king's careers & employability guide 2014-15
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Careers & Employability
kcl.ac.uk/careers
YOUR CAREER STARTS TODAY
The place for career help at King’s.
T his is your guide to King’s
Careers & Employability, the
careers service here at King’s.
It doesn’t matter whether you know
exactly what career you want, or if you
have no idea - we can help make you
employable in any sector and find a career
path that’s right for you.
Welcome to King’s Careers & Employability
It’s what we do... Career Guidance appointments When you need career advice, just call King’s Careers &
Employability on the day you would like advice, and book a Career
Guidance appointment. This is a 20 minute appointment with a
Careers Consultant, for you to discuss anything from career
options to job applications.
Practice Interviews If you have an upcoming interview, we provide you with an
opportunity to practice for it, using the actual job description for
the vacancy.
Careers Resources Our careers library is stocked with resources from general
topics such as creating the perfect CV and cover letter, to
specific information like careers in pharmacy. Just come in any
time we’re open and have a browse!
All our resources are available online at careerstagged.co.uk.
2 | King’s Careers & Employability
Advice
tailored TO YOU
} We know that every student is
different in what they want from their
career.
Whenever you see your King’s
Careers & Employability faculty or
school icon below, you know that
information is specific to you.
Arts & Humanities Bioscience Education Dental Institute
Florence Nightingale Faculty
of Nursing & Midwifery Institute of Psychiatry The Dickson Poon School of
Law
Medicine Natural & Mathematical
Sciences Social Science & Public
Policy
& events
Events King’s Careers & Employability host a
number of events each year, to allow you
to become proactive in building your
career.
King’s Careers & Employability dedicates entire weeks
to certain sectors, with events such as employer
presentations, employability talks and networking
sessions.
King’s Careers Fairs are your opportunity to meet top
employers in your sector. Find out about particular
recruitment processes, and get your name known within
organisations you might want to work for.
Niche events As well as these major events, King’s Careers
& Employability also run smaller events such
as talks from employers, How To sessions to
improve your CV and cover letters, and employer hosted webinars so you can
interact with recruiters from your computer. Visit kcl.ac.uk/careers/events for
more information to find out what’s on.
4 | King’s Careers & Employability
Key dates in 2014/15 Oc
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6 & 7th
10th
13th - 17th
21, 22 &
23rd
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5th
10th
7th & 28th
Nov
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Febr
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2nd - 6th
Ma
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20th
the
the
Part-time Work Fair
Finance, Consulting & Technology Fair
Bioscience & Pharmacy Fair
Legal Week
Law Fair
Graduate Careers Options Fair
Work Experience & Internships Fair
Entrepreneurship Guidance appointments
Media Week
Nursing Fair Some events require registration, so make sure to sign up
online at kcl.ac.uk/careers/events
Keep an eye out for our Assessment Centre
Series, and Public Policy Series during the
Spring term!
www.kcl.ac.uk/careers | 5
The
King’s
Leadership &
Professional Skills
Award is an opportunity
for you to learn professional
& leadership skills, meet
employers and increase your
employability in this competitive
graduate market!
You will reflect on, and develop,
your own skills, and benefit
by learning from others
about different
approaches to
tasks.
Sessions run at both Strand and Guy’s campus
and focus on:-
Networking Commercial Awareness
Leadership
Communication Project Management
Teamwork
Strengths for work Networking
Problem solving Presenting
Interview techniques
APPLICATIONS CLOSE
24TH SEPTEMBER
Visit kcl.ac.uk/klpsa for more
info and to apply
020 7848 1376 internships@kcl.ac.uk
EXCLUSIVE TO KING’S STUDENTS AND GRADUATES
from Careers & Employability
Visit
kcl.ac.uk/internships to find the internship for you
Internship Programme
If your degree offers an
internship module, you can
undertake an assessed
internship for academic
credit. Plenty of support
and guidance is available for
you to successfully find and
complete a quality
internship placement,
allowing you to gain
invaluable experience for
when you graduate.
Internships@King’s
The Internships@Kings
scheme offers students
from any discipline the
opportunity to apply
knowledge gained from
academic study into a
professional working
environment on campus.
Quality internships are
available in various
academic and central
departments, lasting up to
twelve months at any of
King’s’ five campuses.
STEP Internships Working for a small or
medium business, you will
be paid at least the
National Minimum Wage,
which is not subject to any
tax or National Insurance
contributions.
Your internship will last
between 8 and 26 weeks,
giving you plenty of time to
learn transferable skills,
as well as learning about
the sector.
020 7848 7134 careers@kcl.ac.uk /kingscareers @kingscareers
Opening Hours
Monday - Thursday 9.30 am - 5.00 pm
Friday 12.00 pm - 5.00 pm
Location
King’s Careers & Employability
The Bridge, Level 1
Macadam Building
Strand Campus
London
Guy’s Campus
Location
King’s Careers & Employability
Ground Floor
Henriette Raphael Building
Guy’s Campus
London
Strand Campus
Opening Hours
Monday - Tuesday 1.00 pm - 4.00 pm
To book an appointment at Strand
Campus, you will need to call us and
book on the day.
Career Guidance appointments are only
available Monday - Thursday.
Our Guy’s Campus office is drop-in only,
so just turn up during opening hours to
be seen.
Get in touch
Opening Times
Career Guidance appointments are also available at Waterloo Campus and the Institute of
Psychology and Neuroscience.
Please contact us to arrange an appointment at one of these campuses.
Looking for a job?
Use our online job board, JobOnline, to find part-time &
full-time work, internships and graduate roles at:
kcl.ac.uk/JobOnline
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