On Wednesday 23 June South Thames Colleges Group was delighted to take part in the first ever collaborative Kingston Jobs and Training Fair to bring employers and jobseekers together in Kingston, Six hundred residents took part in the virtual event which was in the form of a series of live key industry sector workshops. The workshops were preceded by a Welcome Keynote to launch the event with Leader of Kingston Council, Caroline Kerr, business Entrepreneur Mike Smith and CEO of STCG, Peter Mayhew-Smith.
Virtual sessions were delivered by industry experts, on a variety of subjects, including creating CVs and job searching, digital and creative industries, starting your own business, health and wellbeing and much more. Each session provided potential employees with an overview of vacancies in the sector, advice from employers who are looking to recruit and training options available in the sector.
Peter Mayhew-Smith, Group Principal and CEO of South Thames Colleges Group, said: “We’re delighted to have been part of the team running Kingston’s very special jobs and careers fair. There are now so many opportunities to find work, build a career or take up training and Kingston is putting itself at the heart of the recovery by bringing it all together in one place. This was a terrific chance to learn about a whole range of jobs vital to our part of London, meet major employers and check out the jobs available right now as well as find out about the skills and knowledge you can learn along the way.”
The recordings from the day can be viewed below:
- Kingston Jobs and Training Fair Welcome and Keynote Talk
- Adult Retraining
- Apprenticeships
- Build your personal brand online
- Career Mapping
- Catering and Customer Services
- Construction and Green Technology and ICT
- Digital and Creative
- Health & Social Care
- How To Set Up Your Own Business
- Post 16 Education Academic and Vocational Qualifications
- Setting up your online shop
- Wellbeing and Resilience
- University Level Qualifications
- Working in Education
