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Supercharge your Graduate Careers and Employability provision. Tristram Hooley & Korin Grant University of Derby 7th February 2018. Today. Today. The name game. Time to vote. We are going to get you to use your phones to find out a bit more about what you know. Chapters.
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Supercharge your Graduate Careers and Employability provision Tristram Hooley & Korin Grant University of Derby 7th February 2018
Time to vote We are going to get you to use your phones to find out a bit more about what you know.
Chapters • I just don’t know what to do with myself • Making the most of your degree • Are you experienced? • It’s not what you know, it’s who you know • Look before you leap • Should I stay or should I go? • Successful applications and interviews • Help me! • The importance of plan B • Starting work • If at first you don’t succeed
FreDA’sStory • Turn to p.167 and read Freda’s story. • Make a list of all of the things that students have talked to you about that aren’t about choosing a job or a career.
The core message “Career is not just something that happens to you after you graduate. Your career has already been happening and it is continuing to happen all around you, even when you aren’t thinking about it at all. Building your career is not just about finding a job, it is actually about deciding who you are and what kind of life you want to lead. (p.1)”
Chapter 1. I just don’t know what to do with myself This chapter will help you to: • understand what you are like and why it is important to employers • think about your values, likes and interests • consider your strengths and weaknesses • use these reflections to help you find your career path
Other areas to explore • Values • Likes and interests • Strengths and weaknesses • How employers will test these and how you can communicate them better.
Chapter 2. Making the most of your degree This chapter will help you to: • think about your chosen degree subject and how it might relate to a career path • understand why employers are interested in your studies (and why they are not) • consider what skills you are developing alongside your degree • find sources of support to help you succeed in your studies • get involved in your department and university • find out what other people have gone on to do from your degree discipline.
Turning chapter 2 into a workshop We will look at this in more detail in the afternoon when we look at the supplementary guide section on delivering employability workshops.
Chapter 3. Are you experienced? This chapter will help you to: • understand why work experience is important • recognise the experience you already have • identify new and different opportunities • make the most of any experience you have.
Chapter 4. It’s not what you know, it’s who you know This chapter will help you to: • think about why networking matters and how it can help you to move your career forward • consider some of the principles that underpin effective networking • think about what kind of networking you can do as a student • think about what kind of networking you should do once you start work.
Chapter 4: Overcoming a fear of networking • What are people afraid of? • What will help them to overcome this fear? • How can we help them to do this?
5. Look before you leap This chapter will help you to: • understand the importance of research • highlight key facts that you will want to learn in your research, including what questions to ask • identify practical and effective research strategies • deal with information overload • make an impact in recruitment practices.
Turning chapter 5 into a workshop We will look at this in the afternoon when we look at the supplementary guide section on designing employability modules and extra-curricular awards.
6. Should I stay or should I go? This chapter will help you to: • understand what postgraduate study is • think about what you can get out of postgraduate study • understand the process of applying for courses and accessing funding • consider how to fit postgraduate study into your longer-term career aspirations.
Postgraduate study as a careers conversation • We will look at this in the afternoon when we look at the supplementary guide section on career conversations and advice and guidance.
7. Successful Applications and Interviews This chapter will help you to: • understand typical recruitment processes • understand the timing of recruitment processes • perform effectively at different types of assessment and selection • avoid common pitfalls • access other sources of support.
Supporting applications through employability modules We will look at this in the afternoon when we look at the supplementary guide section on designing employability modules and extra-curricular awards.
8. Help ME! This chapter will help you to: • recognise when you might need help • understand what kind of help is available on campus and beyond • use the help that is available effectively • identify web resources that can help.
Where does help come from? • Where do you send students to get help in your university? • Who has helped you in your career? • How can students make the most of the support they can get?
9. The importance of Plan B This chapter will help you to: • think about the things that can go wrong and consider what you can do about it • develop a plan B (and C and maybe even D) • notice how you are changing and think about how this might impact on your plan A • respond to changes creatively and positively
Remember Freda’s story? • What things happen at university that could create a problem for your future career? • Have you any examples of when this has happened? What happened next?
10. Starting work This chapter will help you to: • consider your work contract • prepare for your first day in your new role • make a good impression in the first few days and beyond • consider how you will continue your career development in work • think about how you leave your first job.
Supporting students Networking, Placement and extracurricular experiences • We will look at this in the afternoon when we look at the supplementary guide section on supporting student networking, placements and extra-curricular experiences.
11. If at first you don’t succeed This chapter will help you to: • deal with setbacks • turn the job that you have into the job that you want • decide when you should stick with a job and when you should move on • explain how to make the most of the experience that you are gaining.
Example reflective activity • Turn to p215 • Take a moment to reflect on the last year of your career. • What do you think is different about the experience of a new graduate?
Using the handbook to… • Support career conversations, advice and guidance • Support student networking, placements and extra-curricular experiences • Run employability workshops • Design employability modules and extra-curricular awards
Career conversations and advice and guidance Read case study on p.98 In groups consider how you would structure an advice and guidance session with John, Wendy, Aysia and Leo.
There are lots of different approaches to having career conversations • We’re not trying to teach you how to deliver advice and guidance. • But you might be interested in helping other staff to think more about how to have effective career conversations. • Key skills include • Shaping questions and enquiry • Reflecting back • Giving information • Encouraging reflection • Motivating and stimulating action • Advising and supporting e.g. with creating applications
How to use the book • use the handbook as further reading before or after your contact with students • encourage students to reflect by using the activities in each chapter • help students to explore their career plans through discussion of the case studies and job profiles in each chapter • signpost students to particular sections of the handbook to provide them with specific guidance.
What are some common issues that come up in advice and guidance sessions? • See pp.10-11 for some examples of where the book answers these questions.
student networking, placements and extra-curricular experiences Students can often benefit from practical support when preparing for and undertaking work experience.
Supporting student networking, placements and extra-curricular experiences • In your experience, what information and support do students need to help them to succeed? • See page 13 in the supplementary guide for some examples of where the book answers these questions.
How to use the book • use the handbook as a source of support for students preparing for and participating in work experience • help students to network and prepare for work through activities and models in each chapter • help students to consider different forms of work experience and careers through the case studies and job profiles in each chapter • signpost students to particular sections of the handbook to provide them with specific guidance.
employability workshops Have a look at the workshop on pp.20-23 of the supplementary guide. In your groups discuss how you would deliver this workshop. It is fine to change it, but tell us why and how.
How to use the book • use the handbook as further reading before or after your contact with students • use the book as the basis for your PowerPoint slide • use and adapt the activities in the book including the tips, case studies and would you like to be… ? sections.
