Careers and Alumni Conference
Funded by the School of Humanities and Graduate Futures
Wednesday 1st December 2010
Weston Auditorium 1:00-3:00
Conference Keynote Speaker: Vicky Hearn, Pants for Poverty
‘How Work Experience can secure you a Graduate Job you Love’
Vicky is an alumnae of the university who has secured a position working as an Events Coordinator for Save the Children. During her time at university Vicky ran a pants for poverty event. The campaign was a huge success raising £1500 more than any other localised event. As a result she was awarded the University of Hertfordshire Business and Entrepreneurship award and attended a royal reception with Princess Anne where she was recognised for her volunteer contribution. This experience enabled Vicky to engage with Save the Children developing links and experience that enabled her to overcome competition for a job with 340 applicants
Workshops to immediately follow the keynote speaker:
14.00-15.00
01. Doing the Business; A Career in Heritage
Find out what a corporate archivist does. Judy Faraday joined John Lewis in 1977 as a management trainee and worked on the shop floor for ten years before becoming, firstly an Archives Assistant, and later Partnership Archivist. She is a member of the So-ciety of Archivist and Business Archives Council. She is currently a Deputy Chair of the Business Archives Council, Chairman of the Business Records Group of the Society of Archivists and a member of the Community Archive and Heritage Group. Room N110
02. Getting a Break in Journalism
This workshop will jointly be presented by Jonathan Johnson, who works for Sky News as a Sports Journalist, and Punteha Yazdanian who studied Humanities at UH. Punteha secured work experience at Cosmopolitan and In Style as well as writing commissioned business news features for FDMX and writing for and editing the student newspaper. After graduating she started shifting at INS, one of the biggest and most respected regional new agencies in the UK. They offered her a two week trial run on their features desk, then a six month contract which became permanent. Punteha now works for the biggest selling women’s weekly real life magazine. Room N105
03. Getting Ahead in Publishing
Jamie Fewery joined UH to study English Literature and Philosophy. He spent time during his degree doing extra-curricular work in order to maximise his chances of getting a job after university. He now works as Special Sales Executive for Anova Books. Topics Jamie will cover: The importance of work experience including the types of experience to go for, who to contact and how to manage your time. He will also discuss the range of jobs in publishing and which job would be right for you. Editorial positions are the most popular and rarest jobs in the industry so alternative routes in are advisable. Room R140
04. Becoming a Teacher; What you really need to know!
Bernice Rawlings is the Associate Dean for Academic Quality for HLE and also deals with recruitment to all courses in the School of Education. She previously ran the PGCE Secondary programme . She has taught on all the teacher training programmes and currently teaches on the BA Education Studies. Room Weston Auditorium
05. Working as a Freelancer
Creative Writing and Journalism students will be attracted to this workshop where you will find out all about freelancing including; the legal aspects of working as a free-lancer, setting up a business and how to sell your work and what support networks and grants are available for young business people. Room R147
06. Commercial Awareness; Your Competitive Advantage
Presented by Martin Edmondson the Managing Director of GradsEast, the premier graduate job vacancy advertising site for the East of England. Martin works directly with Graduates and Employers and will give you an awareness of what employers are really looking for and how to get an edge when it comes to applying for jobs. Room N101
07. Options in Post Graduate Study
Find out the types of postgraduate study options are available to you, what funding options you have access to and which discounts you can access by continuing with your studies at the University of Hertfordshire. Room L118
08. Media Comms Companies want Humanities Students
Karolina Pajewska works at Cyber-Duck, a leading digital agency and consultancy . They work with over 100 global organisations in areas such as Web Production, Consultancy, Web Technology, Branding, Online Marketing and Mobile Apps. Karolina is also a Hu-manities alumnae. Room R115
09. How to be Awesome; Your Personal Brand
Companies increasingly use social media and online sites to both recruit people and to research potential employees. Find out how to control what information an employer can access digitally and learn about online sources to find both graduate jobs and work experience. Room L280
Booking Procedure:
There will be very limited places available on the day so booking in advance is highly recommended. To reserve your place please call or email Graduate Futures using the information overleaf, stating your name, student number and choice of workshop.