09/04/2008 - RateMyPlacement at PlaceNet Conference
A day out in Brighton, and the chance to meet careers and placement officers from over 40 universities? Yes please… Oliver and Ali got up early on Wednesday to drive an hour and a half to get to Brighton nice and early. Luckily it was an absolute cracker of a day, and the RateMyPlacement office moved to the beach, and then the pier, for the morning.
In the afternoon it was our turn to present an update of the website, and our plans for the future, to the members of PlaceNet (network of university placement officers). The first time we presented at the PlaceNet conference the website was just 2 months old and it proved the catalyst that has meant we now have students from 104 universities signed up to the site. A year ago, we were little more than just a concept and we were received with some trepidation, however many of the PlaceNet members have been keen to promote us to their students.
Again, we were given some really good feedback from the delegates and now have plenty of good ideas as to how we can work closer with placement officers in the future. Also present at the conference were Dr Harry Kelly from GlaxoSmithKline, James Rainbird from IST Plus (offering international work experience) and Gary Argent from Logica. We are hoping to work closely with all these companies in the future.
