Graduate Futures Live: How to apply for jobs and reach out to employers

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

Unsure of what to prepare to begin applying for jobs online? Do you want to approach companies with your portfolio but don’t know where to start? Are you confused about where is the best place to find vacancies? Join this interactive webinar to gain an in-depth understanding of how to apply for jobs, where to find openings and outreaching employers to seek out opportunities.

By attending this webinar you will receive access to the Graduate Futures Employability Padlet which is filled with resources, podcasts, videos, and further reading.

Speakers

• Melanie Mitchell, Graduate Futures Careers Consultant - Leveraging over 20 years of experience as a Buyer, Headhunter and now Consultant, Melanie has worked with numerous brands including Christian Louboutin, Vivienne Westwood, Threads Styling, Sweaty Betty, and Inditex on projects relating to talent acquisition and executive search. Passionate about helping to build both brands and careers by 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.
• Amelia Cross, Graduate Futures Careers Consultant - Following her degree in Bespoke Tailoring at LCF, Amelia has spent over 7 years working in the fashion and art industry. Amelia started her career in womenswear production at ERDEM, moving on to work as a design assistant and studio manager for ROBERTS-WOOD. She worked at creative start-up Avant Arte to develop their sales, communications, and business strategy before focusing on consulting fashion graduates.

Useful resources

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

• Check out our learning guide 'How to apply for job vacancies'
• Check out our learning guide 'How to write to employers for job opportunities'
• Explore our 'Useful job searching websites' list

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: Anabel Pepecucu Saelo working in the studio by Alys Tomlinson.

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