{"id":994,"date":"2019-04-29T14:56:37","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T13:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/?p=994"},"modified":"2019-04-29T14:57:10","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T13:57:10","slug":"talent-fest-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/2019\/04\/29\/talent-fest-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Talent Fest 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A fantastic opportunity to meet the South East\u2019s top digital, media and tech companies<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Talent Fest 2019<br \/>\nTuesday 18th June<br \/>\nClarendon Centre, Brighton<\/p>\n<p>Wired Sussex is excited to be running Talent Fest 2019: the largest jobs fair for the digital sector in the<br \/>\nSouth East. The event showcases the best companies and job opportunities from across the region to over<br \/>\n1,500+ students, graduates and people looking to start or progress their career.<\/p>\n<p>The event consists of 30+ digital, media and tech companies all looking to meet and advise the next wave<br \/>\nof talent.<\/p>\n<p>There will also be a series of talks from industry experts who will be sharing their career stories and top<br \/>\ntips on employment in our sector.<\/p>\n<p>A large part of the festival\u2019s success is down to our work with local universities to get students along to<br \/>\nmeet the companies, to be inspired and help them prepare for their digital careers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Students coming to the event will:<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Make valuable industry contacts for work experience or employment leads for when they enter<br \/>\nthe jobs market<br \/>\n\u2022 Hear inspiring talks from industry leaders<br \/>\n\u2022 Get experience of networking in a friendly and professional environment<br \/>\n\u2022 Get 1-2-1 feedback on their CVs<\/p>\n<p>This is a must-attend event for anyone who is looking to start a career in the digital sector.<br \/>\nWe would be really keen to speak to you about how to get your students involved to give them a<br \/>\ncompetitive edge when looking for work experience or preparing to enter the jobs market.<\/p>\n<p>See a clip of last year\u2019s Jobs Fair at :<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WiredSussex\/videos\/2246073935417775\/\"> www.facebook.com\/WiredSussex\/videos\/2246073935417775\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact:<\/strong><br \/>\nRebecca Groves<br \/>\nSkills and Talent Strategy Lead<br \/>\nWired Sussex<br \/>\n01273 692888<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:rebecca@wiredsussex.com\">rebecca@wiredsussex.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A fantastic opportunity to meet the South East\u2019s top digital, media and tech companies. Talent Fest 2019 Tuesday 18th June Clarendon Centre, Brighton Wired Sussex &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/2019\/04\/29\/talent-fest-2019\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5829,"featured_media":996,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9658,112,184554],"tags":[9658,872,143073,184942,818],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/994"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5829"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=994"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":997,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/994\/revisions\/997"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}