Oct 22

Our partners Ernst & Young, have set up a business challenge which tests your entrepreneurial skills whilst raising as much money as possible for the Prince’s Trust. They give you £500 and the winning team gets £3000 to keep - This years application are open to Imperial, KCL, LSE and UCL! - Let’s show the world what KCL can do!

 See http://www.ey.com/uk/profitunity for further details!

Oct 18

Business Plan CompetitionWe are pleased to announce that the launch of ‘Lion’s Den’ - a £10,000 graduate business plan competition on Wednesday 15 October was well attended and included a lively panel discussion followed by a very busy networking session at the large Somerset Room, Strand.

Harriet Robinson, Business Development Manager of KCL Business Ltd. acknowledged our involvement with the competition: “We are also very pleased that this competition is being supported by the KCL Business Club, a club lead by King’s students for all King’s students who are interested in business start ups and I’m very pleased that Zain Jaffer and Nadine Mueller could join us today”

To read more about the competition click here, or to read the KCL press release on this event please click here.

Oct 15
This might be late notice but this event must not be missed, especially the speed-dating! Further information below:

Application and Service Line Speed-dating:

Wednesday 15 October, 1pm-3pm (Frankin Wilkin Building, rm 1.13)

Do you want to improve your skills at completing application forms? Do you want to find out more about our Service Lines?

Ernst & Young are running a session to develop your skills at these two fundamental recruitment techniques. Come along and learn the differences between a good and a bad application.  Come along and meet some of our people across the various service lines and find out about their experiences at Ernst & Young.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Ernst & Young Kings Campus Team

Thanks,

Oct 1

The word is out that SEI investments are coming to the Waterloo Campus on Thursday 9th October, 5pm looking to recruit final year students in the Franklin-Wilkins Building Conservatory.

Many of the SEI investment staff are previous King’s Alumni, and will be attending - this is a fantastic opportunity to network with them. Zara Humayun, who just finished her BSc in Management attended a similar presentation last year and now works for them.

You are encouraged to send your CV to LondonAssociates@seic.com with the subject line “King’s BC” before attending the event. They are also looking to schedule interviews for November, and make offers by January. Also, they do not have any numerical or verbal reasoning tests and have a nice starting salary!

Zain Jaffer
President & Founder

Oct 1

Please note, the deadline to register for this event is on Friday 3rd October, please hurry!

Do you want a career in Finance, Consultancy & IT? 

These are three of the toughest industry sectors to break into as a graduate

Graduate vacancies in banking and investment sectors are hotly contested and employers are able to pick only the top notch candidates

Student research company High Fliers puts the number of applicants per banking job at 60:1
IT is a competitive area…. Recruiters look for high quality graduates and technology excellence alone is no longer enough. Employers want other skills such as communication, teamwork and commercial awareness
It pays to be ahead of the game

Graduate Select is your chance to meet and impress the decision makers in the recruitment teams at the biggest graduate employers in these sectors.

Graduate Select is a unique opportunity to learn FOR FREE from the experts how best to take advantage of your one-on-one time with employers at the event in the pre-event Careers Coaching Session
Graduate Select: Finance, Consultancy & IT from The Careers Group
13 October 2008

A unique, major national event for ambitious finalist students, aiming to work for the best firms in the IT Business. This is a unique opportunity to stand out as one the best candidates and make a lasting impression. Graduates from all degree disciplines are welcome, as long as you have a proven interest or relevant experience in IT, Business, Science, Engineering, Telecoms or Consultancy

To apply please visit http://www.gradselect.co.uk/