This document contains information about various career guidance workshops and presentations happening at the University of Hertfordshire during the month of November. It provides details such as dates, times, and locations for workshops on topics like interviews, CVs/resumes, applications, assessment centres, employer presentations from companies like BT and FDM, and placements. Career guidance resources are also mentioned like appointments that can be booked for CV/application reviews, interview practice, and enterprise advice.

1. Researching your
career options
Help with decision making
Guidance through the
recruitment process
Careers presentations
Employer presentations
Recruitment fairs

2. Guidance through the
recruitment process
Webinar
-­‐
Sell
yourself
part
2:
Interviews
(Graduate
Programme)
Do
interviews
terrify
you?
This
webinar
covers
how
to
succeed
in
in
interviews,
improve
your
self-­‐confidence
and
answer
those
tricky
interview
quesHons.
Date:
Monday
3
November
Time:
15:00-­‐16:00

3. Guidance through the
recruitment process
Get
that
job!
Brilliant
CVs
that
get
results
Want
to
know
how
to
produce
a
really
effecHve
and
targeted
CV
and
cover
lePer
that
will
get
you
an
interview?
Come
along
to
this
workshop
to
find
out
more!
Date:
Monday
3
November
Time:16:00-­‐17:00
LocaHon:
B154,
College
Lane

4. Guidance through the
recruitment process
EffecHve
Interviews
Interviews
for
undergraduate
and
graduate
opportuniHes
are
demanding,
and
to
succeed
you
will
need
to
perform
to
a
very
high
standard.
This
workshop
will
help
you
know
what
to
expect
and
how
to
prepare.
Date:
Thursday
6
November
Time:11:00-­‐12:00
LocaHon:
N101,
de
Havilland

5. Researching your
career options
EffecHve
ApplicaHons
Increasingly
employers
are
using
applicaHon
forms
to
shortlist
candidates
for
placement
and
job
interviews.
This
workshop
will
maximise
your
chances
of
your
applicaHon
being
successful.
There
will
be
pracHcal
exercises
on
competency
quesHons
and
personal
statem
ents.
Date:
Friday
7
November
Time:13:00-­‐14:00
LocaHon:
R110,
de
Havilland

6. Guidance through the
recruitment process
University
of
California
Riverside/Disney
Placement
Programme
PresentaHon
(1st
years)
Are
you
a
first
year
student
and
thinking
about
doing
a
placement
in
your
third
year?
Come
along
to
find
out
about
the
UCR/Disney
Placement
Programme!
Date:
Monday
10
November
Time:
9:30-­‐11:00
LocaHon:
R147,
de
Havilland

7. Guidance through the
recruitment process
EffecHve
Interviews
Interviews
for
undergraduate
and
graduate
opportuniHes
are
demanding,
and
to
succeed
you
will
need
to
perform
to
a
very
high
standard.
This
workshop
will
help
you
know
what
to
expect
and
how
to
prepare.
Date:
Monday
10
November
Time:11:00-­‐12:00
LocaHon:
N212,
de
Havilland

8. Guidance through the
recruitment process
Webinar
-­‐
First
six
months
in
your
new
job
(Graduate
Programme)
How
will
you
survive
in
your
new
job?
A
webinar
with
top
Hps
for
success
in
your
early
weeks
and
months
and
how
to
make
the
best
of
your
opport
uniHes
Date:
Monday
10
November
Time:
16:00-­‐17:00

9. Guidance through the
recruitment process
Applying
for
Teacher
Training
(Primary)
Thinking
of
applying
for
teacher
training
and
want
to
know
more
about
the
different
routes
to
train,
and
how
to
make
a
successful
applicaHon?
Date:
Tuesday
11
November
Time:
13:00-­‐14:00
LocaHon:
N106,
de
Havilland

10. Guidance through the
recruitment process
Webinar
-­‐
Get
that
job!
Brilliant
CVs
that
get
results
Want
to
know
how
to
produce
a
really
effecHve
and
targeted
CV
and
cover
lePer
that
will
get
you
an
interview?
Come
along
to
this
workshop
to
find
out
more!
Date:
Tuesday
11
November
Time:13:00-­‐14:00

11. Researching your
career options
Develop
a
mobile
app
business
The
mobile
app
industry
is
an
increasingly
lucraHve
market
to
enter,
so
if
you
are
thinking
of
developing
your
own
mobile
app
but
don’t
know
where
to
start,
then
why
not
come
along
to
this
workshop
where
you
will
gain
valuable
advice
and
Hps
on
how
to
move
forward
with
your
id
ea.
Date:
Tuesday
11
November
Time:17:00-­‐18:30
LocaHon:
R115,
de
Havilland

12. Guidance through the
recruitment process
CVs
(resumes)
for
InternaHonal
Students
InternaHonal
students
are
welcome
to
aPend
this
session
to
find
out
more
about
UK
style
résumés,
known
as
Curriculum
Vitaes
(CVs),
which
are
commonly
used
for
part-­‐
Hme
and
full-­‐Hme
job
applic
aHons.
Date:
Wednesday
12
November
Time:
13:00-­‐14:00
LocaHon:
B200,
College
Lane

