Drop-in to our Student Opportunities Fair to find a variety of opportunities including part-time jobs, volunteering and summer work experience opportunities that will enhance your employment prospects now.

Taking place in the National Glass Centre, St Peter's Campus students can come along and discover all of the things you can do during your time at university that will give you the skills and experience you need for the future. You don’t even need to sign up, just come along on the day, but if you would like to let us know you are coming please sign up below

Duration: 2 hours
Location: National Glass Centre

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There are a number of different roles that you could be considering that could come under the umbrella of policing or working alongside the police. Our Spotlight On event will give you the opportunity to learn about just some of the careers in this field from our panel of speakers. Our panel will have a breadth of varied experience and career routes that they will share with you as well as providing you with further information of what their roles entail. You will also hear about their organisations recruitment methods and entry requirements.
After the panel have shared their experiences, do not go away, call into Upper Prospect where we have a marketplace event taking place between 2.30pm & 3.30pm where you can talk to a number of organisations who also work in this field including voluntary organisations who could help you to get that valuable work experience.

Duration: 2.5 hours
Location: Speakers will take place in Prospect 007, market place will be in Upper Prospect

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This Spotlight On event will give you the opportunity to explore the roles you could find yourself doing if a career in writing is for you. Find out how you could use your writing skills in your career and the routes you could find yourself navigating if you decide that this is the career for you. You will have the opportunity to hear from our guests about their careers and how they got into their current roles as well as having the oportunity to ask any questions you may have.

Duration: 2 hour
Location: Reg Vardy 111

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Are you thinking of applying for a graduate job, a placement, part-time work or volunteering?  Would you like to know how to produce a CV that will impress your future employer? Learn how to structure your CV, what to include and how employers assess CVs so you can ensure yours is up to the job

 What you’ll learn:

• What’s needed on a CV, what doesn’t belong, and what’s optional
• What an employer looks for on a CV
• How to tailor your CV to a graduate job, part-time job or volunteering opportunity

If you’re applying for SuPA you can use your attendance at this session as one of your ‘Career Planning’ activities.

Duration: 1 hour
Location: Room 1, 2nd floor, Gateway Building, City Campus

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Are you thinking of applying for a graduate job, a placement, part-time work or volunteering?  Would you like to know how to produce a CV that will impress your future employer? Learn how to structure your CV, what to include and how employers assess CVs so you can ensure yours is up to the job

 What you’ll learn:

• What’s needed on a CV, what doesn’t belong, and what’s optional
• What an employer looks for on a CV
• How to tailor your CV to a graduate job, part-time job or volunteering opportunity

If you’re applying for SuPA you can use your attendance at this session as one of your ‘Career Planning’ activities.

Duration: 1 hour
Location: Room 215, Reg Vardy Building, St Peter's Campus

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Are you thinking of applying for a graduate job, a placement, part-time work or volunteering?  Would you like to know how to produce a CV that will impress your future employer? Learn how to structure your CV, what to include and how employers assess CVs so you can ensure yours is up to the job

 What you’ll learn:

• What’s needed on a CV, what doesn’t belong, and what’s optional
• What an employer looks for on a CV
• How to tailor your CV to a graduate job, part-time job or volunteering opportunity

If you’re applying for SuPA you can use your attendance at this session as one of your ‘Career Planning’ activities.

Duration: 1 hour
Location: Room 312, Priestman Building, City Campus

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Are you thinking of applying for a graduate job, a placement, part-time work or volunteering?  Would you like to know how to produce a CV that will impress your future employer? Learn how to structure your CV, what to include and how employers assess CVs so you can ensure yours is up to the job

 What you’ll learn:

• What’s needed on a CV, what doesn’t belong, and what’s optional
• What an employer looks for on a CV
• How to tailor your CV to a graduate job, part-time job or volunteering opportunity

If you’re applying for SuPA you can use your attendance at this session as one of your ‘Career Planning’ activities.

Duration: 1 hour
Location: Room 310, Reg Vardy Building, St Peter's Campus

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Are you looking for your dream job or placement? Would you like to know how to access the hidden job market and learn how to impress your future employer by identifying the things they are looking for and including examples in your applications?

