Jade Schouten De Jel Email and Phone Number

As a part of the Employability service, my role involves liaising with students and recent graduates and getting them engaged with finding a graduate role. This constitutes offering basic CV and covering letter advice to help graduates make stronger applications, and consequently having the best chance of securing a graduate position. Our team also works closely with employers and helping them match their roles with suitable graduates. Skills developed through this role include: - Database (CRM) trained- Social media marketing- Interpersonal and communication skills approaching graduates and employers

I helped with applicant and open days, careers fairs and drop-in sessions in the commons for the Plymouth Award, communication and providing good customer service to stakeholders. I presented Children University assemblies to large audiences at primary schools (to both teachers, parents and pupils) as well as working in the employability office doing administration; this involved working on databases, creating surveys and preparing for events. From all of these activities as a student ambassador, I have developed many skills which now allow me to present myself well when talking to potential students and allow me to adapt easily to different situations and be able to answer a range of questions about the university (as you'll never know what you'll get asked). I have also gained skills to adapt to different situations within the university and how to talk to different types of stakeholders, from presenting and asking questions to primary school pupils all the way through to contacting potential employers of university students on mentoring schemes.

During my role with Outreach and Widening Participation (WP) at Plymouth University, I worked as a part of a large team planning and creating events within the Faculty of Arts and Humanities. These events where designed for students aged between 11-18 both on campus and off campus, promoting higher education to mainly those students which many be at a disadvantage. As part of my role within this department, I planned numerous events, including taster days for numerous subjects and mentoring sessions, with some of this done independently and other planned jointly in a team. I also played a role within the university summer schools which took place in the summer of 2014 and provided a lot of administrative help towards this. This role also meant that I was accountable to inputting all data collected at WP events onto a database and ensuring this was distributed to the relevant people. All needed to be collecting from many different sources and the results from this then needed to be reported to managers. An advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office was essential to complete all activities within my job role, from completing presentations for student ambassadors and visiting schools, liaising via Outlook and written letter with many different stakeholders to creating complex databases on Excel.