Morning!
I hope everyone has had a great weekend. We have a series of great careers events taking place this week - take a look at the below, and follow the links for more details and to book yourself a space.
As ever, if you have any queries or would like to book in for an appointment (Careers & Enterprise stays open all year round), please drop me a line at f.bush@qmul.ac.uk.
Best,
Fliss (Careers Consultant for English and Drama)
Access Assistant, Festival.org
This paid internship is exclusively for Humanities students and graduates!
Greenwich + Docklands International Festival (GDIF) is London’s leading festival of free outdoor theatre and performing arts and, in the words of The Guardian, makes an “unrivalled contribution to the happiness of the people of London”. GDIF is committed to breaking new ground in outdoor performance and raising the ambition, quality and diversity of outdoor work produced in the UK.
This role will primarily support the Access Producer in delivering an inclusive free outdoor arts festival and audience development offer. Your passion for communicating with Deaf, disabled and neurodivergent audiences will be reflected in your detail-oriented approach and understanding of what tools audiences will require to access the festival.
You will join us at a busy and exciting time as we prepare for GDIF 2023. You will experience the run-up to the festival and the festival itself and gain valuable experience and understanding of what goes into delivering such a diverse range of accessible events.
The deadline for applications is 11.59pm on Thursday, 29 June 2023. For more information and to apply, click here.
20th June 10:00 – 4:00pm
- Differences between working full-time, freelance, contractor, or setting up a business.
- What to actually sell and deliver as a service, and how to ensure that you stand out from others
- How to decide on prices
- What is needed to get started - website, marketing, list of services, etc.
- Where to look for and land that very first client
- The legal and tax side of things
- How to plan out the next 12 months
The Path to Professional Excellence: Navigating Career Success
21st June 10:00am – 12:30pm
Are you ready to conquer the professional world or take your career to new heights? This session will be beneficial for those who are trying to break into the world of work, as well as those that are already in employment. From this session, you will understand more about what you are looking for in your future career and what you need to do to get there. You will understand more about the behaviours that employers are looking for and how to utilise them to your advantage both in the workplace and when applying for a new role.
Thriving Through the Challenges: Cultivating Growth Mindset and Resilience for Workplace Success
21st June 1:30pm to 4:00pm
This session is centred around dealing with challenging times and reframing failures/setbacks as opportunities to learn and grow. You will learn about some of the challenges you might face in the workplace and how to look at problems differently. Learn about the power of networking and craft your elevator pitch, so that you are always ready to go when someone asks you to introduce “who you are and what you do”. Don't miss out on this opportunity to supercharge your career!
Be the recruiter – And Ace your own Applications
22nd June 10:00 – 4:00pm
What if you could step into the shoes of a graduate recruiter for the day? Join us for our interactive ‘Be The Recruiter’ workshop on Thursday 22nd June from 10am – 4pm. You’ll get to experience first-hand what a graduate recruitment process looks like from the other side. You’ll start by creating job adverts right through to scoring CVs and final interviews based on applications we see from graduates. This workshop will make you see recruitment in a new way, and it will give you the insight and confidence to be able to ace your own job applications in any sector.
