Graduate Forum success for a second year

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Loughborough University London hosted The Graduate Forum on 21st July 2016. A wide range of speakers came to advise and assist with queries that graduates looking for work had and worked to enhance career prospects post-degree.

Our guest speakers included: Peter Vint from Everton Football Club, Stewart Park of GlobalSportsJobs, Michelle Faux and Emily Merchant from Unilever, Sophie Raymond from PwC, and a panel of five Loughborough University London academics. To find out more about each of the sessions please click on the below contributors:

Everton FC

Peter Vint discussed pride for Everton Football Club. He also shared his experiences as Senior Director of Competitive Analysis as well as his previous role within the United States Olympic Committee.

GlobalSportsJobs

GlobalSportsJobs was established in 2011 in response to the changing needs of the international sports industry in an increasingly digital world. They boast that it has connected 1.2m sports industry professionals through the site.

Stewart explained that there are 820,000 companies across 200 countries in the sports industry and that Europe covers 58% of this job segmentation.

His tips excelling in the industry are:

  • Stay focused
  • Develop your skills, network and experience
  • Challenge yourself and stay ahead of the game
  • Stay in control
  • Be creative, think outside the box

Unilever

Michelle Faux and Emily Merchant discussed the meaning of FMCG and the ways in which this is effective in a working environment. Fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) are products like Marmite and Dove which are looked after specific Unilever employees.

PwC

Sophie Raymond shared her experiences working with PwC whose purpose is to build trust in society and solve important problems. They do this for clients by helping them tackle complex business challenges, improve how they work and create the value they need.

Loughborough University London

The Loughborough University London panel introduced each of the five institutes and explained the differences between masters and PhD courses, and all the options available.