SMLC Career Week

PROGRAMME

Please email katrin.uhlig@glasgow.ac.uk  for all queries relating to Careers Week.
 

MONDAY 14 OCTOBER

Ernst & Young: Know your Strengths Workshop

Emma Jones (Recruitment Officer, Ernst & Young)

Time   1-2pm

Venue           Joseph Black C407

Ernst & Young’s Know your Strengths session will make you become more aware of your individual strengths and help you realise how using your strengths advantageously can secure a ‘best fit’ career.

Join EY recruitment professional (and arts graduate!) Emma Jones for this interactive and fun workshop.

Register here: http://moodle2.gla.ac.uk/mod/choice/view.php?id=50493

 

A (virtual) cup of coffee with Michael Kaethler

Time   4-5pm

Skype web chat

Michael Kaethler is an independent consultant specialising in humanitarian protection and human rights. He has conducted research and assessments with the United Nations in several countries, focusing on West Africa, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Current projects emphasise the interplays of place, people and governance of cities. Mr Kaethler holds a Master of Arts in Central and Eastern European Studies from the University of Glasgow, and a Masters of Eng. in Human Settlements from KU Leuven.

Join this informal Skype web chat which is part of the popular ‘A cup of coffee with….' speaker series.  The series brings a variety of GU alumni back the University to discuss their career journey and the highs and lows along the way.

Register here: http://moodle2.gla.ac.uk/mod/choice/view.php?id=50500

 

 

TUESDAY 15 OCTOBER

A cup of coffee with Mhairi McDonald, UK Department for International Development

Time: 11 am - 12 noon

Venue: Main Building Room253 (Gilbert Scott Conference Suite)

Mhairi studied Portuguese and Spanish at undergraduate level at Glasgow and graduated in June 2013. She now works as a graduate at the UK Department for International Development in the Multilateral Aid Policy team assessing multilateral organisations such as the UN, aid policy and writing briefings for "Parliamentary Questions" for Government Ministers. Her language skills are required for events such as the "Open Government Partnership Summit" which 55 member countries attend.

This informal question and answer session is part of the popular ‘A cup of coffee with….' speaker series. The series brings a variety of GU alumni back the University to discuss their career journey and the highs and lows along the way.

Register here: http://moodle2.gla.ac.uk/mod/choice/view.php?id=62492

 

Starting your own business

Brian Baillie (Enterprise Manager, University of Glasgow Careers Service) & Michele Gordon (Founder & Director, The Language Hub: http://www.thelanguagehub.co.uk/)

Time   12noon -1pm

Venue            Hetherington Building 129

If you have ever thought about self-employment, becoming freelance, or setting up your own business, and don't really know where to start, this session will give you a broad understanding of what it takes to turn your idea into a reality. It's informative, interactive and fun and at the end of it you will be better equipped to consider whether or not you want to be your own boss.

Register here: http://moodle2.gla.ac.uk/mod/choice/view.php?id=50511

 

 

WEDNESDAY 16 OCTOBER

 

Gaining Work Experience

Ann Duff (Careers Adviser, University of Glasgow Careers Service)

Time   12 noon - 1pm, followed by a drop-in clinic from 1pm-2pm

Venue            Adam Smith 916

This session will focus on the value of part-time work, how to search for part-time work, avoiding scams, legal rights and issues and how to adjust your applications to match the job you are applying for.

Join Ann afterwards for a drop-in clinic where you can ask questions relevant to your own particular situation.

Register here: http://moodle2.gla.ac.uk/mod/choice/view.php?id=50513

 

Foreign Language interview skills 

Pilar Delgado-Chaves (Language Centre Director of Studies & SMLC staff)

Time   3-4.30pm

Venue            Adam Smith 915

You've found a job that offers what you want. The successful applicant must speak a foreign language. You speak that language but you want to be sure you are ready for the interview, to feel confident. Or maybe you are at an earlier stage in your job search but know that you will need your language skills and want to be prepared.

This workshop will give you an insight into the interview process for positions involving modern foreign language skills.

You will:

• undergo a mock-assessment in language-specific groups;
• find out what is expected of you during an interview conducted entirely in the foreign language and how to best prepare for it;
• Receive peer and assessor feedback on your performance.
• Receive advice on how to address any gaps in knowledge or skills identified

 

Languages offered

French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Slavonic, Spanish

Please note that due to high demand this session will be open to Senior Honours students only.

To register, please send an email detailing the language you wish to be assessed in to katrin.uhlig@glasgow.ac.uk by Friday 4 October 2013.

A (virtual) cup of coffee with Andrew Stroehlein, European Media Director, Human Rights Watch, Brussels

Time   4-5pm

Skype web chat

Andrew graduated in Slavonic Studies in 1997 and is now European Media Director at Human Rights Watch.  Based in Brussels, he is responsible for international media outreach and strategy. In the past Andrew worked as Communications Director of the International Crisis Group and as a journalist reporting from Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Afghanistan, Kenya, Nigeria, Colombia, and Indonesia.

