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Important notes on this listingPlease check this page regularly as there are frequent additions or amendments. Events run by King's Careers Service are open only to King's current students, King's GradClub members and King's contract research staff. In exceptional cases and by prior arrangement students of other colleges belonging to The Careers Group, University of London may be admitted. If the venue is shown just turn up. Where it is necessary to register or book a place we provide a link to the appropriate method - just follow the link for the event you wish to book. Please note that booking a place is a commitment to attend and if you fail to show up you may be refused tickets to future events. If you would like to suggest additional events not covered by our programme, please email your idea to our events team. We can't guarantee to take up every suggestion (it may not be possible to get suitable speakers, for example) but all ideas will be considered seriously. |
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| Type | Event | Date, Time, Venue/Booking |
 | Women in Accountancy Women in Accountancy is a free, one-day event which will give you an insight into the diverse and rewarding career available as an ACA qualified chartered accountant. The day is hosted by The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) and will begin with an introduction about our qualification, the ACA. | 16/11/09 09:30 to 17:00 Please register on ICAEW's website |
 | Learning from experience How can you sell your extra-curricular activites to make you more desirable to employers? This is interactive session will explain. | 16/11/09 13:00 to 14:00 Please sign up online |
 | Writing personal statements on application forms An introduction to making effective applications including writing those tricky personal statements. | 16/11/09 13:10 to 13:50 Henriette Raphael Function Room, Waterloo campus |
| Slaughter & May Slaughter and May is widely regarded as one of the most prestigious law firms in the world. We advise on high profile and groundbreaking international transactions and have an excellent and varied client list that includes leading corporations, organisations and governments. We recruit 95 trainee solicitors each year. To find out more about the firm, and the opportunities available, we hope that you will be able to join us for a short presentation about 'Life as a City Solicitor' on Monday 16th November 2009 at our London office (one Bunhill Row, London EC1Y 8YY). The presentation will begin at 6.00 p.m. and will be followed by drinks and canapés where you will have the opportunity to talk informally with partners and trainees from the firm. If you would like to attend please sign up by emailing Janine Beaconsfield-Herbert at kingspresentation@slaughterandmay.com. We will accept bookings from 1 September 2009. | 16/11/09 18:00 onwards Please register by email to firm |
| Mayer Brown careers talk Mayer Brown is a leading global law firm with offices in key business centers across the Americas, Asia and Europe. We have approximately 1,000 lawyers in the Americas, 300 in Asia and 500 in Europe. The firm's Asia presence was enhanced by its 2008 combination with Johnson Stokes & Master, one of the largest and oldest law firms in Asia. If you have a genuine interest in pursuing a legal career in Hong Kong and would like to find out more about becoming a JSM trainee or intern, please join Partners from our Hong Kong office for a Career Talk. We welcome students completing law and non-law degrees. | 16/11/09 18:00 to 20:30 The Law Society's Hall, Old Council Chamber, 113 Chancery Lane |
 | Vacation Work and Internships Fair Getting good work experience helps you to decide what career you want to pursue as well as boosting your confidence and employment skills. This fair brings you into contact with recruiters offering a broad range of placements and other opportunities. | 17/11/09 12:30 to 15:00 Great Hall, Strand campus |
 | Summer Camp USA with BUNAC Working as a camp counsellor in the USA is often described as being “the hardest job you’ll ever love!”. You’ll spend 9 weeks working with children aged 6-16 in a role that best matches your skills, experience and preferences. Coaching opportunities include football, tennis, golf, arts and crafts and much more. www.bunac.org.uk | 17/11/09 16:00 to 17:00 Please sign up online |
| How to Secure a Summer Scheme with DLA Piper For law and non-law students Come and meet DLA Piper! With nearly 4000 lawyers located in 25 different countries and 65 offices throughout Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the US, DLA Piper is positioned to help companies with all their legal needs anywhere in the world. We are currently recruiting for training contracts across our eight UK offices to commence in 2012. We also run Summer Placement Schemes in all our UK Offices between June and August 2010. Come and find out what a partner, trainee and former vacation scheme student have to say about life at DLA Piper. You'll get the opportunity to talk informally to the team over a buffet and drinks. One of our Graduate Recruitment Team will also be on hand to answer all queries relating to the application process. We look forward to seeing you there! | 17/11/09 17:30 to 19:30 Please sign up online |
