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GOT IT? FLAUNT IT!
How to build your profile on campus

The following organisations sent one or more delegates to this event:

Glaxosmithkline
Simmons & Simmons
H.M.Forces/Army - Recruiting Group
Metropolitan Police
Credit Suisse First Boston
Atos Origin
ExxonMobil
WestLB
Macquarie Bank
UBS
Deloitte
Financial Services Authority
Inland Revenue
McKinsey & Company
Davis Langdon LLP
Goldsmiths College
BUNAC
MVA LTD
Wragge & Co LLP
Citigroup
HSBC
Linklaters
ICAEW


What did they think?
"Found this a very interesting and worthwhile event - it definitely was a step forward for Careers Service and Recruiter relations"
"Brilliant for networking in addition to the other benefits"
"Very useful! I would definitely recommend it!"
"I picked up some useful tips and insights"
"I thoroughly enjoyed myself - and not just because I was able to catch up with some key Careers Service personnel, but also because it was a most stimulating and challenging programme which really facilitated my being able to meet the other delegates. I do hope that you and the Careers Group at large will decide that this should be an annual event"

Timetable for 22 February:

9.00: Registration/tea/coffee

9.15: Welcome and introduction
Chaired by: Jonathan Morris - Assistant Director Commercial, The Careers Group Hosted by: Anne-Marie Martin - Director, The Careers Group

9.30: Understanding Your Target Audience - Barkers HR Advertising
Andrew Platt-Higgins - Planning Director
Toby Boon - Insight Coordinator
Rachel Lewin - Project Manager
Will Archer - Head of Education

10.30: Deconstructing a careers service
Anne-Marie Martin - Director, The Careers Group
Jenny Owen - Head of SOAS Careers Service
Phil Howe -Employer Services and Events Manager, UCL Careers Service

11.00: Tea/Coffee

11.15: Panel - Branching out into the University -
Avenues for increasing exposure to students

Jenny Owen - Head of SOAS Careers Service Phil Howe - Employer Services and Events Manager , UCL Careers Service
Professor Peter Rich - Professor of Bioenergetics and Careers Liaison Tutor at UCL
Kanishk Swarup - LSE Campus Ambassador for Credit Suisse First Boston
Toby Boon - King's College Student Union Vice President, Student Activities 2003/2004

12.00: Success stories
Stephen Mulvenna - Graduate Recruitment Manager - Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd
Ian Mountford - HR Co-ordinator - Fitch Ratings
Amy Crook - Customer Business Development Manager and Head of London Graduate Recruitment Team- Procter & Gamble
Ian Cassidy - Associate Director of Graduate Recruitment - Teach First.

1.00: Lunch

1.45: 'The Connect Project'

Host:
Anne-Marie Martin - Director , The Careers Group

Facilitators:
Kirsti Burton - Information Officer (Employer Liaison) - Queen Mary, University of London
Phil Howe - Employer Services and Events Manager, UCL Careers Service
Dinah Langley - Head of King's Careers Service
Diana Omolulu - Careers Adviser (Goldsmiths and Royal Holloway)
Jenny Owen - Head of SOAS Careers Service

Support:
Jonathan Morris - Assistant Director (Commercial), The Careers Group
Ingrid Ross - Head of Communication Services, The Careers Group
Emily Sissons - Communication Services Officer, The Careers Group
Alison Traboulsi - Head of Vacancies, The Careers Group
Rachel Lewin - Barkers
Will Archer - Barkers

Students:
Kris Coppock - LSE, International Relations
Sandra Cunliffe - UCL, European Social and Economic History
Tia Kansara - SOAS, Economics & South East Asian Studies
Rohit Kapoor - UCL, Economics
Saima Khatun - Queen Mary, English
Johanna Leube - LSE, Business Mathematics and Statistics
Eric Luk - SOAS, Economics
Dan Meththananda - UCL, Maths and Economics
Trang Nguyen - LSE, Economics
Oju Onabanjo - Queen Mary, Economics, Finance and Management
Les Stewart - UCL, Maths
Rachel Winter - King's College, Law

2.45: Working coffee break

3.30: Hand in strategies and 5 minute adjournment

3.40: Food for thought - Student Mis-conceptions quiz
Jonathan Morris - Assistant Director (Commercial)

4.00: Summary, Feedback and Prizes
Anne-Marie Martin, Will Archer and Stephen Mulvenna

4.10: Food for thought - Student misconceptions