The Beermat Entrepreneur

As part of Enterprise Week celebrations, Mike Southon, author of ‘The
Beermat Entrepreneur’ will be speaking at the University of Southampton
on the 19th November. The talk will be part of the two day ‘Enterprise
Boot Camp Challenge’, which is a collaboration between the Universities
of Southampton, Winchester, Southampton Solent, Bournemouth and
Portsmouth, sponsored by Business Link and the Hampshire Economic
Partnership. Twenty five students will be solving an ‘Apprentice’ style
challenge which will be revealed on the day by a global business.

Date: 19th November
Time: 5.30 for 6pm start
Venue: Hartley Brasserie, Staff Club

The talk will be followed by a buffet and opportunity to network with
staff from other universities, sponsors and enterprise contacts from the
region.

Mike Southon’s talk will be entitled “Something About The Beatles”

Everyone has a great business idea, whether they are looking to set up
their own company or would like to be more creative in their corporate
environment. Mike Southon uses The Beatles as an example of how to be
creative and entrepreneurial, and explains how to overcome the
challenges you will face along the way. The presentation is packed with
great music and practical learning points from Mike’s own twin careers
as a highly successful serial entrepreneur and professional musician,
all delivered with energy, style and humour.

Mike is one of the world’s top business speakers, a Fellow of The
Professional Speakers Association. Mike is a Visiting Fellow in
Innovation and Entrepreneurship at London South Bank University. He has
made frequent appearances on television and radio and has a weekly
column on entrepreneurship on Saturday in the Financial Times.

“Mike Southon is more than Quite Interesting. He spreads insight and
cheerfulness in equal measure, like an ambidextrous chef icing two cakes
at once.” John Lloyd, producer of Blackadder, Spitting Image, Not The
Nine O’Clock News and QI

We do hope you will be able to attend.
Please email: studententerprise@soton.ac.uk if you can come.

Job opportunity

AlphaTutors urgently require management tutors online and in the Southampton area. They are therefore able to offer opportunities for part-time earnings to suitably qualified postgraduates, associates and lecturers. We also consider exceptional undergraduates.

Pay is up to £40 per hour and they provide comprehensive support to the tuition team.

It is only possible to become an AlphaTutor by invitation.

Prospective applicants should log on to the website via the link below.

http://www.alphatutors.co.uk/private_tuition_create_account.php?attutref=64535434

In case of enquiry or need for additional information, please do not hesitate to contact Martin Norris,
Account Manager
email: martin_norris@alphatutors.co.uk
website: www.alphatutors.co.uk

Don’t forget the old ways…

Shannon Paul delivers a timely reminder not to ditch the old world yet in your quest for the 21^st century CV J

As with all marketing communications, it is important to tailor the style and content to the needs of your audience. So make sure you do your research before firing off your ‘new world’ CV…make sure you can answer this question –  will it impress the recruiter, or scare him/her off???

Some good advice from Shannon:

“The bottom line is that while all of this stuff is extremely cool and does indeed have the ability to change business for the better, we’re not there yet.”

She goes on to note several ways in which you can use social media in a non-threatening way to enhance your traditional CV:

“Start with a Word document version of your resume since that’s what most people are familiar with, but don’t stop there…

Hyperlink all of the information in your resume that makes sense. Your name can link to your blog, and your contact information can include links to your LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Flickr etc. profiles. Make sure that the information on the selected profiles is something you wouldn’t mind sharing with a potential employer.

Create an HTML version of your resume and embed it into the body of your email to HR.

Write an introduction explaining what you’ve done as if you’re explaining it to your Mom. Let them know why you think this is important. Explain your interest in sharing information about yourself as it exists online and invite them to explore these links to research who you are. Phrase it in such a way that suggests you’re trying to make their job easier.

Attach the Word document version of your resume to your message and let them know in the introduction that a Word version of your resume is also attached. A lot of times people just want to save resumes in a predictable way or print them out. (Yes, people still print things out and make notes on them with a pen).