 | Department of management studies forum This event is for Department of Management Studies students only. It introduces careers in several different business sectors:- * Consultancy - with IBM * Professional Services - KPMG * Fast Moving Consumer Goods - Unilever and L'Oreal * Investment Banking - to be confirmed. Each sector will take 15 minutes to outline roles in their area and what they as a recruiter of graduates and interns can offer. This will then be followed by informal networking students can talk to the employers. | 18/11/09 12:00 to 13:00 Room B5, FWB, Waterloo campus |
 | Interactive Case Study: The Highs and Lows of Deal Doing Post-Lehmans For 1st and 2nd year law undergrad Interactive case study. We advised Kuwaiti investment company KIPCO on the $2bn merger of satellite broadcast company Showtime Arabia with Orbit Group. Overview and group exercise on last ditch attempt to save Setanta. We advised Access Industries on its attempted acquisition of a majority stake in the sports broadcaster, Setanta. This session will demonstrate that there is much more involved to being a lawyer than just knowing the law. | 18/11/09 13:00 to 14:00 Please sign up online |
| Work Experience for international students A talk by Shell Steps on work experience opportunities & for international students. | 19/11/09 17:30 onward Please sign up online |
| Application and CV writing by Goldman Sachs For first and penultimate year undergraduates Skills session to be run by Goldman Sachs on the application process and CV writing. www.gs.com/careers. | 19/11/09 13:00 to 14:00 Room 1.60, Franklin Wilkins Building, Waterloo campus |
 | University of London Postgraduate Open Evening An opportunity for prospective students to gain an insight into studying at the University of London. More than 2,000 postgraduate study programmes; internationally recognised degrees; acclaimed for its quality and excellence; study full-time, part-time or by distance learning; access to world class research library resources. Further details can be found at www.london.ac.uk/postgradopen. | 19/11/09 16:00 to 19:00 Senate House, Malet Street |
| Compentency based interviews & how to market yourself This workshop will provide students with a useful insight on how to tailor their experiences as examples for competency based interview situations. | 19/11/09 18:00 to 19:00 Please sign up online |
 | Diversity Careers Show Externally organised event. | 20/11/09 11:00 to 17:30 Grand Connaught Rooms, 61-65 Great Queen Street, London WC2B 5DA. |
| Transferable skills in action Come and take part in our interactive team game that will look at how the transferable skills we are talking about in the programme are actually manifested in a group situation. Be that a social situation, a team challenge or the work place. Employers will be on hand to talk to you about how these relate back to the workplace and the opportunities they have where you can use these skills. Find out more, have a chat, go for a drink with them. These sessions will also give you a chance to network. | 20/11/09 13:00 to 14:00 Please sign up online |
| China student employability workshops Chinese speaking students only. The workshop aims to help Chinese students currently in the UK get better comprehension of the employers' needs and the job market in China, as well as prepare you to enter/re-enter the job market after graduation and enhance your employability and competitiveness in the field. Delivered in the Chinese language only. | 21/11/09 15:00 to 17:00 Please book online with organisers. |
| Tata Crucible - The Campus Quiz Open to all University students and free to enter, the preliminary round of 25 questions will narrow the competition down to 8 teams, who will then battle is out on stage over 5-6 rounds for the coveted TataCrucible trophy. Questions cover the world of business and economy, personalities, brands and markets and there are superb prizes on offer(cash prizes of £7500). Any two students from the same university can form a team, any number of teams can enter from the same University. | 22/11/09 Afternoon Please sign up on firm's website |
| Hill Dickinson LLP For all law students. Hill Dickinson LLP is a leading and award-winning commercial law firm with more than 160 partners, 1100 people and offices in Liverpool, Manchester, London, Chester, Piraeus and Singapore. Come along to find out more about the opportunities we have on offer, find out what we look for in an ideal candidate and to pick up application hints and tips. | 23/11/09 12:00 to 13:00 Please sign up online |
| Communication Communication is a key skill that could make or break your chances of a job. Find out more about good communication in this interactive session. | 23/11/09 13:00 to 14:00 Please sign up online |
 | Career Event for 1st year English Students: Getting a Part-Time Job Get yourself some useful income and insights into the world 'out there' with some part-time work: find out how at this short session. | 23/11/09 13:00 to 13:45 Room S3.30, Strand campus |
