LEAVERS' FAIR 2024
Pick up your My Oxford Card from the Alumni team and then find out about the amazing array of resources and benefits available to the alumni community:
- Alumni groups: join our network of regional and special interest groups
- Careers support: meet Dr Mike Moss from the Oxford University Careers Service
- Continuing Education: lifelong learning with the added bonus of an alumni discount
- Degree Conferrals Office: eDocuments system for accessing transcripts and documents
- EnSpire Oxford: support and resources for budding entrepreneurs
- Entrepreneurship Centre: support for the University community to develop their entrepreneurial potential
- Oxford Seed Fund: funding to ventures with an Oxford connection
- Saïd Business School: find out about executive degree programmes and alumni scholarships
- The Language Centre: brush up on your language skills
- The Oxford & Cambridge Club: membership of the Club in the heart of London
- Tap Social: talk to Tap Social about the alumni discount available across their venues
Wellbeing:
Relax with some arts and crafts, mindful colouring and games.
Sustainable fashion:
Snap up some professional workwear at a pop-up hosted by local charity Mercy in Action. They'll be bringing along a good selection of pre-loved clothes suitable for the workplace as well as shoes, bags and ties.
Career workshops:
Join one of the workshops hosted by Dr Mike Moss from the Careers Service. Leavers are welcome to register in advance via CareerConnect.
1-2pm: Kickstart your career
Planning life or a career can be overwhelming. There are so many opportunities it is difficult to know where to start. Mike has developed a simple approach to navigating this complexity. It involves being a little more open minded than feels intuitive, setting aside biases, suspending judgment and researching a diverse range of options in a structured way with an open mind. Mike will be ready to answer all of your questions as you prepare to kickstart your career.
2-3pm: Improve your applications, CV and cover letter
As part of his Masterclass, Mike has developed a range of counter-intuitive tips and tricks to improve your job applications, CV and cover letter. Typically, in the month before attending the Masterclass graduates apply for about ten jobs to get one interview. In the month after attending the Masterclass, graduates report getting an interview more than 50% of the time. The Masterclass will be repeated on Saturday 15 June at 10am.
3-4pm: How to prepare for interviews
Mike will outline how to prepare for an interview, how to research the organisation and sector more broadly and deeply than feels intuitive and how to prepare responses to common interview questions. He will answer all of your questions about interviews and assessment days.
😁 Grab a prop and your friends and capture the moment in our photo booth
👛 Oxford branded goodies at marked down prices- first come first served!
🌲 Take a moment to reflect on your Oxford journey and post your thoughts on our gratitude tree
What does My Oxford Card do?
My Oxford Card is your key back to Oxford. It identifies you as a member of the alumni community and unlocks exclusive opportunities, events, and resources.
🎓 Symbol of your affiliation with Oxford
🔑 Your key to getting back into college
🤩 Gets you a range of special alumni discounts both online and in-person in Oxford, from Blackwell’s to Tap Social venues. Find out more here.
FAQs
What's next?
Visit our dedicated New Alumni microsite - your one-stop shop for resources and information which you can continue to access wherever life takes you.
