Monthly Employability Bulletin - What`s On in October ?

What’s on in October?

All events listed are bookable through the Careers and Employability Service website unless stated otherwise. }

Wednesday 5:

Pro Bono and Legal Careers Fair 2016 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

North Atrium, Business School, Manchester Campus

Find out the pro bono opportunities available to you as a Manchester Law School student. Meet pro bono partners – including Amicus, National Centre for Citizenship & the Law, Personal Support Unit, Slater & Gordon, Manchester CAB, Greater Manchester Law Centre, Shelter, Partners for Prisoners. Attend a number of talks covering CV & interview tips as well as pro bono work with the Personal Unit Work, pro bono legal research work and Law and Justice education.

 

Wednesday 5:

Use LinkedIn to Kick-Start Your Career 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Room 3.12, Business School Building, Manchester

 

Whether you are an avid user or a beginner, this session will further develop your understanding and will teach you how to use LinkedIn effectively to increase your connections and link to employers.

 

Thursday 6:

I Don’t Know What I Want To Do When I Leave Uni 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Room 229, Geoffrey Manton Building, Manchester

If you have no idea on what step to take next then you aren’t the only one and this session will help you explore your options and map out your journey to your future career. It’s never too early to plan what to do next!

Thursday 6:

Teaching Information Evening – Greater Manchester Bright Future SCITT 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Altrincham Grammar School for Girls, Cavendish Rd, Bowdon, Altrincham, WA14 2NL

 

Opportunities for graduates to apply for Early Years, Primary and Secondary teaching with the Greater Manchester Bright Futures SCITT. The event will cover the training packages offered, bursaries and finance, application advice, qualifications needed and future prospects as well as career progression within teaching.

Please email admin@allianceforlearning.co.uk to reserve a place.

 

Wednesday 12:

Considering Teaching Careers Fair  1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Geoffrey Manton Atrium, Manchester

 

Teaching is still an extremely popular choice for Manchester Met graduates and it is important that students get the full information and options available to them explained. This fair offers students the chance to get any information or advice they have about the routes into teaching and tips for writing personal statements and UCAS application forms.

All year groups and graduates welcome. Cheshire based students will be reimbursed for travel expenses.

For more information go to www.mmu.ac.uk/teachingfair

 

Tuesday 18:

The Big Careers Fair (Day 1) 10:30 am – 4:00 pm

Manchester Central Convention Centre, Windmill St, Manchester M2 3GX

Day one is ideal for graduate jobs, student internships and placements in consultancy, HR, retail management, finance, marketing and more. Final year, postgraduates and pre-final year students will greatly benefit by learning more about careers in different sectors before starting your job search.

Manchester Met students are all welcome to attend Manchester University's Big Careers Fair! Spread across two days, the Big Careers Fair offers you the chance to make personal contact with employers for expert advice on finding your ideal career.

For information on employers attending, go to http://www.careers.manchester.ac.uk/events/bigcareersfair/exhibitorlist/

 

Thursday 19:

The Big Careers Fair (Day 2) 10:30 am – 4:00 pm

Manchester Central Convention Centre, Windmill St, Manchester M2 3GX

 

Day two of the fair is for graduate jobs, student internships and placements in engineering, science and technology. All students are welcome to attend, however final year, postgraduate and pre-final year students will benefit the most.

For information on employers attending, go to

http://www.careers.manchester.ac.uk/events/bigcareersfair/exhibitorlist/

 

 

 

 

 

KPMG Student Brand Manager (SBM) Opportunity - Deadline Sun 2nd Oct

KPMG Student Brand Manager (SBM)

 

https://recruitment.mmu.ac.uk/vacancies/4/kpmg-student-brand-manager-sbm.html for full information and online application

 

Location: Off campus

Position: Marketing

Display Salary: Competitive

 

Advertising End Date: 02 Oct 2016

 

Vacancy Type: Off campus part-time work

 

Reference:

Not Specified

Job Description

 

Do you have an interest in marketing? Are you looking for a flexible job that will allow you to build up your skills and will fit around your university work?

Our recruitment marketing team is responsible for promoting KPMG, so we’re looking for a Student Brand Manager to work closely with us to strengthen the profile of KPMG as a graduate employer at your university.

