1. Employers want more than a degree from you - by recording your skills and experience you can demonstrate how you stand out from the crowd

2.  Suzanne Payne – Graduate Employability Coordinator  Based in Student Activities Office – above Essentials Kent Union supports employability in a number of ways

3.  Includes roles such as course reps and committee members as well as time spent giving time to charities as well as other organisations  Is a positive way of gaining valuable skills and experience that employers value and understand Volunteering

4. Is a recognition scheme for volunteering which provides:  Accreditation for volunteering hours  Recognition of your commitment in a form that employers value and understand  Different levels of award are available according to the number of hours logged Kent Student Certificate in Volunteering (KSCV)

5. Programme of training sessions each lasting between 60 and 90 mins  Support your volunteer roles and gain further employability skills  Help you fill gaps in your employability skill set  All sessions are free and you can attend as many as you wish  Bookings made via Kent Union website Stand Out

6.  Browse volunteering opportunities  Record volunteer and paid roles  Log volunteering hours  Record employability skills  Record training  Book stand out training session  Produce a skills record The Employability and Volunteering Toolkit

9. Log on to www.kentunion.co.uk/eandvwww.kentunion.co.uk/eandv E&V Toolkit

10. QUESTIONS?