{"id":7750,"date":"2020-12-18T16:12:40","date_gmt":"2020-12-18T16:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/?p=7750"},"modified":"2020-12-18T16:12:42","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T16:12:42","slug":"graduates-supporting-our-current-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/2020\/12\/18\/graduates-supporting-our-current-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduates supporting our current students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A big thank you to all of the graduates who have given their time and expertise to support our students this year.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

On 16 December, two graduates from the class of 2019, Jack Bidewell and Matt Flack, joined a video call with first years to talk about their careers since graduation. Both succeeded in finding graduate level jobs straight out of university and both have managed to stay in employment during the pandemic, no mean feat! As such, they were a wonderful inspiration to our students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their key messages were that the ethic of working hard and meeting deadlines has been of great benefit for working in competitive target-driven industries.  Jack added that learning to always support claims with evidence helped him to develop that crucial skill when he makes pitches to clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Matt\u2019s main message was to make the most of the services offered by the Careers team<\/a> to explore skills and preferences so that students don\u2019t end up in jobs which do not suit them and where they will be unhappy. \u00a0Both emphasised the need to undertake voluntary or paid work wherever possible and make the most of the networking opportunities offered by the Politics and IR programme while at university.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yesterday was the last of a series of contributions made by graduates to our programme this term:  <\/p>\n\n\n\n