- Cost
- £0.00 FREE - Open to recent graduates, resident in Birmingham - see below for full details
- Dates
- 21st and 22nd June 2010, 10 - 4pm
- Course Code
- Your Route to Work
Are you a graduate trying to enter the job market? What type of work best suits you?
How can you be proactive in looking for work and manage your own job search?
How do you best market yourself?
Want to make sure you perform your best in interviews?
If you are struggling to get your career started then Your Route to Work is here to give you the best opportunity for your future.
Description
Your Route to Work is a 2 day workshop specially designed to take you on a journey to a new career. It takes a creative and interactive approach to understanding your skills and experiences and works with you to find a tailored and realistic approach to achieving the job of your dreams.
We’ll do more than just help you with your CV and fill in applications – we’ll show you the tricks of the trade in how to brand yourself to stand out from the crowd in a pile of CVs and then how to sell yourself well at interview. We’ll also uncover the myths and misconceptions surrounding how to land yourself the perfect job.
By the end of the workshop you’ll have a revised and re-focussed CV, sample cover letter and ‘thank you’ emails as well as practice interviews and will be better equipped to target jobs that you feel you will enjoy and do well at.
Your Route to Work is the course for anyone who is unhappy with their job and feels that there is more that they could both achieve and offer or who is about to embark on the task of searching for work for the first time.
Trainers
Alison Grade is a lecturer and workshop facilitator on marketing and strategic business planning. As well being an experienced media professional who has spent the majority of her career as a freelancer rather than an employee, she has an MBA from INSEAD and has run her own business teaching women to ride motorbikes Along with her passion for making things happen Alison’s key skill is turning ideas and creative concepts into a practical and business reality. Your Route to Work is a course that Alison was inspired to develop after she was made redundant and had to re-find her professional self.
Katy Charles is a highly experienced Outplacement Consultant. Qualified to degree level (2.1) in Business Studies she currently delivers both workshops and provides executive 1:1 coaching for people that have been made redundant from their last position. She can boast excellent results in empowering her delegates to secure work more speedily. In addition to this Katy is a business practitioner. She runs her own Sales and Marketing Consultancy business and currently supports a software firm in expanding their business. Katy is delighted to be able to assist Birmingham City University with the Your Route to Work course and to ensure that Birmingham’s graduates have the best possible tool kit at their disposal in readiness for entering the job market.
Pre-Requisites
Applicants must have graduated from a degree, full NVQ Level 4 or equivalent within the last 4 years (including 2010 summer graduates) and have a Birmingham address to be eligible for a place on this course.
To register for your place contact:
Email: rebecca.tullener@bcu.ac.uk
Phone: 0121 202 4809