MDX Employability Service

ally, work independently, and communicate effectively. The Employability Service is here to help and support our students throughout their time with us. We give them the chance to build and develop skills through workshops, careers fairs, and employer events. They will guide you through finding and securing work experience, introduce you to employers and help you secure a graduate job once you finish your degree. Our Mission: We help MDX students to achieve their career objectives by providing access to one on one career advice, employability skills development classes, workshops and events, work experience, internship opportunities, and employment or postgraduate opportunities. Our Activities: We achieve our mission by:
• Providing one to one and group career advice to students.
• Working in partnership with academic departments and other University departments to deliver customised employability and career-related workshops and events to meet the needs of the cohort of students of that department.
• Working with employers on the internship programme
• Providing employers with opportunities to meet and communicate with MDX students and alumni so that they can benefit from employment opportunities. Service Description – MDX Students

What you can expect from us: We undertake to provide a high-quality service to MDX students which includes access to:

• Confidential and impartial careers and employability advice and guidance
• Up-to-date careers and work-related information with an emphasis on graduate job opportunities and postgraduate programmes.
• Opportunities for work experience and internships (paid and unpaid).
• Opportunities to develop employability skills
• Opportunities to meet with graduate recruiters through a comprehensive programme of events. Access to services and facilities: Access to our facilities is available free of charge to all registered MDX students and Alumni. Location: The Employability Service office is in the Archway Building. We are open from 9:00am to 4:00pm - Monday to Friday. Detailed service description to our students and alumni:

1. One-on-one Career Advice and Guidance:

Career advice is a key element of our service where we aim to provide accurate, impartial career advice based on the individual's needs and circumstances. A number of options are available to students:

• Careers advice meetings by appointment with an experienced careers advisor where students can discuss a wide variety of topics from CV’s to interviews to general advice on career paths.
• Careers advice is most effective when delivered face-to-face. Where a visit to the Employability Service is not practicable (e.g. out of term) we will endeavor to facilitate students by the use of telephone or Skype. We are unable to offer in-depth advice by email, however, general queries can be emailed to [email protected]

2. Career and employability initiatives

• Deliver general employability skills workshops over the academic year covering topics such as career planning, CV writings, job interviews, job search, and the application process.
• In partnership with academic departments and other departments, the Employability Services offers a suite of employability & career-related classes and workshops. These workshops are customised to meet the needs of the cohort of students of that department.
• Learn a new language. We offer French, German and Spanish Classes. For more information contact the employability service at [email protected]

3. Access to graduate employers and job opportunities

The Employability Service promotes contact with employers and other opportunity providers in order to promote the skills and attributes of students to those organisations. During the academic year, we organise a series of career activities. These include:

• Career Fairs provide opportunities for students to meet employers who want to recruit MDX graduates. A list of companies attending these fairs is emailed to students.
• On-campus company presentations where an employer will outline the opportunities in their organisations to students. Our expectations from MDX students:

In order to offer relevant, timely, and high-quality services, we ask that students:

• Show respect and courtesy to our staff and be honest with us about your support needs.
• Give feedback, when requested, about your experience of the service so that we can evaluate and improve services provided.
• Attend workshops and presentations on time and contribute to discussions where appropriate.
• Consider what can be realistically achieved during a career’s advice appointment (30-minute session) and attend appointments on time.
• Inform us as soon as possible if you are unable to keep an appointment to help us keep waiting times down to a minimum and make that time available to another student.
• Assist us in our work collecting information on graduates’ career progression by responding to the graduate destinations survey which we conduct 6 months after graduation