Careers Fair
The AVS Careers Fair is taking place on the 4th of February 2012
The Careers Fair will be from 10.30 - 3pm at the Hawkshead campus. Please contact Beckie Cordner on bcordner@rvc.ac.uk for further details.
Every year AVS congress is held at a different university, this year the event will be held at the Royal Veterinary College, London, over the weekend of the 4th and 5th February 2012, and will be taking on the theme of ‘Vets on Top’. The weekend aims for students from all 8 veterinary schools across the UK and Ireland to attend lectures, seminars and practical’s based on topics that aren’t fully covered during our formal veterinary education.
This year congress will continue hosting the comprehensive ‘careers fair’ which was initiated so successfully by our colleagues at Bristol last year. This event gives students the opportunity to meet possible future employers and discover the wide range of careers available. The Fair also provides employers with the opportunity to meet our future graduates.
We’re hoping to build on the success of last year’s fair. Exhibitors had the opportunity to see the quality of the RVC’s soon-to-be qualified vets and discuss with them the issues new graduates face when entering employment. This then enabled them to think about how they could address these concerns in their graduate programmes.
The event was also extremely beneficial for the 350 veterinary students who attended, from different universities across the UK. The fair was an important resource for gaining insight into available careers and the support and guidance offered to new graduates by different graduate schemes. Meeting prospective employers about their graduate vacancies can give our graduates valuable confidence and experience of interviews and help them to build useful contacts for future reference.
The current students would be especially interested in speaking to previous graduates about their experiences of practice and how they got to wherever they may be now.
Previous Events
The RVC Careers Fair is taking place on the 12th January 2012
The Careers Fair will be from 5.30 - 7pm at the Hawkshead campus. Please contact Susan Law on slaw@rvc.ac.uk, 01707 666952 for further details.
Every year the RVC holds a Careers Fair during the Professional Studies Module for all final year students. An evening event, this gives students the opportunity to meet possible future employers and discover the wide range of careers available. The Fair also provides employers with the opportunity to meet our future graduates.
We’re hoping to build on the success of last year’s fair. Exhibitors had the opportunity to see the quality of the RVC’s soon-to-be qualified vets and discuss with them the issues new graduates face when entering employment. This then enabled them to think about how they could address these concerns in their graduate programmes.
The event was also extremely beneficial for over 100 of our students who attended, in particular for BVetMed 5th Year and final year BSc and Foundation Degree Vet Nurses. The fair was an important resource for gaining insight into available careers and the support and guidance offered to new graduates by different graduate schemes. Meeting prospective employers about their graduate vacancies can give our graduates valuable confidence and experience of interviews and help them to build useful contacts for future reference.
The current final year students would be especially interested in speaking to previous graduates about their experiences of practice and how they got to wherever they may be now.