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Employability

Employability. Elliot Newstead Student Recruitment Officer School and College Services University of Leicester.

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Employability

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  1. Employability Elliot Newstead Student Recruitment Officer School and College Services University of Leicester

  2. * Median gross annual pay, ROGERS, S. 2012. What do you get paid? The 2012 UK salary survey results Guardian [online]. 22 November [Accessed 16 /4/2013]. Available from http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2012/nov/22/pay-salaries-survey-ashe-ons Who gets paid the most? £85,223 £71,279 £40,031 £36,789 £27,866 £12,138 Most likely a degree Degree Degree/Apprenticeship Degree Apprenticeship/FE qualification Apprenticeship/FE qualification Chief executive Medical practitioner Mechanical engineer Secondary school teacher Plumber Hairdresser/barber 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Secondary school teacher Mechanical engineer Plumber Hairdresser/barber Medical practitioner Chief executive

  3. Employability • What is employability? • Identify ways to improve your employability • Create your personal action plan

  4. Why is employability so important?

  5. Why is employability so important for graduates? Degree= employment Degree + extracurricular = employment UCAS tariff + 2:1 degree + right university + extracurricular + work experience = employment Higher UCAS tariff + 2:1 degree + right university + extracurricular + work experience of measurable value + own personal brand = employment Now

  6. Graduate Labour Market 2014 85 60% 50% 25% 20% 10% 85 is the average number of applications per vacancy (AGR) Approximately 60% of graduate jobs do not require a specific degree – good ‘all-rounders’ are preferred (CB) Over half top graduate recruiters warn that graduates who have had no previous work experience at all are unlikely to be successful during the selection process and have little or no chance of receiving a job offer for their organisations’ graduate programmes (HF) More than a quarter of jobs are only available to graduates (IE) 20% of new graduates start their career in London – this is confined to a small area of London: Camden, Tower Hamlets and Westminster boroughs (CB) 2013 recruitment is still well below pre-recession levels – the number of vacancies on offer this year remains more than 10% lower than in 2007 (HF)

  7. What is employability? • Employment – having a job (being employed!!) • Full time • Part time • Voluntary Employabilityis remaining employable throughout your career

  8. What is employability? Whole-life employability is determined by 6 main areas: • What you know (knowledge) • What you can do (skills) • What you have achieved (results) • What you have learned and how you have applied it (experience) • What you believe (values) • How you are perceived (behaviour)

  9. Academic results Extra curricular Work achievements Curricular Volunteering Extra-curricular achievements Work experience 2. Skills 3. Results Further education Higher education Work experience Volunteering How can I improve my employability? 1. Knowledge 4. Experience Work experience Apprenticeships Academic experience 5. Values 6. Behaviour Research and examples Research and examples

  10. How can I improve my employability? • Knowledge – through learning, whether formal or on-the-job • Results – by working harder and working smarter • Experience – by trying new things and being critical • Values – realising what your values are, realising others wont share them, and learning to communicate this effectively • Behaviour – how you think you are perceived, how you are REALLY perceived, and how you would like to be perceived

  11. How can I improve my employability? SKILLS

  12. According to the Higher Education Careers Service Unit… …the top skills that employers are looking for are: • Communication skills • Teamwork skills • Analytical skills • Numeracy skills • Creativity • Flexibility • A positive attitude

  13. Identify which skills you need for the following activities: Oral communication Writing an assignment on the computer Participating in a sports game Preparing a group presentation Writing revision notes Performing an experiment Answering a maths question Mentoring other students Balancing study, work and family commitments Team working Leadership Written communication Problem solving Adaptability Computer literacy Time management

  14. Action plan – what can I do now? 2. Skills 3. Results How can I improve my employability right NOW? 1. Knowledge 4. Experience 6. Behaviour 5. Values

  15. Employability in summary • Employability is a full-time job • Employability is crucial in the current employment market • Try to identify what employers want • Take active steps to improve your employability NOW

  16. Thank you for listening!

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