Come along to our interactive workshop to learn strategies to make sure that you stand out from the crowd including:

• The hidden job market and how to access it – It is estimated that at least 70% of vacancies are never publicly advertised.  The session will include an introduction to the hidden job market and provide ideas on how you can access it.

• How to analyse a job advert to find out what specifically employers are looking for and what to include in your applications to make sure you are selected for interview
• Experience first-hand the selection process and have the opportunity to score application forms for a specific job and decide who you would like to interview

Duration: 1 hour
Location: Room 111, Reg Vardy Building, St Peter's Campus

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Are you looking for your dream job or placement? Would you like to know how to access the hidden job market and learn how to impress your future employer by identifying the things they are looking for and including examples in your applications?

Come along to our interactive workshop to learn strategies to make sure that you stand out from the crowd including:

• The hidden job market and how to access it – It is estimated that at least 70% of vacancies are never publicly advertised.  The session will include an introduction to the hidden job market and provide ideas on how you can access it.

• How to analyse a job advert to find out what specifically employers are looking for and what to include in your applications to make sure you are selected for interview
• Experience first-hand the selection process and have the opportunity to score application forms for a specific job and decide who you would like to interview

Duration: 1 hour
Location: Room 216, Priestman Building, City Campus

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Are you thinking of applying for applying for the Sunderland Professional Award (SuPA) at Silver or Gold level? Find out about the STAR technique and how to structure your answers in order to successfully complete section 2 of the award.

What you’ll learn:

• The STAR technique
• How to structure your answers to competency questions in section 2 of the SuPA form

Duration: 1 hour
Location: Room 319, St Peter's Campus, Reg Vardy Building

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Are you looking to produce a LinkedIn profile or do you have one are unsure how to use it? Have you heard of LinkedIn but are unsure of what it is?  Have you got a LinkedIn profile but are unsure of how to use it?  This workshop will give you the confidence to make effective use of this resource in your career planning and job search.

What you’ll learn:

• Why you should use LinkedIn
• What to include in your LinkedIn profile
• How to use LinkedIn to research career ideas
• How to use LinkedIn to develop your network of contacts.

Duration: 1 hour
Location: Room 210 David Goldman Building, St Peter's Campus

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We are looking for enthusiastic team mentors to guide our young people through the summer 2019 programme. This is a paid role and we offer a competitive, above minimum wage, hourly rate. We also provide; a full weekend of training, online training, first aid training, mental health training and safeguarding training before the programme. We believe that this is a fantastic opportunity for anyone who is looking to work within/has worked in the youth/social work sector or can bring transferrable skills to the role. We have an experienced staffing pool who have worked with us over numerous summers, but we’re always keen to find the next generation of empowering and motivating team mentors. We can’t think of a better way to spend the summer than bulking up your CV with up to date training and direct work experience whilst also getting paid

Duration: 1.5 hours
Location: Gateway 1 & Reg Vardy 317

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These drop-in sessions are a quick way to find out about everything Sunderland Futures. From a quick CV check, to what to expect at interviews, from finding jobs and opportunities to deciding what to do after uni, our Sunderland Futures drop-in sessions can be used for anything career related, and you will be able to talk to one of our advisers for up to 20 minutes.

 If you have been finding it difficult to book one of our other appointments why not come along to one of these sessions? You might decide afterwards to book a further more in depth appointment or this may be all you need to answer your question.

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Keep an eye on our social media channels to see when the next sessions will be.

This is for anyone who is interested in applying to the postgraduate PGCE PCET programme or who has already applied but wants to ask further questions or just want to learn more.

Duration: 2 hours
Location: Room 303, David Goldman building, St Peter's Campus

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These drop-in sessions are available for all students who would like to find out more about the Sunderland Professional Award (SuPA) and the Professional Mentoring Scheme.

You can become more employable by getting recognised by your skills and experience you gain while at University with SuPA; or learning from a Mentor’s knowledge and experience about the sector you are interested in if you join the Mentoring Scheme.

Find out more about these excellent opportunities and how to get started by coming along and ask any questions you may have to our Futures Intern.

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