| Careers in peace and conflict For War Studies and related courses A careers forum featuring key organisations in the sector with plenty of time for questions and networking. No need to book just turn up from 17.30pm to close at 19.00 hours. The forum will be of most interest to students in War Studies, International Relations, International Security, and related subjects. | 23/11/09 17:30 to 19:00 Great Hall, Strand campus |
| How to find a (graduate) job (repeat) Top tips on how to find yourself a job after you graduate. | 23/11/09 17:30 to 18:00 Room K6.63, Strand campus |
| Where next? Making career choices A session designed to get you thinking about your next steps, with lots of useful tips and advice on how to start planning your career. | 23/11/09 17:30 to 18:15 Room NHH G.8 (C5), Waterloo campus |
| Pizza night at Grant Thornton We are looking for trainees to join us for our Graduate, Summer Internship and 12-Month Placement Programmes. We have up to 200 vacancies in audit, tax, business risk services, actuarial, recovery and reorganisation departments across our various national offices. Our graduate scheme has been designed to help you become a qualified professional as smoothly and quickly as possible. In this market its important to increase your employability and to get focused on what you really want to do. We're helping you do this by offering you a chance to meet our current grads, managers and partners over a pizza. To register, please e-mail Lienda.Beale@gtuk.com. | 23/11/09 18:00 to 20:30 Please sign up by email to firm |
| Technology Fair This specialist fair brings you together with recruiters offering technology jobs and placements in a wide range of industries. | 24/11/09 12:00 to 15:00 Great Hall |
| Selling yourself Are you in your final year? Do you know your key strengths and weaknesses and how to turn these into commercial transferable skills? If no, then come along to our workshop and meet our manager and our careers team who will show you how. | 25/11/09 13:00 to 14:00 Please sign up online |
| Top tips for CVs Maximise your first impression with a great CV. Spend twenty minutes hearing about how you can make your CV worth reading. | 25/11/09 17:30 to 17:50 Room S-1.04, Strand campus |
| Allen & Overy LLP ELM Presentation Join Allen & Overy for their LLM presentation on Wednesday 25th November. Sign up at www.llm.allenovery.com and click on events for more details and to register. | 25/11/09 18:00 onward Please sign up on firm's website |
| Nabarro - How to make the most of the Law Fair Law Fairs are the perfect opportunity to meet prospective employers, ask questions and most importantly, make an impression! How do you plan to make the most of the KCL Law Fair? Come to our talk to ensure that you are ready for this 2 day event. | 26/11/09 13:00 to 14:00 Please sign up online |
| Negotiating & Influencing Skills For law or non-law undergraduates Negotiation and influencing takes communication to the next level…come to this talk, led by a top employer, to find out how to sharpen these essential skills which can be used on a daily basis, both in business and at home. Law/Non-Law undergrads only. | 26/11/09 13:00 to 14:00 Please sign up online |
| Negotiation competition Simmons & Simmons It is a well known fact that the experience of studying law is very different to the act of practicing law. There are many skills students need to learn in order to make the step successfully. Simmons & Simmons has decided to help the students at KCL bridge this gap by running a Negotiation Competition. Join a team from Simmons & Simmons as they coach you through the key fundamentals of negotiation. Date: Thursday 26 November; Arrival at CityPoint: 17:30; Negotiation competition: 17:45 prompt Drinks and nibbles with firm representatives: 20:15. Places are limited. Apply by emailing an up to date CV to recruitment@simmons-simmons.com with ‘KCL negotiation competition’ as the subject.Apply by emailing an up to date CV to recruitment@simmons-simmons.com with ‘KCL negotiation competition’ as the subject. | 26/11/09 17:30 to 20:30 Please register by email to firm with CV |
| Covering letters Twenty minutes of top tips on how to make your covering letters stand out. | 26/11/09 17:30 to 18:00 Room K-1.56, Strand campus |
| Career Event for 2nd year English Students: Getting Useful Work Experience You know you need it but how are you going to get it? Find out more at this session. | 30/11/09 13:00 to 14:00 Room S-3.01, Strand campus |
| Evening reception at SJ Berwin We are pleased to invite you to the SJ Berwin drinks reception in in London on 30 November. The event will be held at our offices which are located at 10 Queen Street Place, London, EC4R 1BE. The purpose of the reception is to introduce you to the Graduate Recruitment team and to give you the opportunity to chat informally with our Partners, Associates and Trainees whilst having a couple of drinks and some nibbles. The event will commence at 18.00 and finish at around 20.00 There is no dress code. We look forward to seeing you! | 30/11/09 18:00 to 20:00 Please sign up by email to firm |
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| Type | Event | Date, Time, Venue/Booking |
| Law Fair, day 1 Talk to a range of law firms, chambers, course providers, etc. about legal careers, work experience placements, courses. Different exhibitors each day.Different exhibitors each day. | 01/12/09 12:00 to 15:00 Great Hall and Council Room, Strand campus |
