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Work Avenue’s Annual Student and Graduate Career Networking Event
Join the event on April 10 to hear from and network with experts from across the professional world
March 27, 2019 16:01
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Join the event on April 10 to hear from and network with experts from across the professional world
March 27, 2019 16:01Work Avenue, the employment and business hub for the Jewish community, is holding its annual student and graduate career networking event on Wednesday 10 April. This unique information and networking opportunity gives young people soon to enter the world of work a glimpse into a future career that fulfils their employment aspirations and helps them gain a foothold on the employment ladder.
Organised by Work Avenue in partnership with global professional services firm BDO, UJS and Masa, invites experts from top companies chosen from sectors as diverse as accountancy, banking, marketing, law, property, politics, publishing and technology.
Statistics indicate that networking is a very powerful route into employment for students and recent graduates and this is reflected by the ongoing popularity of the career networking evening. In a series of scheduled appointments, undergraduates are provided with a unique opportunity through speed networking to speak to professionals, research the field and afterwards engage in open networking across the professional groups. Feedback from both sides from past events has proved wholly positive, with professionals describing their pleasure in supporting the development of students, and students expressing their appreciation for this valuable opportunity.
Last year, over 35 professionals from a broad range of top companies and industries, each with a packed schedule, were welcomed to the event with a drinks reception and a buffet supper. Among the companies whose representatives are due to participate in the career networking evening this year are prestigious names such as Accenture, Apple, Deloitte, Frank and Waze.
Students or graduates who would like to attend should register by 2 April at www.theworkavenue.org.uk/ugrads2019.
The networking evening is a unique introduction into the world of work to one specific group of young people, but it is not the only one supported by Work Avenue, which is committed to helping people identify their first job or find their way back into employment. Three years ago, it launched the community’s first employment and business hub with offices, meeting rooms, shared workspace, training rooms and a café. Whatever the age or stage of life at which Work Avenue’s clients find themselves, a positive and practical approach to gaining or retraining for employment can represent a huge step forward in giving them the means to become financially self-sufficient.