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Global Skills Award Managing your Career

Careers and Employability Service . Global Skills Award Managing your Career . Nicola Urquhart Careers Adviser. What we will cover:. Choosing a career What are employers looking for? Using social media Break Where are the jobs? Making applications

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Global Skills Award Managing your Career

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  1. Careers and Employability Service Global Skills AwardManaging your Career Nicola Urquhart Careers Adviser

  2. What we will cover: • Choosing a career • What are employers looking for? • Using social media • Break • Where are the jobs? • Making applications • How the Careers and Employability Service can help you • Action points

  3. What is a career? • Not necessarily a linear, planned sequence of events • Career choice is not an event or occasion • Career choice isaprocess

  4. Why is choosing a career so difficult? ALL JOBS which match your goals, needs & values & require your skills, qualities & qualifications in the desired location where there are prospects for the future

  5. What are the options? • Employment with training • Employment with study • Academic study • Vocational study • Time out/travel

  6. Employment option examples NHS Management Personnel Police Production Management Public Relations Publishing Purchasing Retail Self-employment Social Work TEFL Teaching Tourism Transport Advertising Armed Forces Arts Administration Broadcasting Central & Local Government Computing/IT Finance Fire Service Guidance/Counselling Info Management/Museums Journalism Law Marketing/Sales Management Consultancy

  7. Jobs directly related to subject

  8. Jobs that are not directly related to your subject Many employers value the skills you have gained more than the subject

  9. What subject did they study at university?

  10. How to make a career decision

  11. Two alternative starting points • Start from yourself and work out • Start from your opportunities and work back • Or, combine the two!

  12. Activity 1 • In your groups write down values and motivations which could affect your career choice.

  13. Values and motivations • To have autonomy and define your own priorities and schedules • To be challenged and have new problems to solve • To work in a role that supports your personal life • To have power and influence • To have security and predictability • To be a catalyst for change • To use creativity and self expression • To be recognised as an expert • To work in accordance with personal, spiritual or ethical ideas • To have social status as a result of your job

  14. Personality • Energetic • Resilient • Creative • Risk taking • Relaxed • hPersistent • Co-operative • Sensitive

  15. How can you identify your skills/what you would enjoy in a job? • Previous employment • Work experience/shadowing • Internships • Insight days • Study • Extra-curricular activities • Careers Employability Award • Career questionnaires • Talk to people about their jobs vacation/part-time work

  16. Career Questionnaires (p13) • Identify what you want out of a job; generate new job ideas and check out your existing ones. • Find out what motivates you in a job; identify your skills and what you can offer to the job/employer. • See how these match the jobs you are considering. • Research your chosen jobs in more detail, compare your options and decide on the right choices for you

  17. Researching Careers Prospects/Careers and Employability Service websites • Overview of the sector • Job descriptions • Salary and conditions • Entry requirements • Training • Career development • Employers and vacancy sources • Related jobs

  18. So much information! How can you keep track of your research? • MyFolio • Kent Union Employability Toolkit • Your own careers notebook/mindmap

  19. http://www.careerplayer.com/tips-and-advice/general-advice/start-your-career-hunthttp://www.careerplayer.com/tips-and-advice/general-advice/start-your-career-hunt

  20. What if I’m still stuck? • Make the most of opportunities (planned happenstance) • Think about it little and often • Make an appointment to speak to a careers adviser

  21. Some tips on choosing a career (p.13) • Get to know yourself, your employability skills, values, personal qualities etc • Talk to others but make your own decision • Do the research • Keep an open mind - Stereotyped pictures of jobs are rarely accurate • Use the Careers and Employability Service • Start NOW!

  22. Once career choice has been made • Research employers/courses • Make contacts • Begin to plan

  23. Careers and Employability Service Global Skills Award What are employers looking for?

  24. What is Employability? ‘A set of attributes, skills and knowledge that all labour market participants should possess to ensure they have the capability of being effective in the workplace – to the benefit of themselves, their employer and the wider economy.’ (CBI, March 2009)

  25. Changing world of work: • Global economy • More career changes • Roles change • New technology/social media • Changes to graduate recruitment

  26. Changes to graduate recruitment Employers increasingly focusing on attributes in addition to traditional employability skills Successful candidates need to be able to demonstrate these attributes on their applications and articulate them at interview Your postgraduate qualification can help you to do this!

