student-employer speed networking and a Career Expo with a twist when final-year students display final-year projects/posters to visiting employers, discussing their research and its application to industry. During 2014, some 447 new employers engaged with UCT Careers Service. Graduate vacancies posted on our MyCareer portal increased by 41% from 3 079 in 2013 to 5 166 in 2014. There were in total 182,745 vacancy views by students during Semester 1 and 2. The Beyond School Careers Programme funded by the Vice Chancellor’s Strategic Fund held 131 events for learners making career decisions with a total of 1729 participants in these various activities. A trip to the Eastern Cape in June as a pilot outreach proved successful and was highly rated by participants. The Careers Service launched a new initiative called FLUX – two full-day business game styled workshops which allowed students to try entrepreneurship as a career option. Based on positive feedback these will be repeated during 2015 with strategic approaches being investigated around embedding entrepreneurship as a formal Career Service career choice offering at UCT. Focus on Africa The Career Service’s focus on African opportunities remains a priority for students at UCT returning home to employment after graduation. Employer and alumni visits took place to Namibia and Botswana during 2014 with research and findings currently being prepared for dissemination. The long-term vision is to create an Africa job-seeking portal with research on strategies per country, open access globally, with vacancies limited to UCT students only. Plans to scope this project are under way. Work with the Master Card Foundation Scholars will contribute to our Africa expansion plans during 2015. PhD Delivery Delivery to UCT postgraduate students saw an increased demand in 2014 with one additional career compass two-day workshop offered and one extra career conversation evening networking event added to the programme. The Career Service participated and presented on starting your PhD journey and post doc orientation programmes. UCT Graduate Exit Survey The Careers Service now fully owns the UCT Graduate Exit Survey administered annually at graduation. A full report of findings will be presented to the T&LC for discussion with plans to disseminate individual faculty reports to Deans. All UCT staff can receive the data in the survey should it be useful/relevant to their roles (for example Deans, Marketing/Recruitment Managers etc.). Data can be broken down by individual faculty on request to the Careers Service. Awards and Recognition Congratulations to all Careers Service colleagues, in particular the Communications and Marketing Manager, for putting the Careers Service forward for a national MACE Excellence Award for the
student-employer speed networking and a Career Expo with a twist when final-year students display final-year projects/posters to visiting employers, discussing their research and its application to industry. During 2014, some 447 new employers engaged with UCT Careers Service. Graduate vacancies posted on our MyCareer portal increased by 41% from 3 079 in 2013 to 5 166 in 2014. There were in total 182,745 vacancy views by students during Semester 1 and 2. The Beyond School Careers Programme funded by the Vice Chancellor’s Strategic Fund held 131 events for learners making career decisions with a total of 1729 participants in these various activities. A trip to the Eastern Cape in June as a pilot outreach proved successful and was highly rated by participants. The Careers Service launched a new initiative called FLUX – two full-day business game styled workshops which allowed students to try entrepreneurship as a career option. Based on positive feedback these will be repeated during 2015 with strategic approaches being investigated around embedding entrepreneurship as a formal Career Service career choice offering at UCT. Focus on Africa The Career Service’s focus on African opportunities remains a priority for students at UCT returning home to employment after graduation. Employer and alumni visits took place to Namibia and Botswana during 2014 with research and findings currently being prepared for dissemination. The long-term vision is to create an Africa job-seeking portal with research on strategies per country, open access globally, with vacancies limited to UCT students only. Plans to scope this project are under way. Work with the Master Card Foundation Scholars will contribute to our Africa expansion plans during 2015. PhD Delivery Delivery to UCT postgraduate students saw an increased demand in 2014 with one additional career compass two-day workshop offered and one extra career conversation evening networking event added to the programme. The Career Service participated and presented on starting your PhD journey and post doc orientation programmes. UCT Graduate Exit Survey The Careers Service now fully owns the UCT Graduate Exit Survey administered annually at graduation. A full report of findings will be presented to the T&LC for discussion with plans to disseminate individual faculty reports to Deans. All UCT staff can receive the data in the survey should it be useful/relevant to their roles (for example Deans, Marketing/Recruitment Managers etc.). Data can be broken down by individual faculty on request to the Careers Service. Awards and Recognition Congratulations to all Careers Service colleagues, in particular the Communications and Marketing Manager, for putting the Careers Service forward for a national MACE Excellence Award for the
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