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A Young Professionals Group (YPG) Event

Wednesday 27th October 2004, 6:30 pm (refreshments available from 6:10 pm)

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society, 36 York Place, Edinburgh EH1 3HU (street map)

This BCS Edinburgh Branch meeting comprises a couple of short talks of particular interest to members (and potential members!) of the BCS Young Professionals Group. Not-so-young professionals are also most welcome!

Career Builder (new BCS member service)

Sheelagh Flowerday

Of course you plan your systems development projects, don't you? But what about your own personal, professional and career development? BCS CPD provides the conceptual framework and its Career Builder software provides the tools to do it successfully. This short talk will describe them. The rest is up to you!

About the speaker

Sheelagh Flowerday is the Chief Inspector for the BCS's accredited career development schemes and also a member of the small team of BCS professional development consultants.


How Graduates for Growth can help you

Lorna Pellet, Graduates for Growth

The aim of Graduates for Growth (GfG) is to attract and retain graduates in Scotland and hence contribute to the Scottish economy. We do this through recruitment, mentoring and training.

During this presentation, we will outline our purpose, demystify the recruitment process and offer advice on gaining your ideal job.

The presentation is backed with case studies of recent IT graduates gaining employment in our local businesses.

About the speaker

In 1989, Lorna started a company called Patisserie Florentin which traded in retail, manufacturing and distribution of food products. During this time, she was nominated as Business Woman of the year. Nine years on, and with a turn over of £1m+, she sold the company. She then ventured into consulting MDs of small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) across a variety of sectors throughout the Central belt. She is now Director of Graduates for Growth and have the vision to take the programme throughout Scotland to provide graduate skills to cottage and micro businesses as well as medium sized businesses.

Social Initiative Experience.
Set up communications strategy for prospective MSP.
Set up Business Strategy Group for Shelter, with the aim of harnessing good relationships between the charitable and corporate sectors.