Prospects in the City
Prospects in the City provides specialist insight into the multitude of careers which exist in the City of London. The service has expanded to include other locations and services
The Prospects in the City team has linked with major institutions and employers in the City, such as Lloyd's of London, the Bank of England and Ogilvy, to provide interactive, inspirational experiences to young people and educational and careers professionals. The events allow individuals to access first-hand, accurate and up-to-date careers and labour market information, to improve vocational knowledge and raise aspiration.
Prospects in the City products fall into four main categories:
- Seminars which offer an opportunity to find out about careers which are traditionally hard to enter. They are delivered by professionals in the field, professional bodies and recent graduates and include; finance, medicine, IT, creative media, TV and radio, law, accountancy, and travel and tourism.
- City Walks offer the chance to visit exciting institutions in professional careers based in the City such as banks and trading rooms, colleges of law, law courts and barristers chambers, hospitals, key government offices, design studios and advertising agencies, TV studios, radio stations and IT companies.
- Work experience packages enable students access to leading organisations and can be tailored to individual interests including tasters in finance, law, media and IT.
- Employer Engagement is a bespoke service offering professional help with marketing and recruitment for general vacancies, apprenticeship schemes or specialist support such as redundancy counselling for staff.
The full range of products and events can be viewed on www.prospectsinthecity.co.uk or call 020 8315 1245 for further information.