Preparing for the Careers Fair – Tues 31st Oct, 12-3, Sports Centre

Employability Festival is in full flow, and I hope you have gone along to a few of the dozens of workshops, talks, and events going on across campus intended to support and enhance your employability prospects.

One of the most important EmpFest events to go along to is the Careers Fair. For the past few years Kent has organised one of the largest employment fairs in the South East of England – over a hundred companies and employers will be coming down to the Sports Centre in order to meet you.

The Careers Fair is one of the best opportunities you will have to learn about the jobs and careers available to you, and to make a key connection that might be the first step on the road to a work experience opportunity, a work placement, or an interview.

Just going along will be extremely useful, but to get the most from the Fair you should prepare, think about who you want to speak to, and be ready to pitch yourself to employers. The Careers and Employability Service have prepared the follow checklist to help you; I hope it is useful, and that you make the most of this opportunity.

EmpFest: Coffee shop drop-in – Museums and Heritage sector

Danielle Sellers, the Deputy Curator of the Royal Engineers Museum, Library, and Archive, has offered to meet one-on-one with students interested in a career in the museums and heritage sector.

Go along with your questions about the sector, what skills and training you might want to pursue, how best to obtain relevant work experience, and any other questions you may have.

These are bookable sessions, each for twenty minutes, running from 1pm-3pm on Friday 27th October in Cafe Nero.

Book one of these twenty-minute sessions via the Careers and Employability Service’s website.

EmpFest event – Researching and Writing Defence Analysis Reports

Many of the sessions running throughout EmpFest bring former students back to Kent to discuss their careers and to inspire current students to explore new possibilities for themselves.

Samuel Cranny-Evans, an alumni of the School of History and now a Senior Analyst on Land Warfare Platforms for Jane’s, the well-known defence sector analysis firm, will discuss how the skills he developed writing essays translate into drafting analyses, reports, and news articles on military and defence issues.

Samuel’s talk will be held on Tuesday 24th October from 12noon-1pm in Darwin Lecture Theatre 1.

 

EDIT: Sam’s talk was a great success, certainly one of the best employability talks given to History students in recent years. You can watch Sam’s talk via YouTube: