Careers Noticeboard - from MLP, Careers & Employabilty Division, The University of Manchesterhttp://www.careers.manchester.ac.uk/studentsThe latest news from your Careers ServiceMLP, Careers & Employabilty Division, The University of Manchesterhttp://www.manchester.ac.uk/medialibrary/images/corporate/logomanchester.gifUniversity of Manchester Careers Servicehttp://www.careers.manchester.ac.uk/students/Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:39:19 GMTRWE npower Future Leaders Challengehttp://www.careers.manchester.ac.uk/students/whatsnew/?view=52241What is the cost of your energy?
Would you like to win a trip to the land of the midnight sun? For the third year npower are offering a team comprising of you and three of your peers the opportunity to win the trip of a lifetime dog sledding in the North Pole.
The winning teams will experience first hand the importance of living a more sustainable life, talking to locals and learning how climate change is directly impacting them.
In addition to the fabulous first prize, 8 finalist teams will have the opportunity to attend an outdoor team building activity; a fabulous weekend that will push you physically and build on your team working and leadership skills.
We are so confident that you will develop key employability skills from running your project, preparing for the competition, completing the team building weekend and actually going on the trip that we will guarantee to offer a summer placement for each member of the winning team.
For further details visit www.npower.com/brightergraduates/future-leaders.html
Added: 03/08/2011Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:39:19 GMThttp://www.careers.manchester.ac.uk/students/whatsnew/?view=52241Audi Production Award 2011http://www.careers.manchester.ac.uk/students/whatsnew/?view=52240Audi are making available their Production Award 2011. This is an International innovation competition for the future of car manufacturing.
How can car manufacturers use resources even more efficiently in future?
Show us your ideas and concepts on manufacturing, production elements or technological processes and win the Audi Production Award 2011 in the field of Resource efficiency in manufacturing.
We aim to actively encourage cooperation between industry and science with this competition and give students, scientists and engineers around the world the chance to develop visionary ideas and discuss them with our team of manufacturing experts.
The only prerequisite for participating is a brief concept.
The finalists and winners can look forward to a 2-day invitation to Audi in Ingolstadt, Germany, with exclusive insights into our manufacturing process; an Expert Workshop with high-ranking Audi production managers during which concepts can be further refined; an exciting, top-class program of accompanying events, the Audi Production Award for the winner and total prize money of � 10,000.
For details visit www.audi.com/production-award
Added: 01/08/2011Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:39:19 GMThttp://www.careers.manchester.ac.uk/students/whatsnew/?view=52240Free Young Million Course - to Develop Employablility Skillshttp://www.careers.manchester.ac.uk/students/whatsnew/?view=5223921, 26 and 28 July 2011
Manchester M13 Free Young Million Course to Develop Employability Skills. Young Million aims to give you the experience4 to make decisions and working teams in a real workplace environment.
This course will help you get your foot in the door, hear from local employers on what they are looking for in a CV, application or interview, practice working in teams, gain a greater understanding of how decisions are made in the workplace, get inspiration and support from experienced local leaders and learn from and develop friendships with other participants.
To qualify for the course you must be aged between 18 and 25 and be unemployed.
The course is free. To sign up just visit youngmillion.commonpurpose.org.uk Added: 12/07/2011Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:39:19 GMThttp://www.careers.manchester.ac.uk/students/whatsnew/?view=52239Account Planning Group Young Talent Awardhttp://www.careers.manchester.ac.uk/students/whatsnew/?view=52238The APG represents the world's leading communications strategists, and at the APG Awards every two years we award the best strategic thinking in the industry. In 2009 we expanded this to include the APG Young Talent prize, a competition to award the best thinking by students in full time education.
The deadline for this year's Awards is coming up - Friday 26th August 2011.
In no more than 1000 words, tell us about a brand that you would like to invent that would appeal to people your age. That brand should be invented completely from scratch. The best three entries will be given a prize at the 2011 Awards Ceremony, before an audience of leading strategists from London's top advertising agencies. This would give you a great way of securing a job in the ad industry. Of last year's winners, two are now in full time employment in advertising agencies and the third will walk into a glittering career when she graduates.
For further details visit www.apg.org.uk/?p=1163
Added: 07/07/2011Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:39:19 GMThttp://www.careers.manchester.ac.uk/students/whatsnew/?view=52238Free Leadership Coursehttp://www.careers.manchester.ac.uk/students/whatsnew/?view=522375, 14 and 21 July 2011
Manchester Did you know that there are close to one million unemployed young people in the UK? There are many projects that exist to help them find employment, yet few offering the training and development opportunities they would have received from employers were they in work.
Common Purpose has been running leadership development courses in the UK for 21 years. Our expertise and experience has shown that when people are inspired and connected, they�re better employees and leaders.
That�s why we want to support you, the Young Million, by offering free leadership development courses to help build your confidence, leadership skills and networks so when you do find that job, you�re inspired, confident and a step ahead of the game.
Why should you take part?
Young Million might not help you get a job, but it will give you the opportunity to flex your leadership muscles and:
- develop the skills and self confidence to be an effective leader at work and in civil society.
- take insight and inspiration from experienced leaders who are leading change - in many different ways - at work and in society.
- gain a greater understanding of how decisions are made locally and nationally in the UK.
- learn from and develop friendships with other participants from a diverse range of backgrounds, interests and experience.
To apply, download the application form at http://youngmillion.commonpurpose.org.uk
For further information tel: 01772 558511 or email: manchester@commonpurpose.org.uk Added: 27/06/2011Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:39:19 GMThttp://www.careers.manchester.ac.uk/students/whatsnew/?view=52237
