Mini Convention At University of Cumbria, Fusehill Street Campus

There will be a Mini Careers Convention (Placements Special) at Fusehill St Campus on Thursday 24th March 12 noon - 2.00 pm, Ground Floor, Learning Gateway Building.

Key Exhibitors will be University of Cumbria representatives from the UNITE (Student and Graduate Placements) and KTP (Placements for Graduates) projects.

Placement experience has been shown to be a key factor in gaining graduate employment and those offered through the University are paid.

A display of current careers information will also be available.

BBC Production Trainee Scheme

The BBC Production Trainee Scheme will be open for applications from 1st to 14th March 2011.

Trainees complete an 18 month programme, with training and placements in radio, TV and online broadcasting.

The Beeb have stressed that they want students from all academic disciplines to apply - visit www.bbc.co.uk/jobs/pts for more details.

Looking to get into teaching? Need experience? - Useful advice is available from the TDA http://ow.ly/3L7zW covering the Open Schools, Teaching Advocate, School Introduction and Student Associates programmes.

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.

Time to Apply Yourself?

New Year is a signal to forthcoming graduates to start applying for vacancies as deadline dates are notified with increasing regularity.

University of Cumbria students and graduates and others looking for work in the area can register to search for vacancies and prospective employers across the North West at www.prospects.ac.uk/pnet/cumbria In spite of the doom and gloom on the vacancy front, the site regularly features over 100 jobs from employers recruiting in the North West. IT vacancies are particularly frequent with common vacancies for Trainee Recruitment Consultants (how many people think of this as a career?), Teachers of English as a Foreign Language, and Trainee Sales Managers as well as more niche opportunities in marketing, the creative sector, sports coaching and subject tuition.

We also have a large number of business placement opportunities for students and graduates at www.cumbria.ac.uk/grab At the moment there are surprisingly few applicants for these opportunities, which pay at least £6.00 per hour, often with expenses. Currently, almost all placements involve marketing in some form but this can vary from week to week.