Maybe you coming near the end of your time in St Andrews, perhaps you're looking to build the CV a bit, or you could be just starting to think about what you might want to do when you leave the Bubble; whichever it be, Employability Week is guarenteed to hold something for you.

The graduate job market is as tough as it has ever been and simply getting a good degree from an outstanding University is increasingly not enough to stand out in an ultra-competitive environment and Employability Week is an excellent opportunity to work on your skill set, to put you in as strong a position as possible when applying for the Career you want.

Employability Week is a week's worth of events aimed at helping you develop your Employable Skills and increase awareness of how to sell yourself to employers, as well as raising awareness of opportunities that exist both at University and afterwards.

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What's on

Rolling into its second year, Employability Week returns to bring you a series of fantastic, free events from high profile speakers and industry insiders...

Individual event details can be found at www.yourunion.net/events

Monday 9 April

Talks on working in the Arts, Culture and Music Industry
Location: Parliament Hall, South Street
Time: 18.30 – 21.00

Johnny Lynch
Time: 18.30
Johnny Lynch is label manager of the immensely successful Fence Records, based in Anstruther. Despite the fact that he loudly protests that he’s “never had a real job in his life”, he’s really quite good at what he does. Come along to hear him discuss what’s involved in working in the music industry, and have all your questions answered about how to get involved.

Richard Demarco
Time: 19.40
Richard Demarco is an artist and promoter of the visual and performing arts. He has been one of Scotland’s most influential advocates for contemporary art through his work at the Richard Demarco Gallery and the Demarco European Art Foundation. In 1963 he cofounded the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh, which remains at the vanguard of contemporary theatre. He will be discussing his work, answering questions on the world of the creative arts, and much more besides.

Tuesday 10 April

Talks on working in Journalism and Media
Location: Parliament Hall, South Street
Time: 19.30 – 21.30

Brian Taylor
Time: 19.30
Question and Answer session with Brian Taylor. Brian is the Political Editor for BBC Scotland, and a graduate of the University of St Andrews. He has authored two books, The Scottish Parliament and Scotland's Parliament: Triumph and Disaster. He will be taking any questions you might have about the pitfalls and pinnacles of life as a prominent political journalist.

Sallyanne Duncan
Time: 20.30
Talk from Dr Sallyanne Duncan. Sallyanne is head of the prestigious journalism course at the University of Strathclyde, teaching news reporting, feature writing, sub-editing as well as lecturing in Media Ethics. She will be discussing the practicalities of working in journalism and media, and what it takes to get involved.

Wednesday 11 April

Charities and Volunteering Sector Talk and Q&A
Location: The Undercroft, (Medieval History building), St John’s House, South Street
Time: 16.00 – 17.30
Charity means a lot to St Andrews’ students: this year we are set to raise over £100,000 for our six nominated charities, and we have one of the most active volunteer services of any Scottish university. Many students want to take this passion beyond University and do it for a living. Come along to hear from three representatives from charitable and voluntary sector organisations and ask any questions you may have. The organisations attending are Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland, CHASE Africa and Mary’s Meals.

GMB Trade Union Partnership Day
The Students’ Association is forging a partnership with the GMB trade union, the first of its type in Scotland, offering cut price membership to students in part time work, and regular employment rights surgeries. Our launch day will involve a range of events and workshops covering everything from campaigning to knowing your rights. If you would like to sign up to the Union there will be a stall in the foyer of the Union.

Know Your Rights Workshop
Location: Salad Bowl (top floor of the Union)
Time: 11.00 – 12.00
An interactive workshop where you will learn some of your employment rights and how to ensure your employer is adhering to the law.

Campaigning Workshop
Location: School 5, St Salvator’s Quadrangle
Time: 15.00 – 16.00
An interactive workshop about how to organise and run a trade union campaign.

“There is a better way” Campaign – Talk from Dave Moxham and Harry Donaldson
Location: Parliament Hall, South Street
Time: 19.30
Dave Moxham, Depute General Secretary of the STUC and Harry Donaldson, GMB Regional Secretary will discuss the better way campaign and why huge cuts to the public sector are not the way to deal with the deficit. Q&A at the end and advice on how you can get involved.

Thursday 12 April

Practice Interview Sessions
Location: Medical Building, Tutorial Room 7 (Room 117) & Tutorial Room 2 (Room 106)
Time: 10.00 – 13.00
We will be running Practice Interview Sessions where you will be given the opportunity to sit a mock interview with real world employers and Careers Centre staff. The interview will be filmed, and you will receive feedback on your performance at the end. Places for this are extremely limited. If you would like to take part, please email dosda@st-andrews.ac.uk with the subject line Employability Week Interviews.

Ernst & Young Presentation on Graduate Opportunities
Location: Venue 2 (Top floor of the Union)
Time: 13.30 - 14.30
Top accountancy firm Ernst & Young will be hosting a presentation to let you know about the fantastic opportunities available to you with them.

Enterprise Workshop with Fife Enterprise & Business Development Department
Location: Venue 2 (top floor of the Union)
Time: 14.30 – 16.00
Have a great idea for a business venture, or simply find out more about what’s involved in starting up your own company? Come along to hear what advice one of Business Gateway’s senior business advisers has to give, and ask any questions you have.

CV Writing Workshop
Location: Venue 2 (top floor of the Union)
Time: 16.00 – 17.30
Anne Watson (see below for details) will be running a CV Writing Workshop where she discusses some of the pitfalls of CV writing, and how to put together a winning CV. Feel free to bring your own CV for feedback!

Talks on careers in business and finance
Location: School 3, St Salvator’s Quadrangle
Time: 18.30 – 20.30

Anne Watson
Time: 18.30
Anne Watson is Global HR Director of Worldmark International, a Glasgow based manufacturer with factories across the world. A graduate of St Andrews, she has set up her own business, a headhunting research firm, before going on to build up a business that was sold to a PLC in 1998. After a 2-year handover, she set up a boutique search business that she ran successfully until she was invited to join one of her clients, Worldmark, as HR Director.

Anne is an expert user of many psychometric questionnaires, using them to help identify the talents and skills of individuals. She is the author of a number of business books and is currently writing a book on the challenges of managing across cultures. She will be talking about her experiences in business, as well as how job candidates can best sell themselves to potential employers.

Ewan Brown
Time: 19.30
Ewan Brown joined the board of Lloyds TSB Scotland in 1999 and was chairman of until May 2008. He joined Noble Grossart in 1969 and was an executive director of that company until December 2003. A non-executive director of Noble Grossart and Stagecoach Group, chairman of Creative Scotland 2009, senior governor of the Court of the University of St Andrews and vice chairman of the Edinburgh International Festival. Ewan will be discussing his experience in finance and answering any questions you may have.

Friday 13 April

Talk from Alistair Moffat
Location: Parliament Hall, South Street
Time: 18.30
Moffat became Director of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1976. Before joining STV in 1981, where he rose to become programme director, Chief Executive of Network Production and finally Chairman of STV. In 1989 he was appointed to the NSG, the group that controls UK wide scheduling for ITV, commanding a budget of £750 million. He left STV in 1999 to focus on writing. Since leaving STV in 1999, Moffat has served as Director of the Borders Book Festival and Lennoxlove Book Festival, both of which he also founded. In 2011, Moffat was elected Rector of the University of St Andrews. Alistair will be discussing his experiences in television and festival organisation, and probably many other things too!