Michelle Fairbank

Experience

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  PwC

  Sept 2004 - Oct 2006

  Graduate Recruitment Events Administrator

  I was a member of the event management team where, organising the logistics for interviews, assessment centres and attraction activities.

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  Eversheds

  Oct 2006 - May 2007

  L&D and Graduate Recruitment Administrator.

  In my short time at Eversheds, I was involved in supporting both the graduate recruitment process and the learning and development process..

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  Accenture

  May 2007 - Aug 2008

  Graduate Recruitment Specialist

  Working for Accenture for the outsourcing side of the business, I worked on the contract with Carillion plc as a graduate recruitment specialist, responsible for recruitment of graduates and of recruiting industrial and summer placements for the Building business unit, totalling about 80 – 100 vacancies across a variety of technical and non technical disciplines. Had particular responsibility for recruiting and managing the sponsored student programme organising their placements gathering and providing feedback and ensuring they met their contractual obligations. Also organised the Graduate induction week. Show less

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  Atkins

  Feb 2009 - Feb 2010

  Senior Graduate Recruitment Officer

  Working as part of the graduate recruitment team, I was responsible for the end-to-end process of attracting and recruiting graduates into the business and developing relationships with key universities and stakeholders.

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  EY

  Mar 2010 - Nov 2012

  Graduate Recruitment Advisor

  Key responsibilities and achievements- Responsibility for attraction of candidates from the key universities in the South West. Successfully increasing the number of applications and the conversion rates of students apply from these universities.- Delivered a range of presentations and workshops to students. Ensure events are staffed appropriately - approximately 30 events per university per annum. - Managed budgets for careers activity for universities within the region.- Ran mock interviews and application guidance drop-ins for students.- Trained interviewers and assessors on how to conduct a strengths-based assessments.- Ran assessment centres, providing feedback to candidates- Produced the monthly Management information reports, as well as ad hoc reports for the business.Projects- Lead on the employability skills project, developing and implementing a new strategy of employability workshops be rolled out across all focus universities. - Design and implementation of a new ambassador programme.- Planned and delivered an industrial placement induction week and acted as recruitment contact for students whilst on placement.- Worked on a project to change reporting methods to increase the accuracy of the monthly management reports. Show less

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  Bayes Business School

  Nov 2012 - now

  MSc Careers Relationship Manager, Bayes Business School (formerly CASS)

  Key responsibilities - Provided one to one support for students on MSc programmes- Delivered a range of professional development workshops- Designed and delivered programme of professional development workshops tailored to students from the Actuarial and Insurance MSc programmes, successfully increasing the attendance of students at these events- Continual business development to bring a range of companies on campus to run events, engage with our students and to advertise roles for our students- Support student attraction and offer holder events both locally and internationally to engage with students and publicise the careers support availableProjects- Managed the organisation and deliver of a Cass Careers fair with over 60 employers and over a 1000 students.- Refreshed and updated the Careers induction workshop- Designed a new workshop for professionalism in the workplace- Managed a mentoring scheme for Actuarial students- Worked with external suppliers to deliver a an international internship programme Show less