What’s on in February? http://www.mmu.ac.uk/careers/events/

What’s on in February?

The below employability events are bookable through MyCareerHub via http://www.mmu.ac.uk/careers/events/ and a separate URL is shown where this is not the case.  

 

Also, do encourage students to follow @ManMetCareers on Twitter, or via their Facebook page ‘Manchester Met Careers and Employability’ as the central Careers and Employability Team post daily on events, internships and job opportunities.

Wednesday 1^st February:

Futures Leadership Programme: Leading Projects & Events 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Room 3.16, Business School Building, Manchester

For more details & to book: https://mycareerhub.mmu.ac.uk/students/events/detail/1304593/futures-leadership-programme-l

This session will focus on the importance of effective leadership for project and event management, and is being delivered by Paul Roberts – a founding director of Fifthday (www.fifthday.com) one of the world’s leading and most innovative project management consultancies.

Paul will discuss the nature of projects, and the importance of their effective leadership and management.

If you attend 5 sessions of the Leadership Programme, including the wrap-up session, which will be taking place in February, you will receive a certificate.

 

Thursday 2^nd February:

Assessment Centres: how to succeed (For Business Students only) 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Room G33, Business School Building, Manchester

For more details & to book: https://mycareerhub.mmu.ac.uk/students/events/detail/1324287/assessment-centres-how-to-succ

 

Friday 3^rd February (repeated on 23^rd February, see last session):

Designing Your CV for the Creative, Communication and Media Industries 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Room 226, Geoffrey Manton Building, Manchester

For more details & to book: https://mycareerhub.mmu.ac.uk/students/events/detail/1319618/designing-your-cv-for-creative

Wednesday 8^th February:

Using Emotional Intelligence to Succeed 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Room 4.06A, Business School Building, Manchester

For more details & to book: https://mycareerhub.mmu.ac.uk/students/events/detail/1319619/using-emotional-intelligence-t

 

Wednesday 8^th February:

Futures Leadership Programme: Leadership & Ethics 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Room 3.24, Business School Building, Manchester

For more details & to book: https://mycareerhub.mmu.ac.uk/students/events/detail/1304588/futures-leadership-programme-l

This session will focus on the importance of ethics in the world of business. Using topical case studies, we will explore why ethical leadership is critical to business success and how graduate employers look for candidates to demonstrate ethical awareness in their decision-making and problem solving.

Professor Julia Clarke is Dean of the Faculty of Business and Law at MMU, and prior to moving into higher education worked for one of the big four accountancy firms in Manchester where she specialised in corporate taxation. Julia is a founding member of the Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning in Inter-Disciplinary Ethics based at the University of Leeds, and has published in the areas of corporate social reporting, business ethics and business education.

If you attend 5 sessions of the Leadership Programme, including the wrap-up session, which will be taking place in February, you will receive a certificate.

 

Wednesday 15^th February:

Futures Leadership Programme: Gender and its Impact on Women in Business 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Room 3.24, Business School Building, Manchester

For more details & to book: https://mycareerhub.mmu.ac.uk/students/events/detail/1304555/futures-leadership-programme-g

 

Wednesday 15^th February:

Assessment Centres 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Room E244, John Dalton Building, Manchester

For more details & to book: https://mycareerhub.mmu.ac.uk/students/events/detail/1319607/assessment-centres

 

Thursday 16^th February:

Working for Yourself: How to Get Started 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Room 2.24, Geoffrey Manton Building, Manchester

For more details & to book: https://mycareerhub.mmu.ac.uk/students/events/detail/1319621/working-for-yourself-how-to-ge

 

Tuesday 17^th February:

Find That Graduate Job 12:15 pm – 12:45 pm

Room 4.04A, Business School Building, Manchester

For more details & to book: https://mycareerhub.mmu.ac.uk/students/events/detail/1319596/find-that-graduate-job

In this session you will explore the impact of gender on women's progression in leadership roles and entrepreneurship, and look at the strategies women adopt (good and bad) to navigate masculine environments. This will be an interesting and empowering session that will be relevant to both women and men!

If you attend 5 sessions of the Leadership Programme, including the wrap-up session, which will be taking place in March, you will receive a certificate. 

 

Monday 20^th February:

Getting a Summer Internship 10:00 am – 10:30 am

Room 1.25, Business School Building, Manchester

For more details & to book: https://mycareerhub.mmu.ac.uk/students/events/detail/1319622/getting-summer-internship

 

Wednesday 22^nd February:

Futures Leadership Programme: Creative & Entrepreneurship 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Room 3.11, Business School Building, Manchester

For more details & to book: https://mycareerhub.mmu.ac.uk/students/events/detail/1304594/futures-leadership-programme-c

In this session you will learn about brainstorming, ideation, thinking outside the box and creative thinking. In the process of developing as a creative leader, you need to learn to train your imagination, and conceptually blend dissimilar concepts from different contexts, leading to original ideas and insights. 

If you attend 5 sessions of the Leadership Programme, including the wrap-up session which will be taking place in February, you will receive a certificate.

Wednesday 22^nd February:

Postgraduate Courses Fair 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Business School North Atrium, Manchester

For more details & to book: http://www2.mmu.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/visit/

 

Thursday 23^rd February:

Designing your CV for the creative, communication and media industries 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Room 2.24, Geoffrey Manton Building, Manchester

For more details & to book: https://mycareerhub.mmu.ac.uk/students/events/detail/1319623/designing-your-cv-for-creative

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If there is anything you would like including in the next bulletin, please let me know.

 

Maisie Townshend

Graduate Intern for Employability

Email: M.Townshend@mmu.ac.uk

Telephone: 0161 247 2473

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