1. Suzanne Payne – Graduate Employability Coordinator Natalie Tiu – Volunteer Coordinator Steph Hughes – Volunteer Supervisor Based in Student Activities Office – above Essentials

2.  Employers want more than a degree from you - by recording your skills and experience you can demonstrate how you stand out from the crowd

3.  Have started working towards Kent Student Certificate in Volunteering award  Be able to demonstrate employability skills that employers value  Have attended training that can be recorded  Be able to evidence all of this on your CV, application forms and at interview As a volunteer you will -

4.  Bronze – 25 volunteering hours  Silver – 50 volunteering hours, record 6 employability skills, complete a review  Gold – achieved silver, 100 volunteering hours, 2 training sessions, online reflection  Gold + - achieved gold plus additional 100 volunteering hours ( 200 in total)  Platinum award – 15 credit module - attend stand out session for further information Kent Student Certificate in Volunteering (KSCV)

6. What can be logged as volunteering?

7.  Browse volunteering opportunities  Record volunteer and paid roles  Log volunteering hours  Record employability skills  Record training  Produce a skills record  Book stand out training session The Employability and Volunteering Toolkit

13. Log on to www.kentunion.co.uk/eandvwww.kentunion.co.uk/eandv E&V Toolkit

14. QUESTIONS?