  27. Activity 2 • In your groups write down the common skills and attributes that employers ask for.

  28. Skills and attributes that graduate recruiters are looking for? Leadership Communication Adaptability Energy Contextual/cultural awareness Self awareness Report writing Adaptability Problem Solving Numeracy Positive attitude Reflection Confidence Integrity Team working Capacity to develop Reliability Drive and resilience Project management Enthusiasm/passion IT skills Business and customer awareness Planning and organisation Enterprise Maturity

  29. What skills and attributes do employers want? (p.9) Transferrable skills Attributes Integrity Adaptability Energy Drive and resilience Reliability Enthusiasm and passion Self awareness and confidence • Communication (oral, written) • Negotiation • Team working • Planning and organisation • Time management • Leadership • Problem solving

  30. Careers and Employability Service Global Skills ‘Using Social Media’

  31. Social media • Social Media: “an umbrella term that defines the various activities that integrate technology, social interaction, and the construction of words, pictures, videos, and audio.” www.wikipedia.org • Enabling conversations • Facilitating discussions

  32. Why should you be using social media? • Enables you to build links and to learn about an industry and potential employers (commercial awareness) • Control what employers see when they ‘google’ you • Some employers will expect you be using it e.g. the media, advertising, publishing and many more. • Can provide you with an excellent platform to showcase your knowledge and interest in a career area • Information comes to you • Allows you to make an impression (good and bad)

  33. What is ? • Professional / business social networking site (launched 2003) • Over 100 million users in over 200 countries • Over 5 million users in the UK (March 2011) • http://learn.linkedin.com/students/step-1/ • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSdXxUx2UhM&feature=relmfu

  34. Why use LinkedIn? Explore career ideas Find out about an employer and their competition Develop commercial awareness Professional networking Opportunity to join groups For self marketing and increasing your visibility Asking for advice Staying in touch/reconnecting

  35. Your LinkedIn Profile • Setting up a profile go to www.linkedin.com and enter your details. • Be sure to include: Profile photo Profile summary/ Professional headline Education details Details of current and past job roles/volunteering/ internships etc • “You are 40 times more likely to receive connections if your profile is 100% complete” Denise Taylor ‘How to Use LinkedIn to find a new job”

  36. Useful information Training Videos: www.learn.linkedin.com www.learn.linkedin.com/students - 6 step video to success New Users Starter Guide http://learn.linkedin.com/new-users/ Webinars: http://learn.linkedin.com/training/

  37. What is • Twitter is a form of micro-blogging • Twitter gives you 140 characters per ‘tweet’ to say what’s on your mind • You can follow people/companies/ recruiters who interest you. • Gather an audience

  38. Twitter • Twitter gives you 140 characters per ‘tweet’ to say what’s on your mind • Twitter is a form of micro-blogging • Follow people/companies/ recruiters who interest you. • Make your posts relevant to companies who might be viewing your profile. • Learn how to use # View, Master, Slide Master to change this text to the title of your presentation

  39. Example Tweets

  40. Ideas on who to follow: • Companies/employers you are interested in working for • Industry experts/bloggers • Professional networks and industry/professional publications • Job sites and job boards • Recruiters / head-hunters / HR personnel who are hiring for the roles you're targeting • @unikentemploy

  41. What is Blogging? A personal diary, your memo to the world – a website you update on a regular basis Opportunity to ‘critique’ and to share a point of view on a variety of topic

  42. Some platforms to consider Linkedin • Increase your awareness of the sector, link with potential recruiters • Discover career trajectories Twitter • Follow recruiters • Contribute to discussions Blogging • Demonstrate your commitment, business knowledge and passion • Showcase your talent

  43. Facebook • Look at your Facebook account, change your privacy settings if needed • ‘Like’ organisations you are interested in working for, Civil Service Fast Stream, NHS Graduate Management Scheme for example • Opportunity to ask recruiters questions

  44. Break

  45. Careers and Employability Service Global Skills AwardWhere are the jobs ?

  46. What do postgraduates do? (p.3) • “The vast majority of postgraduates enter employment at the end of their studies.” • “Both doctoral and Masters degree graduates have a lower level of unemployment than Bachelors degree graduates and are more likely to be employed in a professional role”

  47. Where to look for vacancies (p.15) • Check job vacancies to find out about the types of roles being advertised www.prospects.ac.uk www.milkround.com www.targetjobs.co.uk www.kent.ac.uk/ces • Graduate directories • Careers and Employability Fairs • Employers brochures • Specialist publications

  48. Recruitment Agencieswww.kent.ac.uk/careers/recruit.htm FASHION - George Ellis Recruitment MUSIC - Handle Recruitment ACCOUNTANCY - Hays Accountancy Personnel SECRETARIAL - Nice People Employment Bureau STOCKBROKING - Citifocus Ltd

  49. Online sources Institute of Practitioners in Advertising www.ipa.co.uk/ Chartered Institute of Marketing www.cim.co.uk Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development www.cipd.co.uk/ Guardian vacancies www.jobs.guardian.co.uk/

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