Make It Happen is a national mentoring service for students and graduates thinking of starting up their own business. The service is an online website href="http://www.mihmentoring.com/" www.mihmentoring.com and the service is very student focused. Everything has been designed in response to students’ feedback in forums and questionnaires.
For example Make It Happen run twice weekly webinars on Mondays and Wednesdays at 6pm on a variety of topics about starting your own business. Many of the speakers are from well-known companies e.g. HSBC.
Currently 2% of graduates decide to go into business for themselves after completing their studies.
Note: This information was provided by Sarah Fox, Senior LISS Adviser Careers and Employability, University of Cumbria
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Friday, 10 June 2011
Monday, 10 January 2011
An Invitation from the University of Cumbria
“What Employers Want” - Top Tips for Getting That Job
25th January 2011
You are invited to a day to help you get your graduate career started
Venue F26, First Floor, Skiddaw Buidling, Carlisle Campus, Fusehill St, University of Cumbria CA1 2HH
9.30am – 10.00am Coffee, registration, welcome
10.00am – 10.45am Job Opportunities For You - Jo Tate & Christina Gash (Knowledge Transfer Partnership)
10.45am – 11am Coffee break
11.00am – 11.45am What Employers Want, What Employers Don’t Want! - Adrian Charlton, AW Communication
11.45am – 12.30pm Paid Placements for You, Unite With Business - Pippa Greenwood, Steve Minto
12.30pm – 1.30pm Lunch
1.30pm – 2.30pm Assessing Your Skills for Graduate Management Training Schemes. Workshop - Emma Grant, Enterprise Rent-A-Car
2.30pm – 3.15pm Starting Your Own Business – one University of Cumbria graduate’s experiences. - Leo White, Hydrant
3.15pm – 3.30pm Coffee break
3.30pm – 4.30pm CV Clinic – Make Your CV Work For You. Bring Your CV and Make It Happen - Sarah Fox
IF YOU WISH TO ATTEND PLEASE EMAIL SARAH FOX sarah.fox@cumbria.ac.uk
PUTTING 25TH JANUARY IN THE SUBJECT LINE.
25th January 2011
You are invited to a day to help you get your graduate career started
Venue F26, First Floor, Skiddaw Buidling, Carlisle Campus, Fusehill St, University of Cumbria CA1 2HH
9.30am – 10.00am Coffee, registration, welcome
10.00am – 10.45am Job Opportunities For You - Jo Tate & Christina Gash (Knowledge Transfer Partnership)
10.45am – 11am Coffee break
11.00am – 11.45am What Employers Want, What Employers Don’t Want! - Adrian Charlton, AW Communication
11.45am – 12.30pm Paid Placements for You, Unite With Business - Pippa Greenwood, Steve Minto
12.30pm – 1.30pm Lunch
1.30pm – 2.30pm Assessing Your Skills for Graduate Management Training Schemes. Workshop - Emma Grant, Enterprise Rent-A-Car
2.30pm – 3.15pm Starting Your Own Business – one University of Cumbria graduate’s experiences. - Leo White, Hydrant
3.15pm – 3.30pm Coffee break
3.30pm – 4.30pm CV Clinic – Make Your CV Work For You. Bring Your CV and Make It Happen - Sarah Fox
IF YOU WISH TO ATTEND PLEASE EMAIL SARAH FOX sarah.fox@cumbria.ac.uk
PUTTING 25TH JANUARY IN THE SUBJECT LINE.
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