Careers Service

Ushma Khadia

How to say my name: https://www.name-coach.com/ushma-khadia

Role: Careers Consultant and Theme Lead for Inclusion

What do I aspire to do as part of my role: To support our students and graduates, particularly those who don't have support from their own network, to navigate their career journey.

Responsibilities

• 1:1 appointments with students and graduates. To learn more about these click on these links: https://www.careers.manchester.ac.uk/services/guidance/ , https://www.careers.manchester.ac.uk/services/interviews/
• Deliver tailored workshops and events focussing on getting career ready, examples include preparing cv’s. applications, for interviews. To learn more, click on this link: Workshops (The University of Manchester)
• Working with academics to create tailored careers and employability workshops/lectures for students on their programmes.
• For my Inclusion role, I work with a small team to identify ways of providing specialist support to specific student groups.

During a Careers Meeting:

Complete some admin which includes asking you what your pronouns are, explaining that the appointment is confidential between me you and the Careers Service and that I may share information about university support services if it seems like you may need this.

I normally ask you to tell me about yourself because I would like to learn about what you are studying, modules you enjoy, work experience or volunteering you have completed/currently undertaking.

I also like to learn about what is important to students i.e. their values and the skills they would like to use when at work.

LinkedIn profile: www.linkedin.com/in/ushmakhadia