Qualified Careers Guidance Practitioner, with 15+ years’ experience of delivering information, advice and guidance within Higher- and Further Education; strong interests in creative self-employment, personal development and social media.
Also Chair of the cross-university AGCAS Creative Industries Task Group, for Careers and Employability specialists working with the creative industries within higher education.
Aside from the day job, a regular podcaster at www.eighteensixtyfive.football - join us and leave a review on your podcast provider, follow @nottm_forest on Twitter, or @1865forestramble on Instagram.
Contact: email rish.baruah@ntu.ac.uk or tweet/Insta @CareersRish (or email info@forestramble.com with podcast enquiries).
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Careers ConsultantNottingham Trent University
Nottingham, United KingdomFull Time
Careers Consultant for the School of Art & Design, with interests in creative self-employment, social media and personal development. Delivering one-to-one and group careers information, advice and guidance, and working in partnership with the School of Art & Design to develop employability and enterprise strategy and work towards agreed KPIs.
My additional responsibilities have included:
* Co-ordinating our "Fusion" series of creative careers workshops, focusing on employment and freelancing options and skills for Art & Design students.
* Managing social media for Art & Design Employability, including use of Twitter, Facebook and Instagram (coming soon), as well as disseminating messages using the NTU virtual learning environment.
* Writing and editing content for the Art & Design Employability blog, including research into current issues, gathering case studies and presenting written content from others: http://ademployability.wordpress.com.
* Attending course committee meetings to keep abreast of course specific information and represent Art & Design Employability to selected staff and students; also writing and editing the A&D Employability Bulletin to distribute to individual subject areas.
* Hosting and project-managing the AGCAS Creative Careers Event "Making Employability Visible" for careers professionals working with the creative industries (May 2017).
Skills
- Career Advice
Education
Awards
University Partner of the YearIPSE
Award to Nottingham Trent University Art & Design Employability for promoting self-employment and freelancing in the creative sector.