We know that when students and graduates are looking for support from King’s Careers & Employability, they often think that their only option is to book a one-to-one appointment with a Careers Consultant or Application Adviser. Although there is no denying that these can be valuable, there are a range of options to help you move closer to your career goal, whether you are in the discover, focus or action stage of your career.
One excellent resource is our core programme of careers workshops, which you can find on King’s CareerConnect under ‘Future Advantage’. Going to a workshop before coming to an appointment means that you will already have started developing your ideas and this will help you make the most of your one-to-one time with a Careers Consultant.
What kind of workshops can I attend?
There are workshops for students and graduates in all phases of career planning and employability development. You can find detailed information on all Future Advantage workshops and when you can attend them on King’s CareerConnect.
Discover
Discover workshops will help you explore who you are, who you might become and what is out there that might suit you. Come along to one of these workshops for a chance to reflect on your own strengths, interests and values and how these might lead you to a particular career path. It might be particularly useful for you to look at Who Am I? and What Can I Do?
Future Advantage: Who Am I?
- Wednesday 30 January 2019, 12.00-13.00 – Strand: Bush House (SE Wing) 4.06
- Monday 11 February 2019, 12.00-13.00 – Guy’s: Hodgkin Building, Classroom 2
- Friday 15 March 2019, 12.00-13.00 – Strand: Bush House (SE Wing) 4.06
- Tuesday 19 March 2019, 12.00-13.00 – Waterloo: FWB 1.17
Future Advantage: What Can I Do?
Focus
Focus workshops are great if you have already got some ideas and are looking to narrow down your choices and identify areas you could develop further. Come along to get some inspiration and learn more about how to network, find sources of information, make decisions and plan for the future. Networking, Ideas Into Action and What Do I Offer? could be good starting points for you.
Future Advantage: Networking
- Wednesday 13 February 2019, 12.00-13.00 – Strand: Bush House (SE Wing) 4.06
- Wednesday 27 February 2019, 12.00-13.00 – Waterloo: FWB 1.62
Future Advantage: What Do I Offer?
- Tuesday 29 January 2019, 12.00-13.00 – Guy’s: New Hunt’s House G12
- Friday 8 February 2019, 12.00-13.00 – Waterloo: FWB 1.11
Action
Action workshops are a great place to go if you have a good understanding of yourself and what you want to do in the future. Come along to these workshops if you are ready to implement your plan and learn about how to articulate your knowledge, attributes, skills and experiences in applications. These workshops are also a place to discuss some of the excitement and anxiety that might come with starting a graduate job. Interviews, CVs: Where Do I Start? and CVs: How Do I Make It Even Better? will all be relevant to you, and Getting In And Getting On: Transitions Into The Workplace helps you prepare for that next step.
Future Advantage: Interviews
- Friday 1 March 2019, 12.00-13.00 – Strand: Bush House (SE Wing) 4.06
- Monday 18 March 2019, 12.00-13.00 – Guy’s: New Hunt’s House G12
Future Advantage: CVs: Where Do I Start?
- Friday 1 February 2019, 12.00-13.00 – Strand: Bush House (SE Wing) 4.06
- Tuesday 26 February 2019, 12.00-13.00 – Strand: Bush House (SE Wing) 4.06
- Friday 8 March 2019, 12.00-13.00 – Guy’s: New Hunt’s House G8
Future Advantage: CVs: How Do I Make It Even Better?
- Monday 28 January 2019, 13.00-14.00 – Guy’s: New Hunt’s House G12
- Tuesday 5 February 2019, 12.00-13.00 – Strand: Bush House (SE Wing) 4.06
- Tuesday 12 February 2019, 12.00-13.00 – Waterloo: FWB 1.17
- Monday 25 February 2019, 13.00-14.00 – Guy’s: New Hunt’s House G12
- Friday 22 March 2019, 12.00-13.00 – Strand: Bush House (SE Wing) 4.06
Future Advantage: Getting In And Getting On: Transitions Into The Workplace
- Wednesday 20 March 2019, 12.00-13.00 – Strand: Bush House (SE Wing) 4.06
- Wednesday 27 March 2019, 12.00-13.00 – Guy’s: New Hunt’s House G3
Across all these phases you can also attend the following Future Advantage workshops:
- Future Advantage: Resilience
- Future Advantage: Deciding What To Do
- Future Advantage: Gamification
- Future Advantage: Practice Interviews
- Future Advantage: Mock Assessment Centre
- Future Advantage: International