New Student Enterprise & Employability Service (SEE)

There are some exciting changes taking place in the Careers and Enterprise service. It is being reshaped into the Student Enterprise & Employability Service (SEE) and will be launched in November 2011.

Working closely with colleagues in the individual Colleges, the SEE team aims to equip students and graduates with the skills to develop their practice, products, knowledge and intellectual capital through tailored advice and support.

The new service will bring together the work of Creative Careers, the Enterprise Centre for the Creative Arts (ECCA), Artquest, Own-it and ArtsTemps, and will be coordinated to focus more closely on the specific needs of University of the Arts London students and emerging graduates. During this transition period, we aim to maintain a good level of support.

To get started, take a look at these websites for a wealth of information on the creative industries:

• ECCA – provides support to UAL students and graduates around setting up a business or working for yourself

• Creative Careers – provides careers advice and information for UAL students and graduates

• Artquest – Provides critical engagement and practical support to visual artists and craftspeople

• Own-it – Intellectual property advice for the creative sector

• ArtsTemps – UAL’s in-house temping agency

• Creative Living – online guidance for creative people

• Creative Choices – essential kit for your career

• Creative Opportunities - job vacancy and work placement website for UAL students and graduates

• Prospects – the UK's official graduate employment site

• Business Link – a comprehensive resource centre on all self-employment matters

• HMRC – register your practice or business, or seek advice on tax-related matters 

For more information go to see.arts.ac.uk

Creative Networking

http://www.creativenetworking.wordpress.com

Creative Networking is an essential way to progress in your career into the creative industries and this blog has been initiated to enable UAL students and graduates to talk about networking and to receive tips and tactics for networking success.

The idea of 'creative networking' came from running workshops here at UAL over the past three years on Creative Job Search strategies. With approximately only 10% of jobs being advertised, this means that you have to be proactive in your job seeking. It is not enough just to send out CVs and cover letters and hope you will get a response.

The key goal of this networking blog is to respond to this need for new creative students and graduates to start networking as early as possible in their careers.

This blog is for students and graduates of the University of the Arts London (UAL), created, written and developed by UAL's careers service, Creative Careers.

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