1. Helping students developing employability skills
Dr Agnieszka Herdan
Accounting and Finance
Department
Faculty of Business

2. Why students struggle with getting the graduate jobs?
GGA
Business understanding?
Confidence?
Networking?

3. Mind set!!!! Apprentice group 2009 Employability Café - Year 1 term 1
Open to all year 1 students
Board games
Learn about your industry
Sharing experience
Employability Group – Year 1 term 2
you need to apply and be selected
Confidence building
CV/ covering letter clinic
Report writing
Meet professionals

4. Mentoring Scheme Cross schools with CMS Started in 2011/2012
1st year students in term 2
Opportunity to:
engage with professionals,
better understand work environment
improve employability skills
In Year 2 (Autumn) - MOCK Assessment

5. Mentoring - results Example mentors: Northern Trust
State Street Services
EDF
Independent
Alumni
Target for 13-14
150 mentors/mentees

6. Sandwich year Get experience Stand out of the crowd!!!!!!
Placement Fair
Placement payback

7. Placements

8. University Trading Challenge 2013
Other Initiatives:
Big Picture Seminars
Business Planning Completion
Trading and Investment Society
University Trading Challenge 2013
1st and 3rd place

9. Professionally Accredited Program
Is there a space for employability?
Directors of PR at M&S and Transport for London.
Industry guest speaker
Networking
Employability week
Assessment – Portfolio element? Consultancy?
BSEO PR Program Team

10. Greenwich Employability Passport (GEP)
Over 50 % 1st year students participated
1/3 of all first year obtained attained 80 points
integrate variety employability initiatives across the school and recognises students extra-curricular activities
Collect 200 points over 3 years – gain GEP
Rewards along the way

11. PEARSON - Employability Lab – Pilot
Why employability
Business awareness
Communication
Leadership
Team working
Getting a job
Videos
Test
Exercises
Examples
Case studies

12. Success? Tips? Start in year 1
Bring role models: industry professional, mentors, placement students
Know your students their plans and skills
Be open to new ideas and trying new approaches
Keep in touch with your Graduates