There’s just one week to go until STEM Women’s FREE virtual careers fair, offering a fantastic opportunity for students and recent graduates to develop their networking skills, meet with leading STEM employers, apply for roles and opportunities, and hear live talks from exhibiting organisations.

STEM WOMEN UK ONLINE STEM EVENT
Wednesday 22nd February 2023
12.00-4.30pm – drop in at any time throughout the event
Exhibitors include: Capgemini Invent, Capital One, Cern, Domino Printing, DVLA/DfT, Kubrick, Mercedes AMG F1, Novanta, NFU Mutual Owlstone Medical, RWest, UL Solutions, Waters and more – see more details on the attached poster.

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Discover impactful careers at MI5, MI6 & GCHQ

Want to kick start your career with a fast-growing, world-leading agency? Looking for a place to earn while you learn and start a career you won’t find anywhere else? Whether you’ve just left school, you’re a recent graduate or you’re considering a career change, a future in Intelligence services could be right for you.

We protect the UK, preventing threats such as terrorism, cyber-attacks and espionage. MI5 safeguards our national security. MI6 protects the UK and its interests from overseas. And GCHQ works to give the country a digital advantage through cutting-edge technology. And we’re looking for people from all walks of life to help us.

Join us at our Careers Live event and we’ll tell you all about the work we do and the roles we’re currently recruiting for. And as well as learning all about our inclusive, supportive culture, you’ll hear directly from some of our colleagues and have a chance to ask us some burning questions.

Interested? Sign up to attend one of the following events:

• Monday 17^th April @ 1pm – Intelligence
• Tuesday 18^th April @ 1pm – Languages
• Wednesday 19^th April @ 1pm – Corporate
• Thursday 20^th April @ 1pm – STEM

Wednesday 1 March 2023 6.30-8.00pm Virtual

Spotlight on Health and Social Care Careers

This event shows where this subject can take you by profiling alumni and professionals from partner organisations. Panellists talk about their roles and journey, challenges in the sector and share advice regarding recruitment processes.

Guest Panellists:
Anna Augustine, Social Work Manager, Local Authority
Vita- Marie Baggayan, Human Resources, Luxurycare
Olasile N Bello-Ilupeju, Team Manager, Referral and Assessment Team, London Borough of Bexley
Caroline Bishop, Social Worker, Hammersmith & Fulham
Purity Kiragu, Team Manager, Care UK
Sian Kitchen, Senior Programme Manager, NHS Staff Health and Wellbeing, NHS England
Kenneth Nyehoora Mugumya, Senior Consultant, Unicef Uganda,
Alex Williamson, HR Shared Service Manager, The Orders of St John Care Trust

Thursday 2 March 2023 6.30-8.00pm Virtual

Spotlight on Social Science Careers

This event shows where your subject(s) can take you by profiling alumni and professionals from partner organisations. Panellists talk about their roles and journey, challenges in the sector and share advice regarding recruitment processes. Students have the opportunity to engage with the panellists and ask questions.

Guest Panellists:
Alejandra Lovera, Admin/Event Manager, Dvinalia
Lila De Vera, Policy Analyst, Government of Manitoba
Mrs Sandra Popoola OBE JP, Head of Policy, Civil Service
Mirko Zappacosta, Head of Mission, NGO, Sudan, Premiere Urgence Internationale
Serina Fuller, Senior Researcher, Crest Advisory
Umer Ismail, Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner, NHS
Hannah Tilmouth, Trainee Clinical Associate Psychologist, NHS
Hind Sara Bechari-Martin, Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner, NHS

Friday 3 March 2023 2.00-3.00pm Aldgate Campus

Creating an excellent CV and cover letter

In an increasingly competitive job market, you need to make an impact when completing your CV and cover letter. Come along to this workshop to find out how you can make the most of your skills and promote yourself effectively in your CV and covering letter.

Wednesday 8 March 2023 1.00-2.00pm Virtual

Careers in recruitment and working for Hayes What is Recruitment ? The real Story !

An opportunity for students to gain a truthful insight in the world of recruitment and starting a career in it. What it involves, what is great about it and what the challenges are. We will offer advice on how to start a career in recruitment and be successful in it.

Working for Hays This insight gives students an in depth view of working for the industry leading Recruiter Hays PLC, with offices in over 30 counties, Hays really does lead the way in the world of recruitment offering a wealth of training and career opportunities. In this insight we will tell you about what a career with Hays looks like, what training and development you can expect and what rewards you get for being successful in your job.

Wednesday 8 March 2023 6.30-8.00pm Virtual

Spotlight on Technology and Creative Technology Careers

This event shows where these subjects can take you by profiling alumni and professionals from partner organisations. Panellists talk about their roles and journey, challenges in the sector and share advice regarding recruitment processes.

Guest Panellists:
Seshakiran Chemudipati, Sr. Embedded Software Development Engineer, Curtiss Wright
Andrejs Gavrilkins, Motion Designer, Ipsos
Muzzamil Hussain, Director, Service Delivery, VentureDive
Vishal Malik, Project Manager – IT Consulting, Avanade
Blessing Museki, Senior Chat BOT Engineer, BNP PARIBAS
Faiyaz Zagral, Engineer,Reliance Switchgears

Tuesday 7 March 2023 12.00-2.00pm The Junction Holloway Campus

Volunteering Pop-up

Interested in volunteering? Come along to the Volunteering Pop up to find out about current volunteering opportunities.

Organisations invited include:
Centre 404
Into University
Family & Friends
Decoded Youth
RNID

Wednesday 15 March 2023 12.00-2.00pm The Junction Holloway Campus

Volunteering Pop-up

Interested in volunteering? Come along to the Volunteering Pop up to find out about current volunteering opportunities.

