LCF Grad Futures: Navigating the Graduate Job Application Process

This session is only for London College of Fashion students and graduates. It is aligned to your Graduate Futures careers and employability journey.

In today’s competitive job market, it’s not enough to simply apply for roles—you need to stand out. From crafting attention-grabbing applications to showcasing your unique strengths, setting yourself apart is the key to landing interviews.

Are you confused about where is the best place to find job vacancies? Unsure of what to prepare to begin applying for jobs online? Do you want to approach companies but don’t know where to start?

Join this session and equip yourself with the skills and confidence to discover where to find job vacancies, how to outreach to employers to seek out opportunities not advertised and learn strategies to navigate the recruitment process and make your applications stand out.

Speaker

• Melanie Mitchell, Graduate Futures Careers Consultant:Leveraging over 20 years of experience as a Buyer, Headhunter and now Consultant, Melanie has worked with a number of brands including Christian Louboutin, Vivienne Westwood, AllSaints, Threads Styling and Sweaty Betty on projects relating to talent acquisition and executive search. Passionate about helping to build both brands and careers through putting the right people, in the right place at the right time she continues to use her industry expertise to coach and inspire the next generation looking to pursue careers in fashion.

Useful resources

In this session, you will develop the key skills of communication, proactivity, storytelling and self-efficacy as defined by the UAL Creative Attributes Framework (My_CAF). Before attending this activity, we suggest you:

• Check out the Graduate Futures Moodle page, (or for alumni the Graduate Futures Leavers Pack), which is filled with resources, learning guides, and podcasts.
• Students should explore the Graduate Futures Careers Padlet, which is filled with useful links, videos, and further reading.

If there are any barriers to your participation in this event or you have access requirements you wish to discuss, please contact graduate.futures@fashion.arts.ac.uk in advance, we'd be happy to talk with you. If you can't sign-up as the tickets have run out or expired, please email and see if you are still able to attend.

Image credit: LCF Graduate Futures Metaverse panel. Photography by Emmie Hyppa.