Professional development skills

Focusing on skills and techniques that will support your job search and prepare you for the world of work, these sessions cover topics including networking, using LinkedIn, presentation skills.

Startup Agony Aunt Clinic

Starts: 24 Feb 2026, 12:30 pm
Finishes: 24 Feb 2026, 2:00 pm
Venue: LSE, St Clement's, Clare Market, LSE Generate, Ground Floor
​This monthly drop-in clinic is an open space for LSE Generate startups to bring their business challenges, ask questions, and share insights with others who understand the growing pains of running a start-up.

Beyond the Classroom: Pro Bono Work, Employability, and Qualifying Work Experience

Starts: 25 Feb 2026, 5:00 pm
Finishes: 25 Feb 2026, 6:00 pm
This interactive virtual session will explore how engaging in pro bono work and volunteering during your studies can significantly enhance your employability. We’ll highlight the range of opportunities available, explain how to effectively present this experience to employers, and demonstrate how pro bono work can closely mirror real legal practice.

Job Hunting After Graduation (online)

Starts: 26 Feb 2026, 12:00 pm
Finishes: 26 Feb 2026, 1:00 pm
Remaining places: 161
How can you effectively and efficiently navigate your job search? In this session we consider the different approaches and strategies you may choose to build a proactive search strategy.

Dpt of Management:Winning in the Market: A Business Case Workshop & Career Roadshow with Coca-Cola

Starts: 2 Mar 2026, 2:00 pm
Finishes: 2 Mar 2026, 5:00 pm
Venue: LSE, Pankhurst House, Clement's Inn, PAN.G.01
Remaining places: 29
Join The Coca-Cola Company for an exclusive career workshop where you’ll hear from senior leaders, explore early career opportunities, and tackle a real-world business case. This interactive session is ideal for students interested in marketing, business strategy, and commercial leadership who want to gain insights into how a global brand creates impact and builds future leaders.

BSc Business Challenge Competition: Management x Law

Starts: 5 Mar 2026, 9:00 am
Finishes: 5 Mar 2026, 1:00 pm
Venue: LSE, Marshall Building, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, 2.09
Remaining places: 40
Calling all BSc Management and BSc Law students! Are you interested in solving business problems? Put your theory into practice and compete to put solutions to a qualitative problem set by Bird & Bird LLP!

Professionals at LSE: Winter term mix and mingle

Starts: 6 Mar 2026, 5:30 pm
Finishes: 6 Mar 2026, 7:00 pm
Venue: LSE, Beavers Retreat, Upstairs, George IV Pub
Remaining places: 38
For our working professional community with 5+ years experience, an opportunity to meet with peers informally, over drinks

Articulate Your Skills for Employment (UG)

Starts: 10 Mar 2026, 1:00 pm
Finishes: 10 Mar 2026, 2:00 pm
Venue: LSE, Parish Hall, Sheffield Street, LG.03
Remaining places: 70
Understand the top skills employers are looking for and how to best articulate these in a competitive graduate labour market

Articulate Your Skills for Employment (PG)

Starts: 12 Mar 2026, 1:00 pm
Finishes: 12 Mar 2026, 2:00 pm
Venue: LSE, Centre Building, Houghton Street, CBG.1.03
Remaining places: 55
Understand what are the top skills employers are looking for and how to best articualte these in a competitive graduate labour market.

Professionals at LSE: Using LinkedIn to build your brand and network

Starts: 13 Mar 2026, 4:00 pm
Finishes: 13 Mar 2026, 4:50 pm
In this seminar, LSE alumna and LinkedIn Global Client Director Leila Uslander, shares tips on how use LinkedIn to build your brand and expand your network

MSc Global Media and Communications students: career planning and making the most of your degree

Starts: 20 Mar 2026, 3:00 pm
Finishes: 20 Mar 2026, 4:00 pm
Venue: LSE, Pethick-Lawrence House, Clement's Inn, Silverstone Room (7.01)
Remaining places: 28
​For MSc Global Media and Communication students, a session focused on career options, planning and how to make the most of your degree

 

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