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The MMU Professional Passport

The MMU Professional Passport. Information for Students. Content. What is the Passport? What does it Involve Who is it for? Examples from last year Benefits Support Time commitment More information. What is the Passport?. An employability award

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The MMU Professional Passport

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  1. The MMU Professional Passport Information for Students

  2. Content • What is the Passport? • What does it Involve • Who is it for? • Examples from last year • Benefits • Support • Time commitment • More information

  3. What is the Passport? • An employability award • Coaches you to articulate key employability skills • Run by Careers, & Employability Service with • support from academic staff and employers

  4. What does it involve? • It replicates a real application process for a graduate level job • Stage One– to submit a CV and application form by Friday 18th November – 5pm One opportunity to resubmit (January) • Stage Two - panel interview and presentation in late Feb and early March • One opportunity for a second interview and/or presentation

  5. Who is it for? • Second and final year students • Taught Masters students • All applicants need to have completed a total of150 hours of experience from 2 of the following areas: • paid work • volunteering • community work • enterprise activity

  6. Examples from previous Passport Students - Volunteering • Helping at Brownies & Guides • Teaching juggling to school children • Helping to run women’s group in mosque • Delivering workshops at arts festival • Fundraising for a local charity • Hall rep or course rep • Active role in SU society

  7. Examples from previous Passport students - paid work or entrepreneurial activity • Student ambassador • Bar work • Fast food and other retail • Care work • Summer internship • Selling clothes on E-bay • Designing websites

  8. Why it Benefits You • ‘I never realised how useful the MMU Passport would be until I started applying for jobs’. • Invaluable practice for the tough graduate job market • Puts academic study into another context • Builds confidence to market yourself effectively

  9. Support • Need to attend workshops on CVs, application forms, presentations and interviews – for dates see www.mmu.ac.uk/careers/events • Detailed guidance notes on Web • www.mmu.ac.uk/passport • Advice from Careers and Employability Advisers, FSSO’s and academic staff • Feedback given on application, CV and interview process

  10. Time Commitment • Attending workshops - 4 hours • CV preparation- 3 hours minimum • Application form - 3 hours minimum • Presentation and interview prep - 3 hours • Attendance at panel interview -1 hour • Minimum 13 hours between now and March, plus any time you spend accessing support.

  11. Careers & Employability Service More information: • www.mmu.ac.uk/passport • Here you can access: • Application form • Guidance Notes • Marking Criteria • Timetable

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