An invitation...
Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s London Universities Insight Event, Tuesday 22 January 2019, 10.30 - 13.30
Location: Locarno Suite, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, King Charles Street, London, SW1V 2AH
The FCO believes that, as an organisation, we can only truly and effectively represent modern Britain if we reflect it. Our outreach programme, set up in 2013, therefore aims to engage with students of diverse disciplines and backgrounds and increase awareness of work and opportunities, especially to those who perhaps wouldn’t otherwise consider an FCO career.
The FCO invites QMUL students from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME), lower socio-economic status (LSES) and Widening Participation backgrounds to participate in a half-day insight event at King Charles Street and explore the UK’s diplomatic service and career opportunities at the FCO.
We believe we must bring diversity of thought, skills and experiences into the workplace in order to be the best diplomatic service we can be and champion this when we engage with students in our outreach programme.
The format will be a 3-hour morning event. This will include welcomes and introductions, presentations and panel sessions with staff and an interactive engagement session. There will also be opportunities for informal networking with our staff associations and to ask questions and engage individually with staff.
We would like to tell you who we are, what we do at the FCO and why you might consider applying to work for us. Whether it be sharing experiences and career stories about working as a diplomat, working overseas, life in the FCO office in London, the realities of working for the FCO, or offering insight and guidance into the Fast Stream recruitment process, we hope this might inspire you consider a Diplomatic Service career with us and find out about our recruitment opportunities and processes.
Eventbrite sign-up link : The Foreign and Commonwealth Office London Universities Insight Event – QMUL students
Please also note this is a private event and students will need to use the following password when signing up: QMUL@FCO2019
Limited spaces – apply soon!
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Career Profile Survey
As the Christmas break approaches and we all take time to reflect on the past year and make resolutions for the year to come why not also take a moment to reflect on your future career?
• Discover your career profile (There are seven career profiles, which one are you?)
• Find out how your career expectations match up to other students.
• See a list of employers that fit your career profile that you might not have considered.
• Get a free CV check and become even more competitive in your job search.
You can participate by clicking https://careertest.universumglobal.com/s/19ukqmul
This survey is brought to you by Queen Mary Careers & Enterprise in partnership with Universum.
This test is available for a limited time only. Your answers and results are confidential and always kept anonymous. If you have any inquiries, feedback or concerns you are welcome to contact us at info.universum@career-test.com.
---------------Careers & Enterprise over the Christmas/New Year Vacation
C&E closes from 22 Dec - 1st Jan... opening again on 2nd January. There are still quite a few appointments available next week if you would like a career discussion or an application/CV check before the break - call 020 7882 8533. When the office is closed there are lots of online resources available both on the C&E website www.careers.qmul.ac.uk and on the QMPlus Careers homepage: https://qmplus.qmul.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=5476
