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Developing the UCD Graduate of 2015:Reflections from a Careers and Employment Perspective

Developing the UCD Graduate of 2015:Reflections from a Careers and Employment Perspective. Dr David Foster Director UCD Career Development Centre. A situation of interacting variables. Mass education Employers who SELECT rather than RECRUIT “SKILLANGUAGE” Generation Y.

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Developing the UCD Graduate of 2015:Reflections from a Careers and Employment Perspective

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  1. Developing the UCD Graduate of 2015:Reflections from a Careers and Employment Perspective Dr David Foster Director UCD Career Development Centre

  2. A situation of interacting variables • Mass education • Employers who SELECT rather than RECRUIT • “SKILLANGUAGE” • Generation Y

  3. Employers Select students with...

  4. Employers SELECT students who... • Have a proven track record in: Making a difference Being engaged and enthusiastic Critical thinking and problem solving Entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship Finishing what they start Driving their own educational, career and personal development

  5. “SKILLANGUAGE” • Graduate attributes • Key skills • Employability Skills • Life skills • Career Management Skills • World Skills • Lifelong learning • Competencies

  6. Student Expectations- Generation Y “The most educated, opinionated, outspoken and self-confident generation in history- digital natives who have never experienced life without a mobile phone or had to get off the sofa to change the channel” (Dr Paul Redmond, Director of Careers, University of Liverpool) Characteristics of Generation Y: Connected 24/7 Self-confident Optimistic Independent Bored by routine Entrepreneurial Goal orientated Digital natives Generation Y wants: Motivational leadership Coaching/mentoring, not management Learning and development Facilitated/experiential learning Face-to-face rather than e-learning!

  7. Bringing it all together... Lee Harvey, 2006

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