The Role

Our SBMs work closely with our regional Recruitment Officers to be our eyes, ears and voice on campus. You will help us to target our recruitment activities in order to increase the number of graduate applications from your university as well as raising general KPMG brand awareness by undertaking activity such as:

* Regular progress updates with your KPMG regional recruitment officer and taking guidance on promotional activity

* Researching and recommending new, innovative ways to promote and market the KPMG Brand, career opportunities and events on campus

* Building links with specific faculties and departments.

* Word of mouth - telling peers what KPMG are doing on campus through lecture and society shout outs as well as leveraging all digital/social media channels at your disposal.

* Assisting with campus events - venue research, logistics, presenting.

* Campaign and competitor research - research, analysis and reporting.

* Direct sourcing candidates who are keen to apply for KPMG roles

Hours

This role is flexible so it can fit around your university studies and other commitments. We expect you to work around 10-15 hours in the autumn term, 5-10 hours in the spring term and 5-10 hours in the summer term.

Who we’re looking for

The KPMG Student Brand Manager role would suit a penultimate or final year undergraduate student with proven marketing experience who’s bright, extremely motivated, proactive, inquisitive and a self-starter. Ideally you should already have some knowledge of KPMG and you may be interested in pursuing a career with us upon graduation.

We’d like you to have your finger on the pulse of your university, for example; have a good awareness of the promotional channels, schools/faculties, the extracurricular activities at your university, in particular clubs and societies, and we would expect you to be an active member of one or more of these.

 

Qualifications

 

Who we’re looking for

The KPMG Student Brand Manager role would suit a penultimate or final year undergraduate student with proven marketing experience who’s bright, extremely motivated, proactive, inquisitive and a self-starter. Ideally you should already have some knowledge of KPMG and you may be interested in pursuing a career with us upon graduation.

We’d like you to have your finger on the pulse of your university, for example; have a good awareness of the promotional channels, schools/faculties, the extracurricular activities at your university, in particular clubs and societies, and we would expect you to be an active member of one or more of these.

MMU LGBT Society Information

https://www.theunionmmu.org/organisation/templates/society/LGBT/

MMU LGBT Society Information

Our aim is to create a fun and safe space for members of the LGBT community, to provide support and opportunities to socialise with other members of the community, and to carry out campaigns both on and off campus. We also aim to support and co-operate with charities and organisations within Greater Manchester. 

 
We have plans in place for a meet-and-greet, a quiz, a tour of Manchester's world renowned Gay Village, and coffee mornings to usher in the new academic year.


Join us on Facebook and  follow us on Twitter!
 

 

MMU LGBT Society

manmetlgbt@gmail.com
 

www.facebook.com/groups/1471133419812161/

 

@MMULGBT

 

 

Calendar of Event Dates This Week:

 

Monday, September 26

All day

 Official MMU Freshers and Welcome 2016

Tuesday, September 27

All day

 Official MMU Freshers and Welcome 2016

Wednesday, September 28

All day

 Official MMU Freshers and Welcome 2016

Thursday, September 29

All day

 Official MMU Freshers and Welcome 2016

Friday, September 30

All day

 Official MMU Freshers and Welcome 2016

Tuesday, October 4

6:00pm

 Societies Sub-Group Meeting

Study Skills & Specialist Study Skills Workshops - Timetable

AFE Invasion Student Weekenders - Feb & June 2017

Futures Skills Award

Coming Soon! Employability Guest Lectures 2016 - 17

Stars of The Month 2016-17

AFE Students & Staff UV Sports Events - Coming Soon !

AFE Society Charity of the Year - Bounceback Food

We’re helping those in need to

Bounceback

We sell healthy staple food on a ‘one for you, one for society’ basis by matching every purchase with a like for like donation to your nearest foodbank

Buy one

We sell a range of healthy, staple pasta, rice and tinned food. Visit our shop to see the full range.

Donate one

The same product bought is the same product donated. Out of respect, we believe you should only donate quality, in-date food that you would be prepared to eat yourself.