Organisations invited include:
The Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park
Looking after the nature reserve and heritage site Home Start Camden

Friday 17 March 2023 2.00-3.00pm Virtual

Career planning: get the job you want

Know what job you want, but not sure how to get it? Understand that you need work experience but not sure how to go about getting it. This interactive session will help you to start formulating a career plan to set yourself achievable steps in order to reach your career goals.

Wednesday 22 March 2023 12.00-2.00pm Holloway Campus

Spring Internships and Graduate Jobs Fair

All participating employers have graduate roles, paid internships or job opportunities. The vast majority are applicable to anyone regardless of what you studied, so there are opportunities for all!

Thursday 23 March 2023 11.00am-1.00pm Virtual

Working in the UK after your Studies

Thursday 23 March 12.00-2.00pm The Junction Holloway Campus

Volunteering pop-up

Interested in volunteering? Come along to the Volunteering Pop up to find out about current volunteering opportunities.

To book a place on any of our events go to: https://www.londonmet.ac.uk/careersevents

Date: Thursday 23 February 2023
Time: 12.00-2.00pm
Venue: The Junction Holloway Campus

Organisations invited include:

Coach Bright
Marie Cure
Food Cycle
Future Youth Zone
Renters Rights London

Tuesday 7 February
12.00-2.00pm
The Junction Holloway Campus

Thursday 9 February
12.00-2.00pm
The Atrium Goulston Street Aldgate Campus

Organisations confirmed

City Year UK is a youth and education charity which empowers 18 to 25-year-olds, from all backgrounds, to tackle educational inequality through a year of full-time volunteering in schools.

African Child Trust

African Child Trust (ACT) is a small but growing UK registered Christian charity established with a mission to relieve and alleviate poverty among widows, orphans and other vulnerable children in Africa. At ACT we are passionate about changing lives and giving opportunities to disadvantaged children and women in need. We do this by providing access to education for the disadvantaged children to enable them to reach their potential in life. We empower the women, including single mothers, grandmothers and/or female guardians or relatives, through counselling and business skills training for them to generate a sustainable income to support themselves and their families. ACT is currently working in 8 countries of Africa. Our office is in Croydon, and we operate flexible working arrangements.

Volunteer Role(s)

• Communications Volunteer
• Events Volunteer
• Web Developer Volunteer

The German start-up “ELEVEL Academy” invites you to a variety of interactive, free 2 hour webinars – ranging from Programming (f.e. Python), Project-Management to Machine Learning and more. The young company has the mission of enabling students and young professionals to learn globally in-demand skills in an interactive manner, regardless of your chosen field of study.

In addition, the participation in the webinars is completely free of charge for the participants. Thanks to the selected support of universities, colleges and other institutions. Every Webinar will also offer you the opportunity to receive an individual skill-certificate for your CV and Career.

Following you will find a short overview of some of the upcoming webinars:

• Introduction to Cybersecurity – Saturday, January 28th
• Data Analytics with Excel – Saturday, January 28th
• Introduction to Python Programming – Saturday, February 4th
• Excel Power Query – Saturday, February 11th

All ELEVEL webinars are interactively presented by top coaches and designed to provide entertaining and practice-oriented insights into the various topics in two hours. The Webinars are particularly interesting for all those who would like to acquire further skills and have an interest in discovering new career-relevant topics.

Sounds interesting?

Feel free to register for the Webinars on the ELEVEL Website https://www.elevel-academy.de/en/webinars

What?

A series of masterclass-style panel discussions to equip international students and graduates with accurate and vetted information needed to accelerate their career navigation.

Think of these as knowledge-building and capacity-building sessions with the aim to enhance international students’ job-market readiness.

Where? The panel discussions will be held live on Zoom; we will ask our panelists some of the most burning questions about working in the UK, and then open the floor to audience Q&A.

When?

Starting February 1. Every Wednesday. 1 PM (UK Time)

Who are the speakers and panelists we will meet?

Depending on the sessions, we have experts ranging from:

• ex-international students who are now working in the UK
• Graduates who took the path of entrepreneurship in the UK
• Employers and hiring managers from the Big 4 and digital agency firms
• Career coaches who work closely with internationals students
• Careers professionals and advisors from UK universities
• Immigration advisors and visa specialists

The BEST part? All sessions are open to all and FREE to attend! Short replays from the session will be available later on our platform.

https://studentcircus.com/career-ignition-hub

Saturday 25 March, 12.30 – 7.30pm

Application deadline is 9am on Thursday 16th February.

Gray’s Inn, London

Attendance is free. Subsidies for travel are available.

The application process can be found on our website: https://www.graysinn.org.uk/joining/connect/university-advocacy-day/

What to expect on the day

Throughout the day, students will:

Hear what qualities leading barristers think make an effective advocate
Put their own advocacy skills into practice and receive feedback from barristers
Engage and network with likeminded students and Inn members of all seniorities

Join Student Circus as they bring exciting conversations around studying in the UK, surviving the uncertain weather, maintaining the balance in academic life, the current trends in the UK job market, and basically making the most of their stay in the UK.

Listen to the industry experts, and current international students debunking the myths around life and building a career in the UK.

When? January 25, 2023 at 5pm

Featured Speakers (all former or current international students):

• Dhruv Krishnaraj, Cofounder, Student Circus
• Kritika Narula, Head of Content and Marketing, Student Circus
• Inyene Nkanta, Lecturer in Business Management at the University of the West of Scotland
• Princess Adaku, International Student, DeMontfort University
• Kayode Faroun, International Student University of Chester
• Yolanda Wandawanda, International Student University of Leeds

Register here: https://studentcircus.com/maximise-your-employability-in-the-uk

All atendees will get a FREE CAREER WORKBOOK