CAREERS NETWORK for Economics Clare Dawson– Careers Consultant College of Social Sciences

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Careers Network Individual advice from professional staff AND Contribute to modules on your course Jobs - advertise vacancies and internships Organise employer and alumni events Organise alumni mentoring schemes Careers Network main aim is to help you Decide....Meet employers ...Apply... Review We do what you would expect careers departments to do – give individual advice on careers - how to make decisions (the hard bit) , applications and CVs, work experience, internships and placements BUT also Contribute modules on your course – first and second year mainly – in all programmes – tailored to your needs – invite employers in. Jobs Online advertise opportunities right from the first year – for over 1000 employers Employers - include major employer fairs (about 5 a year) where about 50-60 employers attend, skills workshops e.g. On commercial awareness or teambuilding, employer presentations....and more

Careers Network: College team What do we do? Individual advice from professional staff AND ALSO Jobs - advertise vacancies and internships Organise employer and alumni events: 6 major employer fairs, 50-60 employer presentations on campus Manage various bursary and mentoring schemes, awards, entrepreneurship activities....

Based in Muirhead Tower

Collect useful information Muirhead Tower entrance Opposite Starbucks

You can make an appointment online to see one of our advisers www.intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/careers You can make an appointment online to see one of our advisers

Events on campus Employer presentations Sector specific careers events Careers workshops Skills workshops with employers

Personal skills Award Presentation by: Kirsty Smith

The Personal Skills Award Insert PSA video

Enrol Choose your PSA pathway PSA (Foundation) Enrol directly onto individual courses in Canvas Enrol anytime and complete by 2 May 2015 PSA (Activity) Attend compulsory PSA Induction Session Sign up via ‘Careers Connect’ Enrol via online form by 19 January 2015 PSA (Modular) Enrolment form via PSA website Gain your Personal Tutors permission! Submit by 17 October 2014

Information Visit our website: www.intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/psa To find out our enrolment deadlines Email: psa@contacts.bham.ac.uk Come along to an event or a drop-in session @PSAUoB

Visit our website www.intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/careers

Win a brand new 16GB Kindle Fire HD! What did you do last summer? Complete our short survey and this could be yours! (plus runner-up prizes)   http://bit.ly/UoB-PassItOn    The survey will close on Friday 17th October. Please complete Careers Network’s short survey to let us know whether you undertook any work experience during the recent summer vacation. This will help us to inform students better in the future about the opportunities that will improve their job prospects.   Include your contact details and you will be entered into a prize draw to receive a first prize of a brand new 16GB Amazon Kindle Fire or runners up prizes of £30 shopping vouchers.. To complete the survey, please go to Careers Network’s Internships web page and select the survey for your college: http://bit.ly/UoB-PassItOn   The survey will close on Friday 17th October. One entry per person.

Win win win! £200 to give away! 5 x £40 prizes up for grabs Only for students in this college! Tell us about your summer and enter at http://bit.ly/cosscomp Students are invited to enter our summer case study competition and write us a short case study on how they have spent their summer – work experience, volunteering, internships or travel – we’d love to hear about it! For inductions to A&F students / Social Policy students – there is a prize reserved for students in each of these schools! Closing date is 5th October.

Do 1 thing today . . . @coss_careers cosscareers AWARD Winning:   National Awards won by the Careers Network: National Council for Work Experience (Best Public Sector Placement award) . Association of Graduate Recruiters: ‘Highly Commended’ achievement for ‘Preparation for Work (Higher Education)’. Rate My Placement: 2012 winner of ‘most improved commitment to employability’ award from National Placements and Internships Awards (RateMyPlacement).