| Top tips for CVs Maximise your first impression with a great CV. Spend twenty minutes hearing about how you can make your CV worth reading. | 01/12/09 17:30 to 18:00 Room NHH G.12, Guy's campus |
| How to make a good impression during Interviews & Assessment Centre Workshop Interviews coming up? Is the thought of attending an assessment centre daunting? Do you want some guidance on how to prepare and behave at interviews? Ernst & Young are running a skills session doing just that. Come along and find out how to be successful during interviews and assessment centres. | 02/12/09 (NEW date) 13:00 to 14:30 Please sign up online |
| Law Fair, day 2 Talk to a range of law firms, chambers, course providers, etc. about legal careers, work experience placements, courses. Different exhibitors each day.Different exhibitors each day. | 02/12/09 12:00 to 15:00 Great Hall and Council Room, Strand campus |
| Commercial Awareness skills session presented by Clifford Chance For penultimate and fisrt year Law students and Non-Law penultimate and final year students To get some insights into life as a Lawyer and to develop your commercial awareness skills, please join us at this skills session workshop on commercial awareness. Following this workshop, you will get the chance to talk informally over drinks to current Associates and Trainees. Target audience - penultimate or first-year Law students and finalist or penultimate year Non-Law students. | 03/12/09 13:00 to 14:30 Please sign up online |
| Qedis Consulting Employer Presentation For students of Business, Economics and Management Qedis is one of the fastest growing consultancy businesses in the UK. We are a consensus-driven, high energy, open and informal company with a passion for excellence in management consulting. We help our clients to deliver technology linked change through services such as strategy & planning, transformation & change, and project & programme management. To find out more about the opportunities at Qedis come along to our presentation and visit www.isthereayouinqedis.com | 03/12/09 18:30 to 20:30 Please register by email to firm |
| Decision making & time management Any job will require you to make good decisions and manage your time effectively. This interactive session will help you identify key issues to improving these skills. | 03/12/09 13:00 to 14:00 Please sign up online |
 | Taylor Wessing drop in session For Penultimate year Law, Final Year non-law students To supplement the Law Fair on the 2nd December we will be running a drop-in session to give students the opportunity to sit down 1 to 1 with one of our trainees to get an idea of what life at the firm is like. We offer training contracts and vacations scheme programmes to law and non-law students. These sessions are aimed at penultimate and final year Law students as well as students from any degree discipline wanting a career in law. | 04/12/09 11:00 to 14:00 Please sign up online |
| Come and take part in our interactive team game that will look at how the transferable skills we are talking about in the programme are actually manifested in a group situation. Be that a social situation, a team challenge or the work place. Employers will be on hand to talk to you about how these relate back to the workplace and the opportunities they have where you can use these skills. Find out more, have a chat, go for a drink with them. These sessions will also give you a chance to network. | 04/12/09 13:00 to 14:00 Please sign up online |
| Coca-Cola Enterprises Graduate Programme Presentation Final year undergraduates. Thirst for more? Driven to win? Then join Coca-Cola Enterprises in achieving its vision of becoming the best beverage sales and service Company, and taste real success. Want to hear more then join us for our presenation and Q&A | 04/12/09 12:00 to 13:00 Please sign up online |
| Team work In few jobs these days will youwork in complete isolation. Effective team working will improve efficiency and make you more employable. This interactive session will highlight things you can do to improve you work place team skills. | 07/12/09 13:00 to 14:00 Please sign up online |
| Assessment centres A short introduction to assessment centres: what they are and how you can improve your performance. | 08/12/09 13:10 to 13:30 Room FWB G.80, Waterloo campus |
| Where next? Considering postgraduate study Find out more about your Postgraduate study options and make decisions on whether PG study is right for you. | 08/12/09 13:10 to 13:30 Council Room , Strand campus |
| Berwin Leighton Paisner Open Day Are you keen to get a taste of life in the City at a leading Law firm? Email your CV to traineerecruit@blplaw.com along with your answers to the following two questions: 1. Why are you interested in pursuing a career as a solicitor? 2. Which 3 personal qualities do you possess that would be of benefit to you in a legal career? Max 250 words each. www.blplaw.com for further information. Apply by email by 3rd December quoting reference ODDEC03 as the subject. | 10/12/09 10:00 to 16:30 Please see description for instructions |
