Got Something to Say? Say It in Style

As a recent graduate I was unemployed (obviously).struggle. We needed somewhere professional, a
Times are hard for us graduates, we have massivegood location, plenty of car parking, modern and
loans to repay, nowhere to live, and nobody beatingimpressive. We asked the University, but they said
down our doors with job offers. We have to dono, although they wished us luck and they put us in
something to stand out... we truly have to thinktouch with a number of conference venues in
outside the box.Newcastle that they use on occasion.
After a summer of feeling sorry for myself andThe conference centre in Newcastle that we used
shoveling fist-fulls of my CV into post boxes Iwas first class, really, really impressive. All the facilities
decided that I needed to do something different. Ithat we wanted were on hand. Obviously we had
decided to host my own conference.never hosted a conference before and had no real
I have lots of friends in the same situation as me, allidea what we were doing, but these guys helped us
struggling to find work in different sectors, strugglingevery step of the way. And all twelve of us got a
to get noticed and running out of money fast. Wejob from it. Based on the experience I gained setting
needed to do something. Twelve of us got togetherup the conference, I was employed as an event
and stumped up £100 each and printed out loads oforganiser - something I would never have thought of
flyers, invitational letters and tickets and hired out adoing, but it seems pretty good so far!
500 seater conference hall.Conclusion
We decided that if we can't go to these managingThe fact that we all got a job from our conference
directors with our CVs, they would come to us. Thespeaks volumes; that in itself tells you it was a
principle was simple: 12 of Newcastle's best 2010success. However the success worked on many
graduates present themselves to you. Obviously thatlevels. We all got a massive sense of achievement
isn't enough to get these high fliers to attend, so wethrough our actions and we were celebrated in a
also offered a buffet and free drinks. Needless tonumber of business and graduate publications. It was
say, they came.a life-changing experience for all involved.
Trying to find Meeting Rooms in Newcastle was a