Presentations
Presentations are used by recruiters to raise their profile within the University and promote their graduate/internship/placement opportunities to students. This is an excellent chance for you to inform City students about your industry, organisational culture, different career paths, as well as your selection and application procedures.
- Presentation Package
- Dates and Times
- Venues
- Audio Visual Equipment
- Catering
- Promotion and Marketing
- How to make the most of a presentation at City
- Arranging a presentation or workshop
Presentation package
This service costs £200+VAT and includes:
- Hiring a lecture theatre or reception room to fit your needs.
- AV Equipment.
- Extensive promotion and marketing of your event via email alerts and posters.
- Operating an online sign-up sheet (monitoring attendance).
- Feedback assessment from students - please note that this service is only available on request.
Dates and Times
It is advisable to hold your presentation or workshop during the Autumn Term (October - late November) or Spring Term (January - March), when final year students are actively searching for career opportunities. Most presentations take place either in the evening (6-8pm) or during lunchtime (12-2pm), preferably between Monday-Thursdays.
Please note that we always try not to have more than one recruiter from the same sector running a presentation at the same time.
Venues
We have a number of venues across campus sites available to accommodate your needs. Due to licensing laws it is not always possible to have a presentation and reception in the same room, if you intend to hold one. Please note that some rooms are not open for external/commercial use, and we advise you to contact us to ensure that a suitable room is available for your event.
Audio Visual Equipment
We offer an extensive range of modern AV equipment. The majority of our venues include an internet-connected, audio-enabled resident PC, a data projector with laptop input, visualiser (digital OHP), DVD/VHS player.
The classroom podium, or 'pod' has the following features:
- A Windows PC
- A Sympodium (a PC screen / interactive pen display)
- A visualiser (a camera which sits over a flat surface on which you place an object whose image/video can be projected on screen)
- VGA/network cables for laptop connection
- A DVD/VHS player
- An audio cassette deck
- A Crestron touch-control panel which controls the transition between the components of the Pod (Resident PC, Laptop, Visualiser, DVD, VHS and Audio tape).
The visual output from each Pod is normally displayed via a data projector onto a screen, or in some rooms it is output onto a large plasma TV. All pods are also connected to wall speakers. Pods in larger rooms also have microphones and webcams.
Flipchart stands, pads and pens are also available on request.
Catering
You have the option of holding a reception during or after the end of the presentation to get the chance to talk more informally with students and answer their queries.
Catering is exclusively prepared by our in-house Catering Service, who offer a large variety of hospitality menus. If you wish to make catering arrangements you are welcome to visit the Catering Menu
We recommend that you contact a member of our Employer Relations Team before choosing, as they will be able to advise you on what is the best option for your specific event.
Promotion and Marketing
All events are advertised on our Careers website, on CitySpace (internal e-learning space), through social media, on the Citynews Bulletin and in our Careers Library. In addition to this, we will send email shots to all or targeted student groups and can also arrange for your own posters and leaflets to be distributed around busy campus areas.
On the day of your on-campus presentation, there will be a member of the Careers Service staff there to help you. A booking contract will be sent out once the dates and your requirements have been confirmed. Invoicing normally occurs after the event has been held.
How to make the most of a presentation at City
Based on feedback from previous events at City, students were impressed with presentations that:
- Provided them with a good overview of the organisation and the industry as a whole
- Gave a clear desription of the variety of roles available
- Involved a number of presenters from different divisions
- Allowed the different speakers to talk about their personal career path
- Were short, interactive and focused
- Allowed the students to ask questions and network with company representatives
Students were disappointed with presentations that:
- Were too long
- Were not interactive and did not allow them to ask questions
- Just repeated information that was already available on the company's website
Arranging a presentation
If you have any questions regarding presentations and/or how you can get involved, please do not hesitate to contact us for an informal discussion; we will be happy to assist you in planning a helpful session for the benefit of both you and the students.
Contact Gary Argent on 020 7040 8090 to consider ideas for topics and days when you would be available.