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

2. Welcome to the University of Birmingham

3. Make the most of it

4. Develop your skills by getting involved

5. 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 employers attend, skills workshops e.g. On commercial awareness or teambuilding, employer presentations....and more

6. 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, employer presentations on campus
Manage various bursary and mentoring schemes, awards, entrepreneurship activities....

7. Based in Muirhead Tower

8. Collect useful information
Muirhead Tower entrance Opposite Starbucks

9. You can make an appointment online to see one of our advisers
You can make an appointment online to see one of our advisers

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

11. Personal skills Award
Presentation by: Kirsty Smith

12. The Personal Skills Award
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13. 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

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

15. Visit our website

16. 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)  
 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:  
The survey will close on Friday 17th October. One entry per person.

17. 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
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.

18. 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).