Every year, tens of thousands of international students leave their families and friends to come to study in the UK. However, years later, most of them leave UK without any work experience, needless to say full time work permit (Tier 2) offer. This places them to a disadvantaged position when they are trying to compete with the local students back home who, while their friends are overseas, have built a more extensive local network and they also tend to have a lower expectation for their 1st job.
Career Interactive (‘CI’ for short) believes that Working Experience is an integral part of every international student’s UK experience. The company’s ethos ‘every student, no matter where they come from, deserves at least one work experience opportunity whilst doing their degrees in the UK’ is deeply engrained in the company’s culture and originate everything we do. That is why on 30th Jan 2013, CI has initiated and successfully held the UK’s 1st ever Career Fair exclusively for international (non EU) students at London Canada Water Library.
In order to let more international students benefit from the fairs and give international students the opportunity to meet and speak to the employers face-to-face, we are holding three such fairs in early 2014:
London Feb 19 th
PIMLICO ACADEMY
LUPUS STREET
LONDON
SW1V 3AT
Birmingham Mar 12 th
NATIONAL INDOOR ARENA
KING EDWARDS ROAD
BIRMINGHAM
B1 2AA
Manchester Mar 26 th
ALBERT SQUARE
MANCHESTER
M60 2LA
- Completely FREE for all international students to attend;
- Meeting and speaking to employers who are willing to take on international students as their employees face-to-face;
- Employers are made up of Multinational Companies, Medium-and-Small Sized Companies who are willing to provide Tier 2 Sponsorship (Work Permit)/Work Experience opportunities to international (non EU) students;
- There will also be opportunities to meet student accommodation providers, immigration advisers, further education providers as well as recruitment companies on the day!
- Useful and FREE talks and seminars throughout the day from recruitment experts who specialise in helping international students improve their employability in the UK.
See http://www.careerinteractive.org/event/page/44 for details