13. Careers presentations
What are your first steps to establishing an
online business?"
"
How to sell your art/service/product online? What are your first steps to
establishing an online business?
Jayne Smith, UH Fashion
Date:
Wednesday
12
November
Time:
13:00-­‐14:30
LocaHon:
A116,
College
Lane

14. Guidance through the
recruitment process
Get
into
Teaching
and
finding
Teaching
Work
Experience
Find
out
about
the
different
routes
into
teaching
and
opHons
for
securing
the
work
experience
you
need
Date:
Wednesday
12
November
Time:14:30-­‐15:30
LocaHon:
N101,
de
Havilland

15. Careers presentations
Humanities Placement Launch"
"
Everything you need to know about taking a placement year
as a Humanities student."
Date:
Wednesday
12
November
Time:
14:30-­‐16:00
LocaHon:
N208,
de
Havilland

16. Employer presentations
Enterprise Rent-a-Car- How to secure a Graduate,
Placement or Summer Internship"
"
Want to know more about the job opportunities at Enterprise
Rent-A-Car? Why not come along to their presentation where you
will gain invaluable information and find out how to secure a role
with this fantastic company!"
Date:
Wednesday
12
November
Time:
15:00-­‐16:00
LocaHon:
N110,
de
Havilland

17. Careers presentations
Careers in Academia; Postgraduate Study
Applications and Sources of Funding"
"
Find out about Careers in Academia; Postgraduate Study
Applications and Sources of Funding"
"
Date:
Wednesday
12
November
Time:
15:30-­‐16:30
LocaHon:
N212,
de
Havilland

18. Guidance through the
recruitment process
Le^ng
Employers
Find
You-­‐
a
guide
to
LinkedIn
and
social
media
recruitment
Le^ng
Employers
find
You
-­‐
the
new
way
of
job
searching,
a
guide
to
using
LinkedIn
and
social
media
to
secure
e
mployment
Date:
Wednesday
12
November
Time:15:30-­‐16:30
LocaHon:
N101,
de
Havilland

19. Researching your
career options
BT Networking Event (external event)"
"
External event to network with BT about graduate positions"
"
Date:
Wednesday
12
November
Time:
17:45-­‐20:10
LocaHon:
BT
Centre

20. Guidance through the
recruitment process
Applying
for
Teacher
Training
(Secondary)
Thinking
of
applying
for
teacher
training
and
want
to
know
more
about
the
different
routes
to
train,
and
how
to
make
a
successful
applicaHon?
Date:
Thursday
11
November
Time:
13:00-­‐14:00
LocaHon:
N101,
de
Havilland

21. Employer presentations
FDM Webinar"
"
FDM are hosting this live webinar just for UH students and
graduates to let you know about the current vacancies they
have advertised on CareerHub"
Date:
Thursday
13
November
Time:
13:00-­‐14:00

22. Researching your
career options
Assessment
Centres
-­‐
top
Hps
and
pracHce
Assessment
Centres
-­‐
be
prepared
!
This
workshop
will
give
you
an
opportunity
to
pracHce
the
kinds
of
acHviHes
used
by
employers.
Come
along
and
get
top
Hps
that
will
help
you
give
your
best
performance
on
the
day.
Date:
Thursday
13
November
Time:14:00-­‐15:00
LocaHon:
N212,
de
Havilland

23. Guidance through the
recruitment process
Webinar
-­‐
EffecHve
ApplicaHons
Increasingly
employers
are
using
applicaHon
forms
to
shortlist
candidates
for
placement
and
job
interviews.
This
workshop
will
maximise
your
chances
of
your
applicaHon
being
successful.
There
will
be
pracHcal
exercises
on
competency
quesHons
and
personal
statem
ents.
Date:
Friday
14
November
Time:
11:30-­‐12:30

24. Guidance through the
recruitment process
EffecHve
ApplicaHons
Increasingly
employers
are
using
applicaHon
forms
to
shortlist
candidates
for
placement
and
job
interviews.
This
workshop
will
maximise
your
chances
of
your
applicaHon
being
successful.
There
will
be
pracHcal
exercises
on
competency
quesHons
and
personal
statements.
Date:
Friday
14
November
Time:14:00-­‐15:00
LocaHon:
B154,
College
Lane

25. Business
Start-­‐Up
Programme
Take
your
business
idea
from
concept
to
market
readiness
with
our
business
start-­‐up
programme.
Mentoring,
business
advice,
business
planning
frameworks,
workshops
and
much
more!
Email
careers@herts.ac.uk
for
more
informaHon
and
how
to
apply!
ApplicaHons
open
from
October
2014

26. Careers presentations
Remember, you can book appointments
online for:
• CVs and Cover Letters
• Application Forms
• Personal Statements
• Interview practice and guidance
• Career queries and advice
• Enterprise advice and information
careerhub.herts.ac.uk