Bespoke activities for departments
We are always happy to work with you to develop resources or activities that would most benefit your students. Here are some examples of events we have developed with and for individual Departments in the past. Please contact your department’s named Careers Adviser to discuss how we can best help your students.
Careers talks
We regularly offer talks within Departments; these can be anything from a 10-minute introductory session in Induction week to lunchtime talks giving more detailed information. Sessions can be tailored to suit each year group – e.g. career planning for first years, placement preparation for second years and job-seeking strategies for finalists.
Departmental or faculty drop-in
Do you hold careers days or employer events? A Careers Adviser can come and offer one-to-one careers advice through a drop-in service, adding a more personal touch to the day.
Tailored resources
We can produce handouts for students, specific to a course, with information on the skills developed in the course, possible career options, places to look for jobs and suggestions on how to maximise their employability.
Networking sessions
We are able to source and contact Bath graduates for networking sessions. Each graduate supplies a biography which is then produced as a leaflet for the students. Students are given a leaflet about networking including some suggested questions they could ask. This kind of event can take about three months to organise as speakers need quite a bit of notice to be able to attend, and also requires a budget, from you, to cover travel and entertainment costs.
Workshops
We are able to run two-hour bespoke sessions on, for example, CVs during which Year 2 students have the chance to look at job descriptions and learn more about how they can tailor their CV for particular roles. They also undertake a job shortlisting exercise for a nominated post. This can produce a significant improvement in the quality of CVs and subsequent success rate in obtaining placements.