Join the STEEP Workshops & Kickstart Days on Wednesday 14th March – Book here

Delivered by industry professionals, our STEEP workshops are designed specifically for you – our Faculty of Management students. The graduate job market is hugely competitive and your CV needs to stand out from the crowd and properly showcase your skills. In liaison with your Programme Leaders and industry experts, we’ve identified the key skills that are invaluable to you when applying for your first graduate roles or for your placement.

Places on these STEEP workshops are limited so book fast and kickstart your career today.

https://www1.bournemouth.ac.uk/about/our-faculties/faculty-management/student-talent-employability-engagement-programme/workshops-kickstart-days

Kickstart Days

Kickstart days aim to provide you with snippets of key information to help you kickstart your journey into your first graduate role. Key speakers from inside and outside BU will provide you with the tools and knowhow to aid you in this journey.

They featured the following skills and competencies:

LinkedIn & Video Interviewing
Networking Skills
Professional Etiquette
Leadership Skills
Executive Image

Join the L7 Kickstart day :

An inspirational talk from Russ Taplin, BU Alumni and local Entrepreneur followed by professional training workshops in Networking Skills and Professional Etiquette – all designed to help level 7 students stand out from the crowd when they go into their first graduate roles! The session will then be followed by two workshops covering essential skills that employers are looking for:

Networking Skills – facilitated by Jodi Goldman, Personal Impact Specialist
Professional Etiquette – facilitated by Piran Littleton from Dale Carnegie

The Level 7 Kickstart Day will take place on Wednesday 14th March – Book here

Workshops for Level 7 students

These workshops have been designed specifically for Level 7 students looking to gain additional professional skills and qualifications to improve employability.

Personal development

First Aid – 21 March / 28 March
Leadership Skills – 21 March
Presentation Skills – 28 March
Raise your game – 18 April
Teamwork – 25 April

Workshops for Level 6 students

The workshops listed below are exclusively designed for final year Faculty of Management students to help you secure your first graduate level job. If you are a second year, level 5 students, please see below for workshops designed for you.

Professionally certified workshops

Food Safety – 6 December
Essential First Aid (St John Ambulance) – 18 October / 23 October / 1 November / 6 November / 15 November / 20 November / 29 November / 4 December

Professionally Certified IT Qualifications (Self-Managed Learning)

Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) is a recognised qualification that allows you to validate and document your working knowledge of essential Microsoft programmes on your CV. It will allow you to present yourself as truly knowledgeable and differentiate yourself in the competitive graduate job market.

The following exams are available: Word / Excel / Powerpoint / Outlook / Access

For more information and to book, visit MyCareerHub.

BU and employer workshops

Personal development

Application Form Masterclass (IBM) – 18 October
Executive Image – 29 November
Leadership Skills – 8 November
Mock Assessment Centre (IBM) – 1 November
Negotiation Skills – 1 November
Personal Development Planning (Babcock) – 25 October
Polished Presentation Skills – 15 November
Understanding the Culture of the British Workplace – 6 December

Skills development

Introduction to Adobe InDesign – 6 December
Introduction to Adobe Photoshop – 29 November
Introduction to MS Project – 6 December

Workshops for Level 5 students

The workshops listed below are exclusively designed for second year Faculty of Management students to help prepare you for finding a placement job. If you are a final year, level 6 student, please see above for workshops designed for you.

Personal development

Psychometric Testing – 30 October 2-3pm or 3-4pm / 13 November 2-3pm or 3-4pm
Networking & selling yourself – 8 November
Assessment Centres – 30 November / 5 December / 12 December

Tourism and Hospitality