1. www.mmu.ac.uk/passport Careers & Employability Service The MMU Professional Passport Information for Students Tuesday, August 18, 20151

2. www.mmu.ac.uk/passport Content What is the Passport? What does it Involve Who is it for? Examples from last year Benefits Support Time commitment More information Tuesday, August 18, 20152

3. www.mmu.ac.uk/passport Tuesday, August 18, 20153 What is the Passport? An employability award Coaches you to articulate key employability skills Run by Careers, & Employability Service with support from academic staff and employers

4. www.mmu.ac.uk/passport Tuesday, August 18, 20154 What does it involve? It replicates a real application process for a graduate level job Stage One– to submit a CV and application form by Wednesday 24th November - noon One opportunity to resubmit (January) Stage Two - panel interview and presentation in late Feb and early March One opportunity for a second interview and/or presentation

5. www.mmu.ac.uk/passport Tuesday, August 18, 20155 Who is it for? Second and final year students Taught Masters students All applicants need to have completed a total of150 hours of experience from 2 of the following areas:  paid work  Volunteering  community work  enterprise activity

6. www.mmu.ac.uk/passport Tuesday, August 18, 20156 Examples from previous Passport Students - Volunteering Helping at Brownies & Guides Teaching juggling to school children Helping to run women’s group in mosque Delivering workshops at arts festival Fundraising for a local charity Hall rep or course rep Active role in SU society

7. www.mmu.ac.uk/passport Tuesday, August 18, 20157 Examples from previous Passport students - paid work or entrepreneurial activity Student ambassador Bar work Fast food and other retail Care work Summer internship Selling clothes on E-bay Designing websites

8. www.mmu.ac.uk/passport Tuesday, August 18, 20158 Why it Benefits You ‘I never realised how useful the MMU Passport would be until I started applying for jobs’. Invaluable practice for the tough graduate job market Puts academic study into another context Builds confidence to market yourself effectively

9. www.mmu.ac.uk/passport Tuesday, August 18, 20159 Support Need to attend workshops on CVs, application forms, presentations and interviews – for dates see www.mmu.ac.uk/careers/events www.mmu.ac.uk/careers/events Detailed guidance notes on Web www.mmu.ac.uk/passport Advice from Careers and Employability Advisers, FSSO’s and academic staff Feedback given on application, CV and interview process

10. www.mmu.ac.uk/passport Tuesday, August 18, 201510 Time Commitment Attending workshops - 4 hours CV preparation- 3 hours minimum Application form - 3 hours minimum Presentation and interview prep - 3 hours Attendance at panel interview -1 hour Minimum 13 hours between now and March, plus any time you spend accessing support.

11. www.mmu.ac.uk/passport Here you can access: Application form Guidance Notes Marking Criteria Timetable Tuesday, August 18, 201511 More information: Careers & Employability Service