Warwick Engineering Student Careers and Skills

**Short Term Mobility Poster Showcase**

If you are interested in gaining short international experiences to add to your CV then you don't want to miss this! This provides an opportunity to see and hear from students about what short international study, work and volunteering opportunities your fellow students took part in during Summer 2019.

Date: Wednesday 27 November 2019
Time: 1:30-2:30 (drop in between these times)
Location: University House Atrium

**Student Opportunity Hub Launch**

Come and say hello tomorrow, we'd love to meet you!

**Student Opportunity Hub Launch**

Come and see the new facility and take part in some fun competitions!

**World at Warwick UK Coach Trips**

Only in the UK for a short time and looking for a cheap, convenient way to explore popular destinations beyond Warwick? Take a look at our UK coach trips programme and book your ticket now for the trip to Cardiff on 16 November. Also coming up: Chester, Bath, Cambridge, Edinburgh, York, Windsor, the Peak District and Liverpool.

warwick.ac.uk/eventsandtrips

**Student Opportunity Hub Launch**

Come along and see what Student Opportunity has on offer for you!

**Global Connections Club**

The Global Connections Club is an informal club where all Warwick students can come together to mix with students from different backgrounds and take part in simple activities, games, or conversations in English.

Each fortnight there are a range of activities facilitated by the World at Warwick Ambassadors. A great chance to mix with students from different backgrounds and to share insights about our diverse cultures! If your first language isn’t English – it’s also a really low-pressure way to practise amongst friends.

warwick.ac.uk/englishconversation
13/11 (5pm), 27/11 (5pm), 11/12 (2pm) in the Student Opportunity Hub

**Inspiring Women Student Series**
Come along for the second talk of this series being given by Gugu Khazi: Author, Career Coach, International Speaker on Career Management and Leadership. With 20 years of Senior Leadership experience in HR, this speaker is one you don't want to miss.
To book your place and for more information: https://myadvantage.warwick.ac.uk/students/events/Detail/1501406

**Social Care Challenge**

Want to join us in creating innovative solutions for social care?

To find out more and apply: https://careinnovationhub.org/apply-now

**Self Reliance Series**

Student Opportunity are hosting a new series of three workshops for students:

Part 1 – Self-Reliance: Becoming Your Best Resource
https://myadvantage.warwick.ac.uk/students/events/Detail/1634411/part-1-self-reliance-becoming-

Part 2 – Self-Reliance: Realising Your Greatest Dream
https://myadvantage.warwick.ac.uk/students/events/Detail/1634413/part-2-self-reliance-realising

Part 3 – Self-Reliance: Surviving Setbacks and Change
https://myadvantage.warwick.ac.uk/students/events/Detail/1634414/part-3-self-reliance-surviving

**World at Warwick Intercultural Training**

Come along to our innovative and interactive Intercultural Training workshops. This 3 part programme helps you develop the skills needed to live, work and communicate with people from other cultural backgrounds and ways of thinking. If you complete the whole programme, you can gain our Intercultural Training Certificate (PG students) or have it recorded on your HEAR (UG students)

warwick.ac.uk/interculturaltraining
Workshop places still available over the next few weeks.

**Use skills from Summer Work Experience to stand out**

Work experience, no matter where it was gained and even if it didn’t turn out as expected provides… valuable, transferable skills and knowledge for future job applications!

To make use of what you have gained during the experience, whether for future job or further studies application, you must:
* recognise the knowledge and skills that you have gained
* record them in the STAR or CARE model to differentiate yourself from the competition
* create a good entry for your CV and/or LinkedIn profile.

https://moodle.warwick.ac.uk/enrol/index.php?id=20081 :
Work Experience Learning & Development (L&D) course is designed to help you with all the above and more! Login with Warwick details and click “Enrol me”.

Prefer to talk to us?
Work Experience Drop-in - Tuesdays & Thursdays 2pm-3pm in the Student Opportunity Hub (next to Curiositea Tea Room).
warwick.ac.uk/weld

**Did you know?**

Most employers think…
"Experience which helps to develop employability skills and personal qualities does not have to be gained in a specific industry for it to be relevant."

Whether you worked in a bar or completed a finance internship, you would have gained not only an insight of the working world, but also developed skills such as time management and team working.

Such soft skills are easily transferable, supporting your attractiveness for other opportunities e.g. in consultancy, teaching etc. Using work experience for your career plan section will help you think through your experience and create your unique story to convince potential employers and universities (if you are thinking of further studies) of your suitability.

https://moodle.warwick.ac.uk/enrol/index.php?id=20081 :
Login in with your Warwick details and click “Enrol me” to use the CARE model in Work Experience L&D course to build a bank of examples to answer applications and interviews questions.

