Suzanne Payne – Graduate Employability Coordinator

Natalie Tiu – Volunteer CoordinatorSteph Hughes – Volunteer Supervisor

Based in Student Activities Office – above Essentials

Employers want more than a degree from you - by recording your skills and experience you can demonstrate how you stand out from the crowd

Have started working towards Kent Student Certificate in Volunteering award

Be able to demonstrate employability skills that employers value

Have attended training that can be recorded Be able to evidence all of this on your CV,

application forms and at interview

As a volunteer you will -

Bronze – 25 volunteering hours

Silver – 50 volunteering hours, record 6 employability skills, complete a review

Gold – achieved silver, 100 volunteering hours, 2 training sessions, online reflection

Gold + - achieved gold plus additional 100

volunteering hours (200 in total) Platinum award – 15 credit module - attend stand

out session for further information

Kent Student Certificate in Volunteering (KSCV)

What can be logged as

volunteering?

Browse volunteering opportunities Record volunteer and paid roles Log volunteering hours Record employability skills Record training Produce a skills record Book stand out training session

The Employability and Volunteering Toolkit

Log on to www.kentunion.co.uk/eandv

E&V Toolkit

QUESTIONS?