Education and Employment Fairs
Education and Employment Fairs offer a multitude of benefits to graduates. If you’re ambitious and organised you can get a lot out of a career fair, including:
Honing your interview skills
Even if you aren’t offered a job, talking to prospective employers about graduate appointments gives you valuable confidence and experience of interviews.
Expanding your network
Meeting job recruiters and even fellow graduates helps you build useful contacts for future reference.
Learning industry information
Speaking to job recruitment professionals in your chosen sector is a great way to learn about the industry.
Gathering information about companies
Investigating the kind of graduate placements offered by a company tells you a lot about that organisation as a whole.
Postgraduate Study and MBA Fair
25 January 2012, 1pm-7pm
Senate House, Malet Street WC1E 7HU
-Find out about the postgraduate courses on offer at up to 100 institutions in the UK and around the world
-Meet staff from global universities, business schools and vocational training colleges, and get personal information you wouldn't get on a website
-Get professional advice from expert University of London Careers Advisers on funding, specific subject areas and your future career opportunities
-Comprehensive presentation programme
-Universities and business schools, the best advice and course information and a range of funding providers all under one roof for FREE – you couldn’t hope to find a better place to master your future
Please pre-register at http://www.careers.lon.ac.uk/postgrad/Home/Preregister.aspx
London Camp Directors Fair
28 January 2012, 12pm
Kensington Town Hall
The Camp America recruitment fair is your chance to consider the camps and roles on offer; select the one that suits you and GET HIRED ON THE SPOT! That’s right; you could arrive as a hopeful - and be leaving part of the CA family! You’ll not only know where you’re going for the summer and your definite start date, but you’ll also have met with your Camp Director – and could possibly meet others who are going to the same camp as you! Can it get any easier than that?
For more information, see Camp America
Part Time Job Fair
1 Feburary 2012, 12-4pm
The Blue Print Bar, Holborn WC1V 7EY
Are you interested in part time or seasonal work?
This fair is just for you!
2012 is going to be a big year for London, with the Olympics and the Queens Jubilee, many events are going to be taking place across the capital. We've been working with Podium, the official FE & HE unit for the 2012 Games to create an Olympic themed 2012 Part-Time Job Fair. This year's fair is focused on helping our students and graduates find part-time or temporary work running up to the Olympics and during the event.
At the fair you'll have the opportunity to talk to over 15 employers and find out what type of jobs they have available and during the afternoon you can attend talks by Podium about volunteering at the 2012 games.
Spring Graduate Fair
21 March 2012, 12-4pm
Senate House, Malet Street, WC1E 7HU
Following on from the success of our national Summer and Autumn graduate recruitment fairs, the Spring fair will once again be aimed at organisations based mainly within London, the South East and the Home Counties.
Pre-register now at Spring Graduate Fair
MBA Fair
21 April 2012, 1:30-4:30
Park Plaza Victoria SW1V 1EQ
The Accredited MBA Fair provides an excellent opportunity for accredited business schools to promote their MBA programmes to high quality candidates and to schedule one-on-one meetings with individuals interested in your school.
An added draw for our candidates will be our ever popular sessions given by representatives from the Association of MBAs, offering impartial advice and guidance about studying for an MBA as well as information sessions on studying for an MBA.
How to Prepare for a Day at a Recruitment Fair
To make sure you get the most out of your visit to a graduate or recruitment fair, good preparation is crucial.
You may wish to have a look at the Graduate and Recruitment Exhibitions booklet to gain some invaluable advice.
Link to this page: http://www.richmond.ac.uk/s/443.aspx
