Name: LCF Grad Futures: Thriving in the Workplace from Day One
Start: 2025-12-10T14:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-12-10T16:00:00+00:00
Location: London College of Fashion (Room: EB 117)

LCF Grad Futures: Thriving in the Workplace from Day One

Prepare to thrive in your new role from day one: master skills preparation, navigate your new role and make a lasting impact.
About this Event

This session is only for London College of Fashion students and graduates. It is aligned to your Graduate Futures careers and employability journey.

Are you ready to hit the ground running in your new job? Join this informative session to prepare yourself for a powerful start:

Learn how to get ready before Day 1 with a strategic skills checklist and mindset preparation.
Discover practical steps to navigate your new role to make a positive first impression, build strong relationships, and understand team dynamics.
Receive guidance on creating a targeted 30/60/90‑day action plan that will help you make an early impact.

By the end of this session, you’ll be equipped with the confidence, clarity, and tools to thrive from the moment you walk through the door on Day 1.

Speakers

, Graduate Futures Careers Consultant: Leveraging over 30 years of experience as a Buyer, Headhunter and now Consultant, Melanie has worked with a number of brands including Christian Louboutin, Vivienne Westwood, AllSaints, Threads Styling and Sweaty Betty on projects relating to talent acquisition and executive search. Passionate about helping to build both brands and careers through putting the right people, in the right place at the right time she continues to use her industry expertise to coach and inspire the next generation looking to pursue careers in fashion.

Useful resources

In this session, you will develop the key skills of communication, proactivity, self-efficacy and resilience as defined by the UAL Creative Attributes Framework (My_CAF). Before attending this activity, we suggest you:

Check out the Graduate Futures Moodle page, (or for alumni the Graduate Futures Leavers Pack), which is filled with resources, learning guides, and podcasts.
Students should explore the Graduate Futures Careers Padlet, which is filled with useful links, videos, and further reading.

If there are any barriers to your participation in this event or you have access requirements you wish to discuss, please contact [email protected] in advance, we'd be happy to talk with you. If you can't sign-up as the tickets have run out or expired, please email and see if you are still able to attend.

Image credit: LCF Careers Fair 2025 with LCF Graduate Futures, UAL | Photography by Paul Cochrane