Society Events Calendar 2010/2011:
Term 1 - 2010
KPMG Commercial Awareness Skills Session
(3rd November 2010, 2pm – 4pm, LTB 9 )
Event type: Skills session, Case study
Range of skills: commercial awareness, teamwork
Number of attendees: 28
Description: The first event, organized in collaboration with KPMG, touched the theme on Commercial Awareness, a highly valued skill when faced with an interview that most employers look for it, showing students how they can demonstrate it throughout our recruitment process. After reading a few articles about a highly profitable company, the students were asked to do a SWOT analysis, which they found both thrilling and interesting. The interactive, fresh approach was appreciated by students, who took time to attend a long Q&A session at the end of the event.
To find more about KPMG, go to http://www.kpmg.co.uk/careers !
ICAEW Business Game
(17 November 2010, 3pm-5pm )
Event type: Business Game, Case study
Range of skills: communication, persuasion and presentation skills, problem solving
Number of attendees: 30
Description: The event proved to be very popular, with 30 students attending. Split in 6 groups, they were given a set of documents, including the starting costs of three franchises, and were asked to act as financial analysts. After examining bank accounts, letters, articles, and a wide variety of documents, students had to decide what franchise would best fit their client. By observing the groups play, anyone could notice the high level of commitment offered for a few hours. The choice of franchise was highly debated by each of the groups, who justified their decision through a 5 minute presentation. Facts, numbers, strong arguments were brought in to sustain each team's choice. Not only were students put in a real life scenario, which they might encounter in their future careers, but students could also develop important skills, such as team work, the ability to deliver presentations, delegating tasks, time management skills, the ability to grasp through information quickly deciding what is relevant. Feedback from students showed they appreciated the interactive side of the game, as well as the way they can test themselves and grow professionally though an accountancy qualification.
To find more about ICAEW, go to www.icaew.com !
Capgemini Technology Consulting and Assessment Centre-type session
(23 November 2010 )
Event type: Consulting Game, Assessment Centre, Presentation
Range of skills: teamwork, delegating tasks, problem solving, time management
Number of attendees: 20
Description: The event comprised of a challenging and funny interactive consulting game where students could grasp the fundamentals of Consulting, an assessment centre-type exercise and a presentation about Opportunities in Technology Consulting at Capgemini. The “ice-breaker” consulting game helped students accommodate into teams, proceeding afterwards with a group exercise used in assessment centre selection stage. Each of the teams dealt with a case study to solve within a short time period and received feedback on performance. With an ever increasing use of this assessment tool by recruiters, we feel that practicing this type of interaction in a “safe” environment accompanied by a recruiter's feedback and advice offered great support to students in tackling future assessment centre exercises.
To find more about Capgemini, go to www.capgemini.com/ !
Term 2 - 2011
Panel presentation: Professional qualifications in accountancy- ACCA, CIPFA, ICAEW
(4 February 2011, 12-1.30pm, LTB 5 )
Event type: Panel presentation
Purpose: awareness of professional accountancy qualifications
Number of attendees: 50
Description: Deemed as one of the most successful events in terms of organisation by Corporate Investors attending and in terms of employers of high interest for students, this event aimed at increasing students awareness of the advantages and opportunities offered by each of the presented professional qualifications. The successful collaboration with Careers Centre for this event allowed Bright Futures to increase attendance at event, as the event was promoted through Careers Centre marketing channels as well. The feedback received on this event was very positive.
Employability skills session with PwC
(23 February 2011, 3.30-5pm, LTB 3 )
Employability - many vacancies ask for these skills but what exactly are they?
Event type: Skills Session
Range of skills: employability, interview skills
Number of attendees: 26
Description: The event's purpose was to help students develop their employability skills. Being run by a top employer, students could find out what is exactly that employers are looking for and also build their own employability portfolio. The practice session allowed them to make a draft of their personal experiences reflecting the competencies sought after by PwC proving very helpful in preparing an application form or interview responses.
Trader Talk and Networking Session
Event type: Seminar, Presentation, Networking session
Range of skills: employability, networking, technical trading skills, CV Advice
Number of attendees: 85
Description: The trading seminar was organised in collaboration with 4 societies: Essex Entrepreneurs, Essex Business School Society, Economics Society, Investment and Trading Society. As in our other events, we aimed to cover as many of students’ needs as possible: a former Goldman Sachs employee and current trader and head-hunter for trading companies shared his job-hunting experience with students and offered advice and inside tips about how to effectively job-hunt. The networking session afterwards offered students the chance to ask any questions and even have their CV checked with honest feedback from a current recruiter.
All events are £2 for non members unless otherwise stated.
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