1. BUSINESS SCHOOL PLACEMENTS & EMPLOYABILITY

2. ROUND UP SO FAR…
105 students placed (currently ahead of last year’s target)

3. ROUND UP SO FAR…
300 students provided with advice on CV, cover letter, interview skills
Some student feedback includes:
I always felt like I could drop in and receive help when I wanted to
Continue with the constant support and continue to be so easily accessible to students. You’re so helpful.
Keep up the excellent response rate, they were always quick to reply and it felt like their replies were genuine and tailored to your need and not just standardised or templated.
Continue putting on the sessions, being pro-active, treating each person as an individual and having the keenness to help.

4. ROUND UP SO FAR…
Placement talks/workshops/fast-track interviews/mock assessment centres delivered by:
Computacenter
IBM
Enterprise Rent a Car
KPMG
FDM Group
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
House of Hud
New workshops organised, including:
How to use LinkedIn
Shut Up & Write Your Application!
Accept or Reject?
Confidence building through Comedy
Placement Support Pop Up
Psychometric Testing

5. MOVING FORWARD… The Placements Office will be:
Rebranding as the “Brighton Business School Employability Hub”
Relocating to a new office
Using a new online portal to advertise placements/match placements to students
Exploring ideas to help develop flexibility in placement options
Driving early engagement by working with 1st year students

6. A FLAVOUR OF THINGS TO COME…
Our new online portal:
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7. A FLAVOUR OF THINGS TO COME…
Events for next year:
Speed meetings with employers
Company presentations
Placements Fair (October/November)
SME Placements Fair (February)
Placements Office Open Day
LinkedIn sessions offering photoshoots
Continuing with events held this year

8. A FLAVOUR OF THINGS TO COME…
New Peer Assisted Placement Support (PAPS) scheme:
Returning placement students invited to become PAPS mentors
Applicants must apply and attend an interview
Successful applicants will attend training session delivered by colleague from Bournemouth University
PAPS mentors will be assigned small groups of 2nd years to help with job hunting, attending events, making applications, interview practice
PAPS mentor profiles/bios to be displayed outside new office

9. A FLAVOUR OF THINGS TO COME…
Involving Business School colleagues:
CV Training
Steve Agace from Graduate Recruitment Bureau will deliver a session on the “ideal placement/graduate CV” on Friday 8th September at 11am (room 153)
All those offering CV/cover letter advice to students to attend
Academic Supervisor Training
Virginia, Julie and Linda will lead a session on best practice and what is expected of academic supervisors on Thursday 21st September at 11am (room 153)
All academic supervisors to attend