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Employability Week: Programme of Events
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2pm-4pm: KBS LT
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Tips and practice session to give
you a headstart for psychometric
assessments. Before getting to that
crucial interview, many employers
use psychometric testing as a
means to identify their ideal
candidates' suitability. This hands-on
session will provide tips for
completing numeric and verbal
reasoning tests as well as
personality assess ments and gives
you a chance for practice.
Student Media Centre
Open Afternoon
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Improve your Excel skills and find
out how to use it for business
analysis. Excel is a crucial tool
which is in high demand by today's
employers. This is a short standalone course designed to refresh
students’ knowledge of the
fundamentals of Excel and how to
further use it as an analytical
business tool. The course is run by
Kent Business School and is free of
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2pm-4pm: G4-05, Medway
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2pm-3pm: KLT5
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2pm-4pm: Student Media
Centre
(All students)
The doors to the Student Media
Centre will be open to all and
people will have the chance to view
our facilities but also hear talks from
alumni and industry professionals.
The afternoon will start with tours of
the media centre by our media
(All students)
This training session will cover the
essentials on successful
campaigns, focusing on how to
plan, organise, deliver and analyse
your campaign to ensure you make
the best impact. We’ll be looking
into the best ways you can deliver
your message to the public, from
running events and public speaking,
to using art and social media as a
campaign tool.
Commercial
Awareness Workshop
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How to Succeed with
Psychometric Testing
Fuel the Firework!
Running a Successful
Campaign
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(All Students)
Louise Murray, Product Delivery
Officer – Language Assistants Team
at the British Council in Northern
Ireland will give an overview of the
opportunities available for both
undergraduates and graduates
offered by the British Council. From
China, to Latin America and
elsewhere in Europe, the session
will provide a taster of possible
options for the future.
(All students)
A brief presentation outlining the
skills looked for during group
exercises at graduate assessment
days. This will be followed by
practical exercises giving students
the chance to practise assessed
group work, and a plenary session.
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3:30pm-4:30pm: Woolf Lecture
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Excel for Business
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British Council
Opportunities for
Languages
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Group Skills Workshop
(All students)
Are you studying Languages? Mr
Paul Kaye, translator at the
European Commission, will talk
about opportunities in the EU for
Linguists.
volunteers. This is followed by a
Q&A panel at 3pm, made up of
people from film, TV, radio and
newspaper who are all alumni from
the University. A great opportunity
for anyone looking for a career in the
media, or if you just fancy hearing
some alumni stories. There will be
filming and photography at the event
to be used for promotional purposes
only.
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2pm-3.30pm: Woolf Lecture
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charge. The 30 places are allocated
on a first come first served basis. To
reserve your place, email Irena
Jennings, i.jennings@kent.ac.uk
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Careers for Linguists in
the EU
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WEDNESDAY 5 NOVEMBER (CONT)
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2pm-4pm: ELT2
(All students)
An interactive session to help you to
develop your commercial
understanding in a fun and practical
way. International law firm Reed
Smith will help you to understand
how graduate recruiters will test
your commercial awareness
throughout the recruitment process.
There will be an introductory talk
about recruitment and commercial
awareness, followed by an
interactive group-based activity,