1. Practical & Transferable Skills Module 2009 University of Manchester School of Computer Science and MLP Careers & Employability Division

2. Module COMP20340 Aims To introduce you to key career management skills which will contribute to your future career success To help you to search for and secure industrial/summer placement opportunities To raise awareness of the skills and knowledge necessary to succeed in the recruitment process To give you direct contact with real employers and recruiters

3. Enhancing your skills and having fun! Overall, we aim to enhance what you already have – this is not a “from scratch” exercise and should be interactive We want you to have fun and help motivate you in finding a good career

4. The team Dominic Laing, Karen Butterworth, Sophie Hargreaves, Louise Sethi, Alison Metcalfe, Elizabeth Wilkinson and Graham Keating Lots of other speakers during 2 days as well A selection of documents for the course will be online at – http://www.cs.manchester.ac.uk/Study_subweb /Ugrad/year2/registrationWeek.php http://www.cs.manchester.ac.uk/Study_subweb /Ugrad/year2/registrationWeek.php Programme/assessment documents in your folders

5. Assessment CV and covering letter 5 credits Deadline, Friday 9th October 2009 Pass/ Fail – attendance at these two days also contributes to final marks Problems – contact me – dominic.laing@manchester.ac.uk

6. Sign up to the Careers page on Moodle for news of Computer Science vacancies, graduate schemes and events.