Don’t expect them to click on anything. If you’re called in for an interview, don’t start asking whether they read your latest blog post or saw the pictures from your week in Yosemite posted to Facebook. Remember, you sent them an invitation, but that doesn’t mean you should make them feel obligated to check you out on your terms. Just keep inviting people to check out your work and your life online.”

 

Don’t forget to read the many comments on Shannon’s post, which are also very informative.

 

Work Experience Opportunities

Campus Group are an experiential marketing agency whose campaigns primarily focus on the UK student market. Each year they run marketing campaigns for many graduate recruitment clients such as Linklaters and RBS, and other brands such as Jack Daniel’s, 3 Mobile and The Foreign and Commonwealth Office to name but a few.

The company offers students the ability to get their foot on the career ladder with great experience working on marketing campaigns in a flexible working environment with payments ranging from £7-8 per hour.

They also offer those students working on their campaigns the opportunity to work towards the Chartered Institute of Marketing Career Development Award. This accreditation is a great opportunity and is very well received amongst employers post-university; giving those who participate a competitive edge over their peers.

Campus Group are currently looking to recruit students for the next academic year’s campaigns. All that you need to do is to send your CV to recruitment@campusgroup.co.uk

Further information is available here: campus_group_student_presentation or contact  Molly on 0207 688 8976 or molly.burrows@campusgroup.co.uk

 

Career Opportunity for MSc Graduates

Career Opportunity with Twinings International Marketing

If you are interested please email your CV to Rowen Douglas, rd@futureboardconsulting.com

This team looks at global marketing strategy for key markets – UK, US, Australia, Italy, France, Switzerland and Asia (Thailand, Philippines and China):

• Provide brand guidance and support to the local marketing teams
• Manage brand innovation and NPD
• Manage marketing projects which involve more than one market
• Encourage and promote best-practice marketing methods
• Develop international marketing strategic plans
• Share local country marketing initiatives
• Provide the business with market and competitive intelligence

The department can be seen as consultants/service department to the rest of the business and are responsible for brand strategy, sharing information between markets and guiding the direction of the brand.

Role

• Frequently supporting and liaising with teams across Ovo markets covering various aspects of the marketing mix (especially with the R&D team in Switzerland – Neuenegg)

• Communicating between markets ensuring that relevant information is shared, putting people in contact with the relevant teams

• Variety of projects:
  • Launching new products
  • Supporting projects that look at opportunities in new markets
  • Research-based projects
  • Collating information from across the markets

• Innovations and NPD projects – looking at how innovation is right for the brand, consistency.
• Ad-hoc marketing projects (e.g. fair trade, goodness claims, packaging re-designs, market research, repositioning)

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You will also need:

–          Practical intelligence

–          Demonstrable interest in customer development or marketing

–          Strong academic background

–          Proven leadership potential

–          Drive for results, and confidence to ‘own’ projects

–          The right to live and work in the EU

If you are passionate about the ‘customer experience’, have the desire to be an expert in either customer development or marketing then we encourage you to apply to this programme.

Opportunities and locations, starting September 2008

–          Ryvita (Poole, Dorset)  http://www.ryvita.com/uk/

–          AB World Foods, formerly GCosta (Maidstone, Kent) http://www.gcosta.co.uk/

–          Twinings (Andover, Hampshire) http://www.twinings.co.uk/home_flash.asp

–          Allied Bakeries (Maidenhead, Berks) http://www.alliedbakeries.co.uk/index.htm

Salary and package

£24,500 base salary plus benefits

 

Amazon are recruiting in Second Life on 29th May

Full details of how to join this online recruitment fair are available from:

http://www.jeff-barr.com/?p=1377

Thanks

Lisa

Career opportunities with Siemens

Siemens are recruiting postgraduates in a number of functional areas and they will be visiting the School of Management on 6th May (10am – 4pm, Room 3041). if you are interested feel free to pop in for an informal chat and check out their website www.siemens.co.uk