Life at Leeds: Making the most of Global Careers Month

Information about how students can make the most of Global Careers Month.

Are you thinking about your summer plans? What you’ll be doing after graduation? Part-time jobs while studying? Or even how you can gain the skills and confidence to get the ideal job to kick-start your career? We can help! There are so many opportunities available to you so throughout March the Careers Service will be running a ‘Global Careers Month’. 

What is Global Careers Month?

Global Careers Month is for anyone looking to explore the world of work abroad, whether or not you’ve lived or worked outside of the UK before. 

We’ve arranged a whole programme of events and activities throughout March to help you explore the amazing opportunities available to you worldwide, and to support you in developing your employability skills.

You can join skills-based workshops, employer-led sessions, inspirational alumni talks, as well as student-led events, movie nights and more! Simply log on to MyCareer to see what’s on when! 

What’s in it for you? 

We want to help you make the most of the opportunities available to you at Leeds. This includes benefiting from our ever-growing global connections, alumni networks and employer connections.

Throughout the month, you can join events that will:

• Help you to consider the types of companies you might work for overseas
• Improve your skills to help land the perfect role, such as interview techniques
• Widen your networks with global employers, alumni and more
• Gain an understanding of the processes involved in securing a visa to work abroad

What’s on in March?

Here are just some of the events we’ll be running for you. Many of these are delivered online as webinars so that you can join from anywhere, using any device. 

Week 1, 2 – 6 March

• Exclusive Career Workshop for Chinese Students – 2 March, 4pm
• Working abroad with Gartner | Using your foreign language skills at work – 4 March, 2pm
• WEBINAR: Teach English in Taiwan with HESS International Educational Group – 2 March, 10am 

Week 2, 9 – 13 March

• Becoming NATO Parliamentary Assembly Secretary General | Afternoon with Mr David Hobbs – 11 March, 2pm
• International Business Etiquette – 12 March, 3pm
• WEBINAR: Becoming CEO of Citi Bank in China - journey of Leeds alumna | Alumni talk – 12 March, 9:30am 

Week 3, 16 – 20 March

• Working in Germany with Phaidon | What is recruitment, CV Writing tips, CV Check, Q&A – 17 March, 12pm
• Late night 'careers' talkshow with your favourite lecturers | University wide edition – 19 March, 5:30pm
• Strategies for interview nerves – 20 March, 11am

Week 4, 23 – 27 March

• Graduate Recruitment Hacks – 23 March, 10am
• FDM APAC region Workshop – 23 March, 2pm
• WEBINAR: Working for PwC, Deloitte and Accenture | Alumni talk – 22 March, 9:30am

Explore more opportunities through MyCareer

For more events, workshops and webinars, simply log on to MyCareer and search ‘global careers’.

If you’re not free at the time of a session you really want to hear, don’t worry. We will be recording many of them so that you can log on to them as a webinar through the careers website.

Support and opportunities throughout the year 

If March is just not the right time for you to think about jobs and careers, don’t forget that there is an ongoing programme that you can access throughout your time at Leeds with a wealth of programmes, schemes and options. Visit the Opportunities section on the For Student website to find out more.

Leeds University Union also run ‘Joblink’ – a service to connect students with jobs.   

Online learning

Did you know you have free access to LinkedIN Learning? Through this platform, you can access some amazing courses for free, such as 'Getting advice from some of the big names in business', 'Becoming a successful job hunter' or 'Setting up a LinkedIN profile for students'. 

Recent graduate, Oli Walkden, has written a blog about why you should use LinkedIn Learning.

If you are an international student looking to develop your skills, ready to navigate the employment market, you can join a free 'Preparing for Work' online course (sign up by 12 April).