{"id":640,"date":"2025-10-06T16:52:32","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T15:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/?p=640"},"modified":"2025-10-07T08:17:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T07:17:23","slug":"get-ready-for-empfest25-and-the-autumn-careers-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/2025\/10\/06\/get-ready-for-empfest25-and-the-autumn-careers-fair\/","title":{"rendered":"Get ready for EmpFest25 and the Autumn Careers Fair!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">The Employability Festival starts soon, where you can attend events in-person on our Canterbury campus and virtually, including our Careers Fair on the 16th October. Open to University of Kent students and recent graduates! <\/p><h5><strong>EmpFest25 | 13<sup>th<\/sup> October \u2013 24<sup>th<\/sup> October | Canterbury campus and virtually<\/strong><\/h5>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-643 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/files\/2025\/10\/SpringCareersFair18_1920w.jpg\" alt=\"People talking at a careers fair stand\" width=\"452\" height=\"301\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p><br \/>The Employability Festival is the perfect opportunity to develop your job-hunting skills and gain an insight into a range of career sectors from graduate employers, industry experts, and Kent alumni. Take advantage of the range of activities taking place, which will help you to take the steps towards your career goals. <br \/><br \/>These include:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>CV 1-2-1 appointments<\/li>\r\n<li>Interview skills workshops<\/li>\r\n<li>Employer career insights in Finance, Tech, Local Government, Publishing, Marketing, Law and much more!<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>View the full programme and book here: <a href=\"https:\/\/student.kent.ac.uk\/careers\/events\/focus\/empfest-events\">Employer Events &#8211; Careers and employability service &#8211; University of Kent<\/a><\/p>\r\n<h5><strong>Autumn Careers Fair | 16 October | 10:00 \u2013 14:00 | Colyer-Fergusson Concert Hall<\/strong><\/h5>\r\n<p>The Autumn Careers Fair is your chance to meet a wide range of employers, all in one place! Taking place on Thursday 16th October 2025 from 10:00 to 14:00 at the Colyer-Fergusson Concert Hall, Canterbury Campus. It\u2019s the perfect opportunity to explore job opportunities, internships, and graduate schemes. Don\u2019t miss out on taking the next step towards your career! View the exhibitors list here: <a href=\"https:\/\/student.kent.ac.uk\/careers\/events\/employability-festival\/autumn-careers-fair\">Autumn Careers Fair &#8211; Careers and employability service &#8211; University of Kent<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Employability Festival starts soon, where you can attend events in-person on our Canterbury campus and virtually, including our Careers Fair on the 16th October. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/2025\/10\/06\/get-ready-for-empfest25-and-the-autumn-careers-fair\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40175,"featured_media":651,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[312383,223276],"tags":[9658,178181],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40175"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=640"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":650,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640\/revisions\/650"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}