Your nearest foodbank

We work with FareShare and the Trussell Trust, the UK’s leading food redistribution charities, to ensure that your donation ends up where it’s needed most.

This Thursday - Evening Guest lecture GES - Government Economic Service

Relevant to Level 5 & 6 students  - No need to book ... We look forward to seeing you there

Level 5 - Placement Wednesday - Aldi This Weds, 28th Sept

The first in our series of Placement Wednesday sessions for level 5 students is next Wednesday 28^th September at 1pm in G27, followed by an Application Form Workshop at 2pm.

 

We will be welcoming Aldi who will be presenting their award winning placement scheme (Aldi have a selection of accolades including being in the Rate My Placement ‘Top 100 Undergraduate Employers 2015-16’ and The Times ‘Top 100 Graduate Employers’).  As well as Area Managers, there will also be a current placement student in attendance, along with Daniel Gallagher - a final year Manchester Met Business Management student who has just completed his placement year with Aldi.

 

I have put together a promotional slide for this event (please see attached), and would be grateful if you could use this to promote the session at the start/end of your level 5 lectures on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday next week. 

 

Over the forthcoming weeks we will send out a promotional slide for each forthcoming ‘Placement Wednesday’ session every Friday.  The full schedule of sessions is detailed on the attached flyer.

  

Kind regards,

 

Lynn

 

Lynn Gregory | Placement & Project Coordinator |

Manchester Metropolitan University Business School | All Saints Campus| Oxford Road | Manchester | M15 6BH |

Direct Line: 0161 247 6618

Email: l.gregory@mmu.ac.uk

LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/lynngregory1

 

Placement Team: 0161 247 3711 or businessplacements@mmu.ac.uk  

Twitter: @MMUPlacements

 

For more information on Placement opportunities: http://www.business.mmu.ac.uk/business/placements.php

The Writing Project - Term 1 2016-17

 

Aimed mainly at Home students, the very popular Writing Project will be open for registration on Thursday. The project allows students to improve their writing, grades and enhances their chances of employability - so please encourage students to sign up.

This course is for any Manchester Met-enrolled student who would like to improve the way they write at university level, although its focus is not just on academic writing.

 

The course will focus mainly on style, punctuation, grammatical accuracy, organisation and how to paraphrase and summarise effectively. The premise is that all students can improve their English, whether you are undergraduates, postgraduates or PhD students.

The Writing Project is now Open for Registration - Why should you join?

You can improve your assessment grades by making sure you are getting your points across clearly. You can impress future employers - good writing skills are highly valued in the workplace - a well-written job application will get you a long way.

 

Check the website for full details on hoe to sign up;

 

http://www.writingproject.mmu.ac.uk/

 

 

Counselling & Wellbeing Service - Term 1 Workshop and courses

 

An evening with PwC - Presentation Thurs 6th October 6.30pm

An Evening with PwC - Presentation

Where: University Place, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL

When: Thursday 6th October 18:30-21:00

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to get to know PwC better by attending one of our Career Presentation Evenings. You'll get to meet recent graduate joiners and senior members of staff, to find out what it’s like working at PwC, and learn more about the work we do for our clients. 

You'll also meet our recruitment team.  They’ll be available to answer any questions you may have about the recruitment process.

You’ll also discover why PwC is the first choice for anyone wanting to pursue a career in business and why students have voted us number one in The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers survey for twelve years running.  We don’t think you’ll be disappointed. This is just the start of your relationship with PwC.

By attending you’ll:

·           get the low-down on the work our people are passionate about, and get answers to any questions you might have;

·           gain a deep understanding of our different business areas and where you could fit in;

·           learn about how we develop our people so that they're leaders in their field, and become PwC Professionals;

·           get help and advice with your application;

·           find out about our other events we're running.

Register your place by signing up online: pwc.com/uk/careers/events

Take the opportunity of a lifetime.

Returning From Placement ? Try the 2016 ASET Student Competition

2016 ASET Student Competition:

 

ASET is a Work Based and Placement Learning Association and they’re offering you a chance to share your experiences in an inspirational way for a chance to win some money £££.
“ASET is delighted to announce that the 2016 Student Essay competition opens in September 2016.

