Canterbury Employability Festival programme

19 To avoid disappointment please book your place via: www.kent.ac.uk/ces/empfest This session will help you highlight your achievements, and formalise the skills you are obtaining from your degree in to wording that will prepare you for writing your CV. SMSAS students only Looking for advice on how to improve your CV? Come to the SMSAS CV clinic, where a CV expert will review your CV and provide you with advice on how you can improve it. You will need to bring along a copy of your current CV, which will be reviewed and guidance provided on how you can improve it. Please note that this event is for SMSAS students only, and attendance must be prebooked via http://tinyurl.com/smsas EM P YABILITY PO LO 10 EM P 2.00pm-3.30pm Woolf LT Language students, all levels Mr Paul Kaye, translator at the European Commission will talk about careers for language students in the EU. An Insight into Running a Student Association YABILITY PO LO 10 EM P EM P Students from the Faculty of Social Science Transferable skills are those skills that are central to occupational competence in all sectors and at all levels (DfEE, 1997). What will the session involve? 2.00pm-3.00pm GLT2 Careers for Linguists in the EU TS IN TS IN 1.00pm-2.00pm KLT6 YABILITY PO LO 10 All students Will Wollen has worked as an actor and theatre director for the last 18 years, as well as teaching in some of the UK’s leading drama schools. This session will focus on what it takes to make an acting career, how actors find work and what the next steps for you might be after graduating. Open to any student wondering about becoming an actor. TS IN YABILITY PO LO 10 CV Clinic TS IN Stage 3 & MA students only Are you considering postgraduate study? Have you thought about academia as a possible career path? Dr David Nettleingham will share his insights into this career path and discuss with you what you need to know if you are interested in becoming an academic. SMSAS students only Want to win at Assessment Centres? Well come along to the first part of a series of talks and workshops for SMSAS students and we will help you gain the skills you need to succeed at these. EM P EM P 10 1.00pm-2.00pm, RLT2 How to identify your transferable skills YABILITY PO LO 10 1.00pm-2.00pm GLT2 YABILITY PO LO TS IN The Role of an Academic How to Succeed at Assessment Centres YABILITY PO LO 10 2.00pm-3.00pm, GS6 TS IN All students A talk about the opportunities students have to study or work abroad, while experiencing the international atmosphere with Dr Jeremy Scott, Director of Internationalization Becoming an Actor EM P EM P 12.00pm-1.00pm KLT2 Exploring the following skills: • Project Management • Leadership • Communication • Team Work • Problem Solving TS IN YABILITY PO LO 10 TS IN International Placements 3.00pm-4.00pm Crit Space, Marlowe All students The Kent Architectural Student Association is organised by student volunteers at Kent School of Architecture. The purpose of the organisation is to build a strong and inclusive community whilst providing additional learning opportunities for students. This presentation will explain how the organisation works and it will provide advice and guidance about running a similar student

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