Careers & Employability Service The MMU Professional Passport Information for Students Tuesday, August 18, 20151
Content What is the Passport? What does it Involve Who is it for? Examples from last year Benefits Support Time commitment More information Tuesday, August 18, 20152
Tuesday, August 18, What is the Passport? An employability award Coaches you to articulate key employability skills Run by Careers, & Employability Service with support from academic staff and employers
Tuesday, August 18, What does it involve? It replicates a real application process for a graduate level job Stage One– to submit a CV and application form by Wednesday 24th November - noon One opportunity to resubmit (January) Stage Two - panel interview and presentation in late Feb and early March One opportunity for a second interview and/or presentation
Tuesday, August 18, Who is it for? Second and final year students Taught Masters students All applicants need to have completed a total of150 hours of experience from 2 of the following areas: paid work Volunteering community work enterprise activity
Tuesday, August 18, Examples from previous Passport Students - Volunteering Helping at Brownies & Guides Teaching juggling to school children Helping to run women’s group in mosque Delivering workshops at arts festival Fundraising for a local charity Hall rep or course rep Active role in SU society
Tuesday, August 18, Examples from previous Passport students - paid work or entrepreneurial activity Student ambassador Bar work Fast food and other retail Care work Summer internship Selling clothes on E-bay Designing websites
Tuesday, August 18, Why it Benefits You ‘I never realised how useful the MMU Passport would be until I started applying for jobs’. Invaluable practice for the tough graduate job market Puts academic study into another context Builds confidence to market yourself effectively
Tuesday, August 18, Support Need to attend workshops on CVs, application forms, presentations and interviews – for dates see Detailed guidance notes on Web Advice from Careers and Employability Advisers, FSSO’s and academic staff Feedback given on application, CV and interview process
Tuesday, August 18, Time Commitment Attending workshops - 4 hours CV preparation- 3 hours minimum Application form - 3 hours minimum Presentation and interview prep - 3 hours Attendance at panel interview -1 hour Minimum 13 hours between now and March, plus any time you spend accessing support.
Here you can access: Application form Guidance Notes Marking Criteria Timetable Tuesday, August 18, More information: Careers & Employability Service