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16 Employability Festival: Programme of Events TUESDAY 3 NOVEMBER (CONT) A note for international students: Not all the companies attending this fair sponsor international students. To speak to someone about this, please visit the Kent Union Advice Centre within the Mandela Building. Pave – How gaining international experience makes you more employable EM P YABILITY PO LO 10 3.00pm-4.00pm KLT2 All students Apoorva and Hayley from Pave will be talking to students about international work experience. Pave is an award-winning internship provider that offers enthusiastic students and graduates with careerfocused internships in India. Through working closely with graduate employers from multinationals, medium-sized organisations, not for profits, social enterprises and start-ups they will provide insight into why international ThinkNation – Why building a network matters YABILITY PO LO 10 TS IN Further exhibitor details can be found at: www.kent.ac.uk/ces/careersfair STEM & business students This talk will provide students with an insight into what our FREE service can offer in terms of helping you to find a life-changing, paid placement in all manner of industries. We work with top companies like TFL and Centrica, as well as smaller companies, eager to hire YOU! Work with us and we do the leg work to help make the world your oyster! TS IN 130 employers will be showcasing their opportunities for Kent students and graduates, most of whom are recruiting students from all degree subject areas. Come and speak to them about their graduate vacancies, work experience and volunteering opportunities. This year’s event is bigger than ever, and spans two halls. Please see page 36 for an exhibitor list and map of the halls. 3.00pm-4.00pm KS12 experience is of growing importance to employers. They will share what value international experience can create for your personal and professional development and finally advise on how students can find and secure international work experience. Students from any stage of their study and any degree discipline are welcome to attend. EM P 12.00pm-3.00pm Sports Centre, Canterbury campus YABILITY PO LO 10 EM P EM P 5 TS IN Careers Fair YABILITY PO LO The Engineering and Development Trust – The Year in Industry – Paid Placements TS IN make a diagnosis on their patient. Indeed pathology investigations now account for more than 80% of diagnoses in clinical investigation work. 3.00pm-4.00pm KS17 All students By 2020, there will be more people in the creative industries than in the public sector. Gone are the days where we had a job for life. This means that when it comes to the workplace, an emerging currency is less about what’s on your CV and more about how you’re building a network of contacts, influencers and ‘passive’ connections. Relationships are key to this, and in this discussion Join Lizzie Hodgson: Founder of ThinkNation, who will be outlining how being a self-starter is increasingly important in securing work – and how ‘work’ itself is not as structured as you might imagine.