To encourage the next cohort of placement students, ASET sponsors this annual competition which highlights what you’ve gained from your recent placement or internship - in no more than 900 words.

We are looking for short accounts which inform others about the value of work experience, clearly express the value of your learning, and do so in a lively and enthusiastic manner.”

There are two categories for entry, each with a prize of £400 for the winner and £100 for highly commended:

Placement/Work experience undertaken in the UK or Ireland

Placement/Work experience undertaken overseas

Some of you will already have done most of the work in writing a blog / placement log or from your Placement Assessment file paperwork – so there’s nothing to lose by going for it!

See the attached flyer for more information and how to enter and let our team know how you get on!

 

 

Consider Teaching Fair - Weds 12th October 2016

Student Ambassadors Wanted

 

Do you have what it takes to be a Student Ambassador ?

 

We rely heavily on ambassadors for UG & PG recruitment events and in return they get paid and are able to gain work experience for their CV.

 

 

Study Skills Workshops Support Package This Term

Study Skills related support will be offered by Learner Development (Student Support Services) from the start of the 2016/17 academic year. 

Workshops delivered by Student Support Officers

Student Support Officers have produced a new package of generic study skills workshops. 

These workshops will be delivered across the university and open to all students enrolled at Manchester Met. 

 

Over a hundred sessions are initially planned for the first term and the location/times of the workshops will vary so that there is flexibility and students can book sessions at a time which suits them.  The package of workshops includes the following sessions:     

Transition into University	Guidance for Postgraduate Study	Time management and Organisation
Harvard Referencing	Cite it right (avoiding plagiarism)	Essay Writing (Planning)
Critical Thinking	Critical Reading	Essay Writing  (Structure and Writing)
Managing Group work	Proof Reading strategies	Managing your Dissertation
Writing Literature Reviews	Revision Skills	Presentation Skills
Exam Tips	Manging your Dissertation

 

Student Support Officers will continue to offer bespoke study skills workshops for students within their own Faculty in areas that are not part of the above package or if sessions are very specific to a subject area e.g. Report Writing.

Workshops delivered by Dyslexia Study Skills Tutor

We have a new Dyslexia Study Skills Tutor who will be offering generic study skills support to:

·      Students who think that they may be dyslexic

·      Students who are in the process of being assessed for dyslexia

·      Students who have a diagnosis of dyslexia, but are not accessing study skills support from elsewhere e.g. DSA 

Many of the sessions will be similar in content to those being delivered by Student Support Officers, but will be delivered in a way which suits the learning style of dyslexic students e.g. more visual and take into consideration slow processing speed etc.

 

Assistive Technology Workshops

We have an Assistive Technology Specialist who will be offering workshops to enable students make the best use of assistive technology that is available on all University computers.   This software can be of benefit to all students, not just disabled students and we are keen to promote this message across the university.  Software includes:

·         Mind View (mind mapping software that will be available on the standard network platform from September 2016).  This software can assist with effective planning of written work, using timeline features and Gantt charts to help break down projects into manageable tasks.

·         TextHelp Gold (an upgraded version of Text to Speech Software which can help with proofreading and identification of homophones). 

·         Inspiration Software (mind mapping – this software is being phased out over two years and will be available to current users only)

 

How to book?

 

Students can book onto any of these workshops directly using the following link: www.mmu.ac.uk/LD/skillsdevelopment

 

This link is due to go live from 19^th September, however, if there are any IT issues or if students experience any difficulties they may call 0161 247 3330 or e-mail l.development@mmu.ac.uk to book onto a workshop. 

 

This information will appear on http://www.mmu.ac.uk/sas/studentservices/student-support-officers.php in due course

Many of these sessions have been approved for the ‘Future Skills Award’ which has a direct link with Employability and we are keen for students to get the most from their studies and their time at Manchester Met. 

With best wishes

Nahida

Nahida Shabbir| Head of Learner Development and Disability Support

Manchester Metropolitan University | Student Support Services | Student and Academic Services |Business School and Student Hub | All Saints Campus | Oxford Road |Manchester | M15 6BH | Tel +44 (0)161 247 3380  | E-mail: n.shabbir@mmu.ac.uk