| Careers in Asia Recruitment Summit For students with work authorisation for at least one Asian country. Meet with leading companies in one venue over two days, with real opportunities to secure a challenging and rewarding career in Asia. From the 11 - 13th December. Apply online by 9th November. | 11 to 13/12/09 Please register on Careers in Asia website |
| Top tips for CVs (repeat) Maximise your first impression with a great CV. Spend twenty minutes hearing about how you can make your CV worth reading. | 14/12/09 13:10 to 13:30 Room S-1.04 (note new room), Strand campus |
| Cover letters (repeat) Twenty minutes of top tips on how to make your covering letters stand out. | 14/12/09 13:35 to 13:55 Room S-1.04, Strand campus |
| Application forms (repeat) Twenty minutes of top tips on how to complete application forms. | 15/12/09 13:10 to 13:35 Room S2.29 (note new room), Strand campus |
| Writing personal statements for application forms (repeat) An introduction to writing those tricky personal statements. | 15/12/09 13:35 to 13:55 Room S2.29, Strand campus |
| Interview essentials (repeat) Twenty minutes of top tips on interviews including preparation, planning and performance. | 16/12/09 13:10 to 13:30 Council Room, Strand campus |
| Assessment centres (repeat) A short introduction to assessment centres: what they are and how you can improve your performance. | 16/12/09 13:35 to 13:55 Council Room, Strand campus |
| Where next? Considering postgraduate study (repeat) Find out more about your Postgraduate study options and make decisions on whether PG study is right for you. | 17/12/09 13:10 to 13:30 Council Room, Strand campus |
| How to find a (graduate) job (repeat) Top tips on how to find yourself a job after you graduate. | 17/12/09 13:35 to 13:55 Council Room, Strand campus |
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| Police High Potential Development Scheme The Metropolitan Police Leadership Academy is organising a one and a half day event on 7 & 8 January to give detailed information to those interested in becoming a Police Officer, and in particular providing information about the High Potential Development Scheme (HPDS). This should interest second and third year students who will be applying after the current recruitment freeze. There will be a chance to ask questions and find out more about working as a police officer, joining the scheme, the selection process and eligibility criteria. There will also be an opportunity to meet and chat with some of our officers who are already on the current programme. To find out more, or to apply to attend this event, please forward a current CV and a covering letter to explain why they would like to attend, to george.eggerue@met.police.uk by Friday 27/11/09 | 07 & 08/01/10 Please register by email to the HPDS |
| Careers Event for Music Students: What can I do with my Music degree? Got any ideas yet? Need some inspiration? Come and find out what previous music students have done; what employer like about music students; and help on what to do next to help you decide | 25/01/10 12:30 to 13:30 St David's Room, Strand campus |
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| Careers for Humanities students: the Arts Find out more about this broad ranging career area: what are the likely entry points for you into it? How can you get work experience? What's the career ladder like? | 01/02/10 13:15 to 14:00 Room K3.11, Strand campus |
| Careers Event for Music Students: On being a professional musician Find out more about the practicalities of being a professional musician - where to find venues, audiences and help with tax returns! | 08/02/10 12:30 to 13:30 Music Seminar Room, Strand campus |
| Pharmacy Fair For Pharmacy students looking for pre-reg and work experience positions. | 10/02/10 13:00 to 15:00 FWB Restaurant, Waterloo campus |
 | Life Sciences event TBC. | 17/02/10 13:00 to 16:00 HRH Function Room & Boardroom, Guy's campus |
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| Careers Event for Music Students: Music careers forum Get contacts, get insight, get inspiration: come and meet people with music degrees doing different jobs 'out there'. | 01/03/10 12:30 to 13:30 Music Seminar Room, Strand campus |
| Careers for Humanities students: working with languages There's a constant call for employees to be 'international' and have many languages. How can you find employers that appreciate your skills and what jobs might you do? | 02/03/10 13:15 to 14:00 Room K-1.56, Strand campus |
| Career Event for 3rd Year English Students: Making Successful CVs and Applications Can't be that hard, surely? You'd be surprised! Find out more and stand out from the graduate crowd… | 08/03/10 13:00 to 14:00 Room K3.11, Strand campus |
| Career Event for 2nd year English Students: Making Successful CVs and Applications Can't be that hard, surely? You'd be surprised! Find out more and stand out from the graduate crowd… | 15/03/10 13:00 to 14:00 Room K3.11, Strand campus |
| Career Event for 1st Year English Students: Making the Most of your Summer Summer days, drifting away… Or not! Get some great experience under your belt and a leg-up for the future. | 22/03/10 13:00 to 14:00 Room K3.11, Strand campus |
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