Prefer a discussion in person? Work Experience Drop-in is available on Tuesdays and Thursdays 2pm-3pm (term-time) in the Student Opportunity Hub (next to Curiositea Tea Room).

**Skills Festival**

On Tuesday 5th November, why not take the day off to focus on your skill development?

These FREE sessions will help you:
 Think about where you want to be in a year’s time
 Start planning your actions
 Develop key skills for your academic, personal and/or professional life

We offer parallel sessions, so you can tailor the day to your needs. You will be able to choose your breakout sessions on the day.

For more info please visit: https://warwick.ac.uk/services/skills/events/ugworkshops/skills_festival

**Inspiring Women Student Series**
Come along and be inspired!
Alex Cotton Hon DSc, MBE, Mental Health Nurse, Driving force behind the ‘It takes balls to talk’ campaign targeting male mental health will be at Warwick!
Come along for a one hour talk from 1-2pm on Wednesday 30th followed by an informal networking session and refreshments. Taking place in MS.04, Mathematics, Zeeman Building.
For more info and to book your place: https://myadvantage.warwick.ac.uk/students/login?ReturnUrl=%2fstudents%2fevents%2fDetail%2f1539213

**The Careers Blog**

Check out this recent post by Chris Manley on how to answer the question 'How would your friends describe you?’

https://careersblog.warwick.ac.uk/2019/10/15/how-to-answer-how-would-your-friends-describe-you-2/

**Sprint Personal Development Programme**
4 day immersive programme for female undergraduates
- Build self-confidence and practice positive assertiveness
- Harness personal power and influence
- Understand self-image and learn to present the best
version of ‘you’
- Identify core values and set value-based goals
- Learn strategies to cope with stress and change
- Hear from inspiring women each day
- Delivered in partnership with employers
This programme in Week 11 (December) is NOW OPEN but there are limited places so be sure to apply early!

‘I attended one of your three-day workshops and greatly enjoyed myself. I participated in the follow-up in January and realised just how much I had grown in such a small period of time. I am truly grateful for the great experience I was given at Sprint… Sprint has helped me so much. It is hands-down the best course I have attended, not just at Warwick, but probably in my entire life. It has motivated me to work hard be the best version of myself’

Go to warwick.ac.uk/sprint to find out more.

**Happening Today**

As well as the Options in Engineering Event there are many other events taking place today!

Bank of America, HSBC, Acccenture, RBB Economics and Evercore will all be on campus.

To book any of these events, please visit:
https://myadvantage.warwick.ac.uk/students/events/search?query=&EventType=

**Options in Engineering**

Thursday 24 October 2019 from 6.15pm until 8.30pm

This unique event is for students who are looking to work in the Engineering sector, regardless of degree discipline.

Join several engineering employers, such as Jaguar Land Rover, Arup, National Grid, Network Rail, Torro Rosso Formula 1, BAE Systems, GE, Aviation and Quick Release Automotive and listen to numerous short presentations. Once these presentations are over you will be given time to speed-network allowing you to explore the numerous opportunities available in the sector.

For further information please visit: https://myadvantage.warwick.ac.uk/students/events/Detail/1468034/options-in-engineering-2019

**Discovering Careers in the Creative Industries**

Today from 6:30pm-8:30pm

Come along to this Careers event to discover all about careers and opportunities on offer within the Creative Industries sector. Listen to industry experts and alumni about their roles and career pathways.

For further information please visit: https://myadvantage.warwick.ac.uk/students/events/Detail/1468230/discovering-careers-in-creativ

Warwick Volunteers Week | 21-27 October 2019

**It's Warwick Volunteers Week**

Warwick Volunteers Week takes place this week and is designed to showcase Warwick Volunteers and its activities, celebrate the work of our amazing volunteers, as well as give everyone an early opportunity to get involved in the local community!

There are a variety of activities taking place during the week for you to get involved in including a social and various one off activities where you can help the local community without having to give a regular commitment. It's also a great way to meet new friends and have fun!

Details about what's happening can be found on https://warwick.ac.uk/warwickvolunteersweek

We are also running regular induction meetings for those who want to find out more about Warwick Volunteers, the range of projects available and what you need to know to make the most of being a member of Warwick Volunteers. Find out more here: https://warwick.ac.uk/about/community/volunteers/resources/induction

warwick.ac.uk Warwick Volunteers Week takes place in Week 4 and is designed to showcase Warwick Volunteers and its activities, celebrate the work of our amazing volunteers, as well as give students an early opportunity to get involved in the local community!

