The Five-day Careers De-stress
The Careers & Employability Service are are teaming up with Student Wellbeing to focus on your support and wellbeing from Monday 19 to Friday 23 March.
They are dedicating five days to answering key careers questions that can make you feel anxious and stressed, as well as providing you with handy techniques to help you cope with the challenges of balancing your studies and student life with planning for your graduate future.
So, what’s happening?
- Each day there is an informal, interactive 30-minute lunchtime workshop in the Event Space, Davison Building, dedicated to a particular ‘challenge’. The teams will outline useful techniques and strategies for overcoming each of these common challenges that you can put into action straight away.
When? & Where? What?
Monday 19 March, 12.30-1pm, Event Space “What if I don't get a 2:1?”
Tuesday 20 March, 12.30-1pm, Event Space “How should I address my disability / mental health condition when applying for jobs?”
Wednesday 21 March, 12.30-1pm, Event Space Mindful Walk & “How to manage a work/life balance?”
Thursday 22 March, 12.30-1pm, Event Space “Will my stress /anxiety affect my job prospects and career?”
Friday 23 March, 12.30-1pm, Event Space “How do I cope with job interviews and assessment centres?”
- They have also created online resource packs on the Careers Moodle pages with advice and links that you can access in your own time during and after the week's events.
- Why not take part in the Careers De-stressed Passport Challenge?
- Check out the daily posts on the Careers & Employability Service’s Facebook and Twitter pages.
Need additional support?
The guidance from this week will be available on the Careers Moodle site and you can also book an appointment with a Careers Consultant to talk through your careers-related dilemmas.
Student Wellbeing are also here to help you if you’re feeling overwhelmed and need extra support.