FDM Assessment Centre Skills Workshop

The FDM Group and the School of Economics will be running a session on assessment centre skills next Friday (16th February) at 12noon. Many graduate recruiters and graduate schemes use assessment centres in their recruitment process, and this will be a great opportunity to learn hints and tips about how to navigate this kind of application and assessment process. Attending this session will also earn you 10 Employability Points.

FDM Group is a global professional services provider, specialising in training and providing consultants in IT and business. They receive over 30,000 graduate applications every year and are at the forefront of cutting edge recruitment and selection techniques.

Note: you must book at place at this workshop in order to attend, as spaces are limited. Please email econemploy@kent.ac.uk to book a place.

 

Defence analysis – alumni presentation

You are warmly invited to attend a talk by Sam Cranny-Evans, a graduate of the School and now a defence analyst at IHS Jane’s. Sam is coming to speak about his research into the new methods Russia and its armed forces are using to fight wars and exert influence around the world.

Sam will be coming back to campus later this term to talk about how his War Studies degree helped prepare him for his career. This will be a good opportunity for you to hear from a former student about one type of career that is open to History and Military History students, before hearing about how your degree can contribute to and prepare you for this sort of work.

If you are interested in this subject or a career in defence analysis, do come along to Eliot Lecture Theatre 2 at 6pm on Friday 9th March.

Kent Police Open Evening

Kent Police are holding a careers evening on Tuesday 27 February at the police college in Maidstone.

You’ll have the chance to speak to their staff and recruitment team, and explore the range of opportunities available, including:

  • Police officer
  • Digital Forensics
  • Public Protection Unit
  • Designated Detention Officer
  • IMU Investigator
  • Call handlers and dispatchers
  • Police staff roles
  • IT roles
  • Kent Special Constabulary
  • Criminal Justice
  • Cadets
  • Central Process Unit
  • Police Community Support Officer

Presentations will also be running throughout the evening covering police officer and special constabulary recruitment. If you’re interested in coming along then please register your interest today.

Event details:
Tuesday 27 February 2018
Kent Police College (Coverdale Avenue, Maidstone, ME15 9DW)
Time slots available between 5pm to 8pm.

For more information, head to https://www.kent.police.uk/jobs-recruiting-now/recruitment-careers-evening/ 

Get rewarded through the Employability Points Scheme

This is a guest post from Kent Innovation and Enterprise, which runs the University’s Employability Points scheme. If you haven’t yet signed up, click the banner below. New and current members have until 19th March to record your activities and earn points, that can be cashed in for employability prizes – find out more below. 

As you may be aware, the University’s Employability Points (EP) Scheme encourages you to undertake co-curricular activities, which may include attending events, volunteering with museums, joining societies and much more.

For all the activities you undertake, you can claim ‘Employability Points’, and these points can be redeemed for prizes, which include paid internships (cost 200 points), work experience placements (cost 150 points) and work shadowing opportunities (cost 100 points), to name a few.

The deadline to log as many points as possible for 2017/2018 is 19th March 2018 (17:00). After this, you will have the opportunity to cash-in your points for EP rewards!

The EP Scheme has loads of opportunities, ideally suited for History students, and here are just a few examples:

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History Society talk – “The non-celebrity historian and the media”

This evening (Tuesday 30th January) Dr Timothy Bowman will be giving a talk to the UKC History Society on ‘The non- celebrity historian and the media: some personal reflections.’

Dr Bowman has been involved in various projects projects with television and radio as a consultant and advisor, and was the lead academic advisor for the ‘WW1 at Home’ series. If you are considering a career in the media, or would like to hear Dr Bowman’s thoughts on working with the media as a historian, head along to Grimond Lecture Theatre 2 at 7pm.

See the HistSoc event page for more information.

Professional Opportunities for Postgraduates

The Graduate School and Kent Innovation and Enterprise have collaborated to launch a work placement scheme for postgraduates in the 2017/18 academic year. Professional Opportunities for Postgraduates (POP) will enable postgraduate researchers to:

  • Undertake a full or part time opportunity working with a business or organisation
  • Bring their expertise to a discrete project or problem
  • Extend their skills, knowledge and experience in a commercial environment
  • Take part in a programme supporting knowledge transfer and University-business engagement

The first deadline for applications is 14th February at 12.00pm. If you are interested in applying, contact graduateschool@kent.ac.uk with any questions, and visit the webpage for more information: https://www.kent.ac.uk/graduateschool/pop.html

Guest post – Jobshop services

Damian Harateh is the Jobshop Student Ambassador, and has written a short post outlining the work the Jobshop does to help students find part-time work. If you are interested in working alongside your degree, you are encouraged to sign up to their newsletter, and go along to one of the skills workshops Damian will be holding this term.

