1. Team
 Ben Mbiyu
 Ohiz Afeisume
 Omer Shafiq Ur Rehman
 Raz Mohayyuddin

2. Project Aim
To improve the employability
prospects of IT Graduates within the
greater London area through an
employment fair.

3. Motivation
 Drastic increase in graduate unemployment
rate due to recession
 “One in five UK university leavers who entered
the labour market failed to find a job last
year” (BBC)
 Graduate unemployment has riser more than
unemployment in UK as whole, from 5.2% to
7.9 (Office of national statistics)
 IT graduates highest unemployment rate
comparing to the other desciplines (HECSU)

4. Stakeholders
 IT Undergraduate – Target group
 Recruiting Employers – Target group
 Universities
 Speakers
 Staff
 Department for Employment & Learning

5. Product Description
 Event Plan
 Marketing Plan
 Site Plan
 Risk & Contingency Plan
 GradFair 2012
 Evaluation Report

6. Cost Analysis

7. Project Benefits
 Get IT graduates employed INDIRECT
 Improve employability for IT graduates
Reduce local crime rate by
 Right people for the getting engaged in young
right unemployed
people job
volunteering
 Reduce the rate of Helping communities whose
unemployment
local authority is cutting
 Overall growth in economy
services because of
government funding cuts

8. Risk Analysis & Contingency
 Project risks:
 Schedule issues
 Technical issues
 Human threats
 Too many attendees on the day of event
 Personal problem within the group members
 Time conflicts
 Business risks:
 Possible legal issues
 Environmental issue
 Venue issues

9. Project Organisation Structure
Project Sponsor
(Alan Shannon - Permanent Secretary )
Department for Employment & Learning
Executive
Senior User
Andrew Hamilton Senior Supplier
Simon Jewell
(Deputy Secretary) (Venue Events Manager)
(Vice-Chair)
Department for Employment Alexandra Palace
British Computer Society
& Learning
Project Manager
Mike Goodland
Risk/Contingency & Evaluation
(Managing Director)
Metadata Training
Team Leader Team Leader
Team Leader Team Leader
Raz Mohayyuddin Omer
Ben Mbiyu Ohiz Afeisume
Incharge Marketing Incharge “GRADFAIR
Incharge Event Plan Incharge Site Plan
Plan 2012” Event Management
Team Members Team Members Team Members Team Members