Join this informal Skype chat which is part of the popular ‘A cup of coffee with….' speaker series. The series brings a variety of GU alumni back the University to discuss their career journey and the highs and lows along the way.

Register here: http://moodle2.gla.ac.uk/mod/choice/view.php?id=50531

  

THURSDAY 17 OCTOBER

 

CV sessions

Ann Duff (Careers Adviser, University of Glasgow Careers Service)

Time   12 noon-1pm, followed by a drop-in clinic from 1pm-2pm

Venue            Wolfson Medical Building, Seminar Room 3 (Gannochy) 

Find out how to target your CV to a particular job whilst maintaining UK conventions.

Join Ann afterwards for a drop-in clinic. Bring your own CV to be critiqued.

Register here: http://moodle2.gla.ac.uk/mod/choice/view.php?id=50554

 

 

A cup of coffee with Dickon Copsey, College Employability Officer, University of Glasgow, College of Social Sciences and Declan Blench, Interpreter, European Union, Brussels

Time   2-3pm

Venue            tbc

Dickon Copsey studied German at Glasgow at undergraduate and Ph.D. level. After his Ph.D. he joined a Schools Widening Participation programme as Top-Up Programme Administrator (which was more interesting than the title suggests…) and has worked for the University ever since. He is currently an Employability Officer for the College of Social Sciences at the University of Glasgow.

Declan Blench studied Italian and German at undergraduate level at Glasgow before going on to complete the MA in Interpreting and Translating at Bath University. He works as a freelance translator and interpreter for translation agencies, Amazon, and the institutions of the European Union.

This informal question and answer session is part of the popular ‘A cup of coffee with….' speaker series. The series brings a variety of GU alumni back the University to discuss their career journey and the highs and lows along the way.

Register here: http://moodle2.gla.ac.uk/mod/choice/view.php?id=50544

 

Your period abroad - a smart career move! - Photo exhibition and networking event

Time   6-7.30pm

Venue           John McIntyre Building 201

Visit our year abroad photo exhibition and join us for an informal networking evening. See the final entries of this year's SMLC photo competition “Your year abroad - a smart career move” and hear the winner announced.

If you haven’t been abroad yet… Come and hear returned SMLC students talk about their time abroad and how the experiences they gained have made them stand out from the recruitment crowd.

If you have been abroad already... Come along and share your experiences with students preparing to go abroad and chat to other returned SMLC students about their time abroad.

You may even decide to join the photo competition and perhaps see your picture displayed.

For more details about the photo competition visit http://moodle2.gla.ac.uk/mod/page/view.php?id=48607 . Submit your entry by 1 October 2013 and win great prizes - including an iPad mini.

The winners of the competition will be announced at the networking evening.

RSVP here by 10 October: http://moodle2.gla.ac.uk/mod/choice/view.php?id=50563

 

 

FRIDAY 18 OCTOBER

Ernst & Young - Mock Assessment Centres

 

Emma Jones (Recruitment Officer, Ernst & Young) and colleagues

Time   12noon - 1.30pm

Venue            Sir Alexander Stone Building 204

 Ernst & Young’s mock assessment centre provides guidance, tips and insights into assessment centres and interviews. The 1.5 hour long session will equip you with the skills you need to succeed at assessment centres and interviews and give the opportunity to practice in a safe environment.

You will receive feedback on your performance and we will help you to identify your individual strengths.

Join this interactive session lead by EY graduate recruitment experts to get a head start!  You can have your recruitment questions answered, get some interview and group exercise practice and get some valuable insight into the recruitment and selection process.

please bring your own paper

Register here: http://moodle2.gla.ac.uk/mod/choice/view.php?id=50589

 

An hour at lunchtime with Tom Hargreaves, Technology Consultant, IBM

Time: 12.30 - 1.30

Venue: Seminar Room, Gilchrist Postgraduate Club

Tom studied German and History at Glasgow between 2006 and 2011. After graduating he joined IBM at the end of 2011 as a Technology Consultant. His job involves designing technological solutions to business challenges that IBM clients have. This involves working at client offices around the UK and Europe where he works with a team on consultants and client staff. Since joining IBM almost two years ago he has worked on two major projects, one at Scottish Power in Glasgow and a second at N-power in Leeds, where he is currently based.

This informal session is part of the An Hour at Lunchtime with... Series which gives current students an opportunity to meet arts graduates who have gone from where you are now to real-life members of the working population. Use these events as a way to find out more if they are doing a job you are interested in and to make a good contact. Even if you are not interested in the job they are doing these talks are extremely illuminating as you get the chance to ask your questions and hear about the interesting journeys that Arts Graduates can find themselves going on.

The session will begin with the Careers Adviser interviewing the Alumnus then it will open to the floor for a Q&A.

Register here: http://moodle2.gla.ac.uk/mod/choice/view.php?id=62662

 

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Please email katrin.uhlig@glasgow.ac.uk  for all queries relating to Careers Week.