Free Employability Workshops for unemployed graduates
30 June 2011
LJMU's Graduate Development Centre (GDC) has two great options for recent graduates looking to enhance their employability skills.
Graduate Accelerator Programme (GAP)
Delivered as a series of workshops over the course of a week, the aim of the Graduate Accelerator Programme is to provide unemployed graduates with a structured, focussed, empowering programme of activities designed to optimise their employability, essential in the current climate where more graduates are competing for fewer vacancies. Workshops include; writing a winning CV, preparing for interviews, presentation skills, networking and much more.
Location: Graduate Development Centre, Hatton Garden, Liverpool, L3 2AJ
Week Long Course Dates: 27 June to1 July; 18 to 22 July; 8 to 12 Aug; 5 to 9 Sept
Time: 9.00am - 5.00pm
Get That Job Day
An intensive day of workshops designed to improve your opportunities in a competitive graduate labour market. The Get That Job Day consists of four workshops:
- creative job hunting
- selling yourself on paper
- preparing for interviews
- succeeding at assessment centres
Location: Graduate Development Centre, Hatton Garden, Liverpool, L3 2AJ
Dates: 7 July, 27 July, 2 August, 18 August, 22 August (check the GAP website for more dates in September and October)
Time: 9.00am - 4.30pm
Booking (for either GAP or Get That Job Day): www.ljmu.ac.uk/gap
Eligibility criteria (for GAP or Get that Job Day): open to unemployed recent graduates (from any university) who are resident in Merseyside and EU citizens
For more information about the GDC, WoW Programme or WoW Skills Certificate visit www.ljmu.ac.uk/wow