Jobshop is a recruitment service provided by Kent Union to help students studying at the University of Kent in Canterbury and Medway to find part-time employment. Jobshop’s mission is to ensure that as many students as possible gain valuable work experience and develop employability skills whilst at Kent. We are located next to the Essentials in the central part of campus. We advertise part-time, temporary and seasonal work and some graduate jobs around Easter, which are both on and off campus. Last year we advertised a staggering 5,746 vacancies.

To not miss on any of the opportunities, make sure you subscribe to our weekly email newsletter. The easiest way to do it is to:

  1. Go to the Kent Union’s website (https://kentunion.co.uk/);
  2. Click ‘Student Sign In’ at the very top of the page (right under the website address bar in your browser);
  3. Press ‘Yes, continue’ for Kent Union to access your profile;
  4. Click ‘My Profile’ at the very top of the page (exactly where ‘Student Sign In’ was located);
  5. On the left-hand side, under Kent Union’s logo, choose ‘JobShop’ (located below ‘Activities’);
  6. Tick alerts that apply (Make sure you tick ‘Weekly Newsletter’, otherwise you will not receive it);
  7. Click ‘Save Changes’. If you followed all the steps correctly, you can expect a newsletter arriving straight in your inbox on Friday with all the latest jobs!

Also, follow us on our Facebook page (Jobshop@kent) where we post ‘spotted in Canterbury & Medway’ posts with job offers from various employers.

If you have any questions, we are open Monday to Friday from 10:00 AM until 4:00 PM (term time).

You can also contact us through:

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Study Plus course – Talking Cultures

You may be aware that the University runs a huge range of Study Plus courses, which are designed to give you the opportunity to explore subjects and gain skills you otherwise might not cover in your degree. Study Plus courses are all entirely free, and you can sign up to them via SDS (log into SDS and click Workshops in the left-hand menu).

A new Study Plus course has been launched exploring intercultural communication, and aims to increase awareness of cultural differences. The course will explore cultural heritage, prejudices and stereotypes, and will greatly enhance your cultural awareness, a key attribute in the globalised graduate world.

You can find out more information about this course on the Study Plus website, and you can sign up by logged into SDS and enrolling on KE024 – Talking Cultures: Exploring Intercultural Competence. The course runs every Wednesday afternoon for five weeks, starting next Wednesday (31st January).

Skills workshop – finding part-time work with the Jobshop

Kent Union is holding a workshop on how to find a part-time job with the use of services offered by the Jobshop, and how to make yourself more competitive when looking for a job with tips on CVs and covering letters. They will also be talking about the Employability Points scheme and the benefits it offers.

The workshop will be held at 1pm on Wednesday 24th January in Grimond Seminar Room 5. For more details see the event on Facebook.

If you can’t make it this week, the workshop will be held again later this term.

Creative Industries Showcase at Channel 4

Creative Access have announced the details of their forthcoming Creative Industry Showcase taking place on 15th February 2018 at Channel 4 headquarters, from 6-8pm. Hosted by the BBC’s Anita Rani, this free event will include a panel discussion and networking with professionals from TV, publishing, theatre, PR and more. You can find out about the event here.

This event is a great opportunity for students from BAME backgrounds to learn about the wide range of career opportunities that are available in the creative industries.

Workshop: Strength-based interviews

FDM Group will be running a session on how to prepare for strength-based interviews. With over 40% of graduate recruiters now using strength-based interviewing, there is no better time to learn how to ace this type of interview.

FDM Group is a global professional services provider, specialising in training and providing consultants in IT and business. They receive over 30,000 graduate applications every year and are at the forefront of cutting edge recruitment and selection techniques. Come along to this session and find out what a strengths based interview will entail and how you can prepare yourself for it.

  • Date: 24/1/2018
  • Time: 1pm-2pm
  • Location: Cornwallis SW101

Book a place here

(Note: you must book at place at this workshop in order to attend)

 

Lawyers in Government: Legislation Workshop

Wednesday 31st January, 2pm – 3.30pm in KS12
Open to students from all disciplines

Booking is essential: go to the CES website to confirm your place.

Government lawyers operate at the cutting edge of law and politics, delivering legal solutions that impact upon the lives of millions. Their work is diverse, challenging, unique and often headline news.

On Wednesday 31 January 2018, from 2pm – 3.30pm, government lawyers will deliver an interactive workshop around the passage of a Bill through Parliament. Participants will represent the lawyers working within different government organisations and will get an interesting and practical insight into the unique role which government lawyers play in the legislative process.

This workshop is designed to be accessible to both law students and students of other disciplines.

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