgweek.html. We hope to see you there!
- Focus on Shortlist Me Practice interviews – University of Kent – Interview Marketplace (shortlister.com)
Did you know that not being prepared for an interview is one of the top reasons why students
are missing out on the jobs that they’re applying to? 😰
Thankfully, preparing to ace your interviews has never been easier in a
consequence-free environment! At Shortlist.Me, we’ve been working with your
University’s careers service and have got a range of fabulous Free practice interviews
for you to help you feel confident and prepared to stand out and secure your dream
role.
You don’t want to miss out on taking a practice interview, and here’s why 🔥:
- Get a step ahead of the competition by gaining insight into the types of question
employers are asking
- Receive an overall score at the end of your practice interview and compete to break
your record
- Gain feedback on your interview performance to know where to improve
Invitation for graduating students to sign up to Target for ongoing career support
All students graduating this year are being emailed via Target and invited to sign up to Target with an Alumni account using a personal email, so they can still use our services for up to 3 years after graduation. Please encourage your students to complete this when they receive this email invites. Or go to https://careers.kent.ac.uk/unauth/graduate/register
Work and Opportunities Fund – Apply here
Are you planning or have you recently secured some unpaid work experience? Attending a training or networking event which will help you in your future career? You could be entitled to funding of up to £250!
This funding will contribute towards the cost of transport, accommodation, training, childcare, or uniform.
To be eligible, you must be:
- Be a student registered with the University of Kent, studying in the UK.
- Be undertaking work which is considered graduate-level or attending a training / networking opportunity that will support your employability upon graduation.
- Claim the funding against costs incurred in the first 3 weeks (or 120 hours) of your work experience.
EVENTS
Please find below the list of CES and Study Plus events from 23rd May – 2nd June.
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
CES 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!
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!
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.
Monday 30 May
CVs, Cover letters and Application forms, 11:00-12:00, 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 Inclusive Careers: Imposter Syndrome by Sal Pearman, 12:30-15:00, Online
As much as we want to stay optimistic, focussed, and productive, it can be very easy to slip into negative patterns of thinking. To ask, “Am I good enough?”, “Can I do this?”, “Am I a fake?”. With the huge impact of a more digital and global community it’s easy to feel less capable, less confident, and perhaps less worthy than our peers.
This half-day workshop will demystify the truth behind Imposter Syndrome and will provide practical tools and techniques to accurately understand, communicate and celebrate our abilities.
Over the half-day workshop, we will cover:
- What is Imposter Syndrome (is it a real thing?)
- How we might experience Imposter Syndrome and how it can impact us
- How to accurately label our skills and experiences
- Challenging negative self-talk and self-doubt
- Mental reprogramming: thinking differently and thinking positively
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.
Graduating? Your career action plan, 15:00-16:00, 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.
Tuesday 31 May
Study Plus Navigating workplace etiquette and the importance of it for a graduate role – by Steve Haines, 11:00-12:00, Online
This session is about the everyday of work.
It covers:
- What makes a good team member, your role in a team and how these can change depending on the role and type of organisation
- The link between behaviours at work and perceptions of performance
- The dos and don’ts of phones and social media in work
- The practical, often unspoken, rules, from time keeping, to what to wear (even more confusing in our new hybrid world!) to what is expected in 1:1s
- Office politics, reading team dynamics and resolving conflict in teams
- The session shares some practical exercises that help attendees to understand how to approach new situations and tips on how to build good relationships with teams.
Practice Group Assessment Centre Exercises, 13:00-14:00, Cornwallis East CESR2, Canterbury Campus
Assessment Centres are a common part of the graduate recruitment process, with group exercises being a key task. This is an interactive workshop, where you will practice a selection of group exercises and receive group feedback, to give you practical experience. Exercises will be common to assessment centres across different sectors so will focus on the skills element rather than industry specific knowledge.
This session is an on-campus only event.
Postgraduate Study, 15:00-16:00, Online
Are you considering postgraduate study? Find out about how to find courses, the application process and how to write a personal statement.
Wednesday 1 June
How to make the most of your vacation, 12:00-13:00, Online
Suggestions for activities you can do during the vacation to boost the skills and experiences on your CV.
Interview skills including video interviews, 14:00-15:00, 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!
Other Career Information and EventsHays Specialist Recruitment is running a session on a career in recruitment consultancy, providing a snapshot of what working in recruitment with Hays is all about. This will take place via zoom on the 26th of May at 1.30pm. Here is the link for the event: Register HERE! |
The Adobe Digital Edge Awards,
an industry-recognised award, which credits the best student examples of digital literacy in the country. This is a fantastic opportunity for students who are applying to placement or grad roles, to demonstrate desirable employability skills such as creative thinking and communication.
From engineering to geography, business to architecture, the Digital Edge Awards are open to all UK university students. To enter, students should submit coursework where they’ve showcased digital literacy skills – that’s work that shows off creative problem solving, critical thinking and visual communication! The awards are judged by a panel of experts, including
the founder of RateMyPlacement, Oliver Sidwell!
As well as the opportunity to receive an accolade for their CV, two winners will receive a £9,250 cash prize, alongside six runner-up prizes of £1,000!
You can find out more about the awards here. Entries close 31 May.
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Career opportunities with disability confident employers
Future You is a unique event designed to provide bright and ambitious students with disabilities and longterm health conditions an insight into the career opportunities available within disability confident
employers, the support available, and how to access this.
You will have the opportunity to:
- Understand the importance of disability to our participating firms
- Hear from panellists what it is like to work with a disability with a top employer
- Learn how to positively disclose your disability and request support
- Participate in confidence building and motivation sessions
- Expand your network with disability confident employers.
The event is open to all undergraduate students who have a disability* or long-term health conditions –visible or otherwise – interested in finding out more about career opportunities. Applications are particularly welcomed from those studying STEM subjects. Students studying for a Masters of PHD are also welcome to apply.
To find out more, and to apply, visit:
www.myplusstudentsclub.com/events/future-you
The Young Lives Foundation are looking for volunteers this summer. www.ylf.org.uk
