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Find Your Ninja // Find Your Next Exciting Project!

Want to be apart of an exciting tech team? Or simply curious about projects in and around Silicon Roundabout. Join us at Skills Matter on June 25th for Find Your Ninja.

ICT KTN Online Business Essential Clinics #7: Fundraising and Investment Strategies

ICT KTN Online Business Essential Clinics #7: Fundraising and Investment Strategies presented by Tom Allason, CEO and founder of Shutl.

Space for SMWLDN HQ - Can you Help?

The return of Social Media Week London (SMWLDN) 24-28 Sept will see a number of changes to the way SMWLDN works including the creation of several content-specific hubs and the launch of the SMWLDN work experience programme.

We're on the hunt for some space for the SMWLDN HQ in the run-up to September's event to house the team including the work experience folks and our fantastic volunteers that between them mean we can keep the majority of SMWLDN events free for everyone to attend. Can you help?

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8 June 2012 by Sam Michel

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UKUPA Careers Event 2012

UKUPA UX Careers Event 2012 - This event provides a forum where employers and practitioners can meet, network and learn. Kindly hosted and sponsored by Thomson Reuters.

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Date: 21 June 2012
Location: Thomson Reuters, UK

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Candidates: 7 Great Questions to Ask at Interview

You want the role, the interview is going well. You've dealt with the inevitable questions about your faults, where you see yourself in five years' time and, if you had to describe yourself as a fruit, which one would you choose, and why?

There's a pregnant pause and the interview catches your eye and asks "Do you have any questions?". Here's seven cracking interview questions to seal the deal...

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8 June 2012 by Sam Michel

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Social Media Week London Launches Work Experience Opportunities

The importance of work experience was underlined at Chinwag's recent Careers Day (see our round-up blog for some top CV tips). There's plenty of competition for the choicest work experience or intern positions, because they provide such a powerful point of differentiation for candidates, not to mention heaps of useful job-hunting contacts.

So, with London's biggest collaborative event, Social Media Week returning to London in September (24-28), what better time to offer a lucky few the chance to get their teeth stuck into one of the largest digital events to hit London? Find out more about what's involved and how to apply below.

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6 June 2012 by Sam Michel

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ICT KTN Online Business Essential Clinics #6: Effective Software Development Management

ICT KTN Online Business Essential Clinics #6: Effective Software Development Management with George Berkowski, Head of Product at Haliocab.com.

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Date: 14 June 2012
Location: Young Foundation, UK

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Swedish Beers - the Jubilee Edition, London

Swedish Beers Jubilee Edition - the friendliest mobile networking event in town. Have a passing interest in mobile tech, enjoy chewing the fat with friends old & new & are happy to give the powerpoint & sales pitches a miss? Then join us on 30 May sponsored by our friends at Millennial Media, Inspiring Interns, Swiftkey & TVGuide.co.uk. Skål.

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Date: 30 May 2012
Location: Nordic Bar, UK

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Chinwag's Careers Day @ Digital Shoreditch: Hints, Tips, Feedback & Advice

We held our first Careers Day as part of Digital Shoreditch on Wednesday 23rd May, supported by Vitamin T, and are extremely proud to say it was a brilliant success.

We've had some wonderful feedback from companies recruiting, mentors and job hunters alike and we're so glad that everyone found the day useful and productive.

Our CV Surgeries were particularly popular, with lines waiting outside the Little Top! If you missed out on a CV Surgery or couldn't make the day, the fantastic mentors have very kindly shared some of their advice below.