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Service Statement for Students and Alumni - 09/10

The Centre for Employability, Enterprise & Careers (CEEC) aims to enable the University’s students to make informed decisions about their career choices, take steps to realise their goals and to develop the capacity to manage their careers throughout their working lives.

In order to facilitate this process and to support the University in developing the employability and personal development planning of its students, undergraduates and postgraduates can expect provision of the following:

confidential and impartial individual career guidance through same-day appointments with a duty careers adviser
central programmes of career development learning through workshops and briefings on aspects of career choice, job-search, recruitment and selection processes and further study (including enterprise and self-employment)
activities and career development learning programmes in academic departments (by negotiation) and for alumni who have graduated in the last 3 years
an extensive web-site providing details of occupations, course and job opportunities, post-graduate study, sources of funding, much else including employers and agencies and links to other approved sites
a well-stocked information resource containing reference and take-away materials on a wide range of options relating to graduate occupations, courses, career-planning, gap years and job/course-hunting. It also provides

-access to relevant web-sites and online data

-information on the recruitment schemes of multi-national companies & small companies

-vacancy, work experience and placement details relating to opportunities with employers and other providers

-subject to the provision of notice, format of information adapted to meet personal needs

access on campus to opportunity providers of many kinds through the annual Career Opportunities Fair as well as programmes of employer presentations throughout the year
access to a variety of work opportunities in the North West through regional CEEC projects
psychometric test materials
online access to vacancy bulletins
1hr career planning workshops delivered in all academic departments at least once per year
newsletters for each year’s students and ‘What’s On?’ also available on-line

Please check for the availability of duty guidance.

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Expectations and Entitllement

The process of identifying career options, making choices and planning for realisation of your goals, is usually painstaking and time-consuming. Developing career -planning skills generally means working through various stages which relate to acquiring self-awareness, researching opportunities, making decisions, planning and taking action to achieve the career objectives you set yourself.

You are entitled to expect that CEEC will be staffed by competent and appropriately qualified personnel who will help you through this process in a courteous and professional manner; and that CEEC’s activities will contribute to your

understanding of your capabilities, personal qualities, values and motivators and the vocational implications of these factors
increased awareness of appropriate opportunities
greater access to relevant and up-to-date information and to other agencies where this is necessary
increased effectiveness in your career-planning decisions
ability to market yourself effectively to potential employers and course/study admission tutors.

CEEC is entitled to expect that you will

honour any commitments made by signing-up for guidance slots, presentations and workshops
be prepared to recognise and work through the guidance process
take responsibility for making your own decisions, researching your career choices and taking action to realise your career goals
treat with respect the staff with whom you come into contact and the materials made available for you and others to use
observe the terms of the AGCAS code of practice in connection with recruiting employers (http://www.agcas.org.uk/assets/27-Code-of-Practice-on-Guidance)
make CEEC aware in advance of any specialist needs relating to the provision, in alternative formats, of career education, information and guidance.

Compliments, comments and complaints: your opinions about the services are welcomed, so that activities and information provision can be adapted to meet your needs and so that AGCAS quality standards can be met. If you like what you see, please submit feedback!

If you don’t, it is even more important that you let us know. There are feedback forms available for your use in the Information Resource Centre. If you prefer, please talk directly to a member of staff.

Equal Opportunities

As a member of AGCAS (the Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services), the Centre for Employability, Enterprise & Careers (CEEC) is committed to promoting equality of access and treatment in education, employment, training and guidance, regardless of race, religion, gender, disability, marital status, social class, age or sexual preference. Forms of unlawful direct and indirect discrimination, or unequal treatment, will be challenged.

If you would like a copy of this statement of service, please ask for one, or print one off from the printer in the Information Resource Centre.

MANY OF THESE SERVICES CAN BE USED BY ANY LANCASTER GRADUATE AND ANY GRADUATE OF ANY INSTITUTION OF THE PAST 3 YEARS, SUBJECT TO INDIVIDUAL ARRANGEMENTS BEING MADE AND TO AVAILABILITY OF STAFF AND INFORMATION.

CEEC,
Lancaster University
August 2009