Careers for Social Good (October 2024)
We know that many of our students and graduates are interested in career opportunities where they feel they can make a positive impact on society.
Students most often look to public and third sector organisations to provide these kind of values-led career paths.
We want to shine a light on some of the options that students who are motivated by the idea of Careers for Social Good might like to consider.
The aim is for students to hear from and engage with people from these organisations who can provide insight, inspiration and advice.
Why should I get involved?
Because you care about supporting new and diverse talent to contribute to social good. You want to help students explore their options.
You might want to get involved because you are keen to share your personal advice and experience or because your organisation is keen to attract students. The campaign isn’t designed to be about direct recruitment but of course we welcome participation from organisations who are actively recruiting.
How do I get involved?
There are 4 main ways for you to get involved - be part of one of our events, pop up on campus on a Careers & Coffee stand, advertise your upcoming events and opportunities with #EdCareersforSocialGood, or write a guest piece for our Inform.ed blog. If you are interested in any of the options below, or would like to help us raise awareness of careers for social good in a different way please email us on employers@ed.ac.uk
We are looking for relevant industry professionals who would like to come onto campus to meet and engage with students.
The events will focus on encouraging relaxed, informal conversations that allow students to gain a deeper understanding of some of the options that are open to them and what kind of factors they might want to consider.
The final scope and format of these events will vary depending on the numbers of industry professionals/recruiters keen to support.
For now we are planning:
- Meet People Working in the Third Sector on Wednesday 16 October, 6:10pm - 8pm
There may also be the opportunity to support a number of webinars. More information will be available on this soon.
Our Careers & Coffee stands are a great chance for individual employers to pop-up on campus to talk to students informally about your sector, your organisation and your roles.
A typically high-footfall space in the foyer of the Main Library on central campus or at our Nucleus Building at Kings Buildings will be made available to you. From this position you can attract the attention of students entering and exiting the building and offer some of those that you speak with a token for a free drink. The space includes a small table and there is space to bring your own small pull up banner.
These sessions are being offered free of charge to organisations whose purpose is directly related to improving social good on selected dates in October, please get in touch with us on employers@ed.ac.uk if you are interested to discuss availability.
You can also get involved by simply letting us know about your current vacancies and any of your own events. We can advertise them using EdCareersForSocialGood to incorporate them into the campaign. We will be encouraging students to use this hashtag to search for Careers in Social Good news, opportunities and events that could be of particular interest to University of Edinburgh students.
Either add EdCareersForSocialGood to your event or job description yourself when you list it on MyCareerHub, or let us know you want to be part of the campaign and we'll add it for you.
You can also use the hashtag on your own social media posts to help University of Edinburgh students engaging with the campaign to find you.
Listing your vacancies and events
A great way to provide some content for the campaign is to write a guest piece for our Inform.ed Blog. This might be a good option if you are interested in being part of the campaign but aren't able to participate in one of our events. We'd be looking for someone from your organisation to write something that gives our readers an insight into your career path, your sector or type of role. Take a look at our blog to get a feel for the content we publish and let us know what you'd like to write about/
Which students will engage with this campaign?
The campaign will be promoted to students across the University. We would expect it to be most popular with undergraduates from year 2 onwards, and would expect most interest from students in our College of Humanities and Social Sciences. We would hope any webinars will attract at least 30 students, and the on-campus event at least 80 students. Further engagement will come from students searching #EdCareersForSocialGood on MyCareerHub and socials, including our Blog. The webinars will also be recorded and made available to students afterwards, increasing the potential reach.
Careers for Social Good (October 2024)
Online & on-campus