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Weekes Gray will be attending:

Library School Visits:
Providing CV and interview advice as well as industry insights and current trends to this year’s intake of graduate information professionals.

Liverpool John Moores University – 25th February 2010
Keri and Kelly-Ann will be working with the Library and Information Management students

University of Sheffield - 17th march 2010
Kelly-Ann will be working with the Library and Information Management students


Liverpool John Moores University - World of Work

Kelly-Ann will be working with Liverpool John Moores University on their WoW®, or World of Work programme. WoW® is a unique employability initiative, and is backed by a wide range of employers. It has also featured in Times Online, CBI and in Higher Ambitions.

LJMU students have the option to gain a WoW® certificate, in addition to their degree. They are assessed on Self Awareness, Organisational Awareness and Making Things
Happen (Project Management).

MSc Information and Library Management students going through the process will be interviewed by Kelly-Ann and if successful will be awarded with the Certificate.
Kelly-Ann will be attending a briefing session with LJM on 11th February before conducting the student interviews at a later date.


Liverpool Legal Information Group (LLIG) - February

Weekes Gray are looking forward to the next LLIG meeting which will take place on Thursday 25th February and will be hosted by Kathryn Kryemadhi at DWF in Liverpool.



Law School Careers Talks

Kelly-Ann will be working with the University of Salford Law School in March and will be addressing the issue of ‘How to secure a training contract through boosting your practical experience’ with second and third year LLB students.

The presentation will address the ways in which law students can gain practical experience after completing the LLB or LPC which will enhance their opportunities of obtaining a training contract in the future.

This follows on from the success of our careers talk to the University of Liverpool’s School of Law in November 09 on the same topic which the university found helped to plug a gap in their careers provision.


Business Information Review publication

Keri’s paper entitled Creative Career Development; an entrepreneur’s guide has been published in the December 09 issue of Business Information Review. The paper offers advice on taking an entrepreneurial approach to marketing yourself as a candidate in the current jobs market.


BIALL 2010 – Brighton 10th to 12th June

Keri has been invited to speak at this year’s legal information conference at the Brighton Conference Centre. Keri will be presenting at the parallel session scheduled for 14:00 to 15:00 on Thursday 10th June and her paper will be focusing on  tips and techniques for a successful interview in the current economic climate. 




 

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