Self-help isn’t selfish

Careers Blog

https://careersblog.warwick.ac.uk/2018/07/03/self-help-isnt-selfish/

careersblog.warwick.ac.uk This world is both a strange, scary and complex place as well as being the most beautiful, amazing and inspiring one. How you view it will impact how much you enjoy it and how much you can and are …

The extroverts guide to networking

This week's Careers Blog - The extroverts guide to networking

https://careersblog.warwick.ac.uk/2018/04/17/the-extroverts-guide-to-networking/

careersblog.warwick.ac.uk There are many articles, blogs and books dedicated to introverts and how to network, but what about us extroverts? We are perfectly able to network badly as well! The reasons may differ but it is s…

What is project management?

Careers Blog

https://careersblog.warwick.ac.uk/2018/04/10/what-is-project-management/

careersblog.warwick.ac.uk Many roles cover elements of project management but increasing numbers of people are interested in making this a career area for themselves. This role will get you looking at managing people, budge…

tomorrow there are many events going on...
Inspiring Women being just one! Also there is the Options in Technology fair event also at lunch time featuring amongst other companies - IBM

Top 10 application tips and advice: Engineering, Science and Technology

This week's Blog - top tips for Engineering and IT graduates

https://careersblog.warwick.ac.uk/2017/11/21/top-10-application-tips-and-advice-engineering-science-and-technology/

careersblog.warwick.ac.uk Last week I attended Warwick’s Engineering Science and Technology Fair and took advantage of the expertise of several of the recruiters to ask them for their top tips- their dos and don’ts of the a…

R&D Careers in Singapore – employer presentation at Warwick, 16 October, 12-1pm, Ramphal

Managing your time effectively at university

The Careers Blog
https://careersblog.warwick.ac.uk/2017/10/04/managing-your-time-effectively-at-university/

careersblog.warwick.ac.uk One of the significant skills you may have to develop as you make the transition to university and living independently is the ability to manage your time effectively. Chemistry student and guest …

How to be an excellent communicator

https://careersblog.warwick.ac.uk/2017/09/05/how-to-be-an-excellent-communicator/

careersblog.warwick.ac.uk We all claim to be excellent communicators in our applications but how many of us really demonstrate this vital skill? And what do we even mean by communication?

Top Holiday Reads – Great Careers Resources

https://careersblog.warwick.ac.uk/2017/08/29/top-holiday-reads-10-great-careers-books/

careersblog.warwick.ac.uk If you’re familiar with the adage that people spend more time planning their holidays than their careers, then what better way to combine both activities and taking one of our top Careers resources…

How to develop Commercial Awareness

https://careersblog.warwick.ac.uk/2017/08/01/how-to-develop-commercial-awareness/

careersblog.warwick.ac.uk Nearly half of the graduate employers surveyed by the Association of Graduate Recruiters in 2017 indicated that job applicants lacked commercial awareness. But what is commercial awareness, why do …

Hiring for a Growth Mindset – A New Trend in Graduate Recruitment?

https://careersblog.warwick.ac.uk/2017/07/25/hiring-for-a-growth-mindset-a-new-trend-in-graduate-recruitment/

careersblog.warwick.ac.uk My daughter is about to move into Year 2 and at a recent transition evening to let parents know more about what would be expected of the children next year, I was delighted to learn that her schoo…

Can you negotiate a job offer?

another excellent blog article on negotiating your job offer
https://lawblog.warwick.ac.uk/2017/07/24/can-you-negotiate-a-job-offer/

lawblog.warwick.ac.uk In the week when the BBC has published details of the salaries paid to its top presenters this is very topical. Is the gender discrepancy really down to women being less able to negotiate than men?…

Congratulations to all of those Engineers graduating today!

How to present yourself with more confidence

https://careersblog.warwick.ac.uk/2017/07/18/how-to-present-yourself-with-more-confidence/

careersblog.warwick.ac.uk Does it frustrate you that others do not see you as you would really like them to? Sometimes we inadvertently present ourselves to others in ways that do not reflect our best self. We may talk ours…

Why finishing your degree doesn’t have to feel like an anti-climax

https://careersblog.warwick.ac.uk/2017/06/20/why-finishing-your-degree-doesnt-have-to-feel-like-an-anti-climax/

careersblog.warwick.ac.uk Have you just finished your exams and not feeling as euphoric as you expected? This was the sentiment expressed by some final year students I interviewed this week who described the experience of c…