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Making the most of your work experience

Making the most of your work experience. Gary Woodward Careers Adviser. Why bother?. Cash Develop useful skills Insight into different career areas Add meat to your CV/Application forms For some jobs, it is essential. Non-IT jobs for which previous work experience is very important.

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Making the most of your work experience

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  1. Making the most of your work experience Gary Woodward Careers Adviser

  2. Why bother? • Cash • Develop useful skills • Insight into different career areas • Add meat to your CV/Application forms • For some jobs, it is essential

  3. Non-IT jobs for which previous work experience is very important • Social work • Journalism • Media • Investment banking • Management consultancy • Librarianship

  4. Types of work experience • Casual (eg. supermarket, clothes shop) • Structured placement • Work shadowing • Voluntary • Temping

  5. Fill in the blank “We look for self-starters, people with....... who can work well in a team, but be responsible for their own actions.” IBM a) an in-depth knowledge of IT b) a computer science degree c) good analytical skills d) common sense & a sense of humour e) a love of computers

  6. Skills of a computer science graduate • Technical knowledge and skills • logical and quantitative thinking • creative thinking • communication skills • planning • time management

  7. Skills sought by employers (in order of preference) • Team working • Good communication skills • Motivation and enthusiasm • Flexibility • Customer orientation • Business awareness • Initiative and proactivity

  8. What the employers say: “Whatever projects you work on, close liaison with clients is crucial. Therefore, you must be able to convey ideas clearly, both in written and spoken form.” (Logica) “You should be an analytical and creative thinker; have a high level of self-awareness and good listening skills; have good teamworking skills” (Gap Gemini)

  9. Examples of organisations offering structured placements • Unilever (IT, finance, marketing, human resources) • Bank of England • BUNAC (eg. summer camp USA) • Foreign and Commonwealth Office • Government Legal Service • Reuters • GCHQ

  10. Where can I look for vacancies? • Vacancy files (in the careers centre) • Employer files • Vacation opportunities booklet • http://www.careers.lon.ac.uk • http://www.uk.aiesec.org • http://www.iaeste.org.uk • http://www.talentladder.com

  11. Other sources of vacancies • http://www.prospects.csu.ac.uk (work experience section) • Word of mouth • Shop windows • Job centres • Trade press • Local papers • National papers

  12. How the careers service can help • Drop-in sessions • Mon to Thurs, 11-12 & 2-4 • Practice interviews • CV advice • Whole range of employer information • www.rhul.ac.uk/careers

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