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Represent your way to your career

Join the Guy Townsin session to gain an understanding of employability skills, what employers want, and how to respond. Explore case studies and perform a skills audit to assess your abilities. Discover the benefits of being a Course Rep and what aspects of the learning experience you can represent. Develop key skills that will make you stand out in the job market, such as networking, leadership, and problem-solving. Find out what employers expect in terms of graduate academic and employability skills. Contact Purple Door for career and employment-related support.

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Represent your way to your career

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  1. Represent your way to your career Guy Townsin

  2. Session overview • Definitionof employability • Employability Skills gained from your CR role • What do employers want? • What can you offer them? Skills Audit • Case Studies - these skills in action!

  3. Employability is.... • a set of achievements, - skills, understandings and personal attributes – that make graduates more likely to gain employment and be successful in their chosen occupations, which benefits themselves, the workforce, the community and the economy • HEA, 2012,

  4. How might you respond to... • Why are Course Reps important? • What is the role all about? • What aspects of the learning experience will will you represent? • What is in it for me?

  5. The Learning Experience • Curriculum – subjects relevant? • Learning resources – appropriate to level of study? • Teaching – did the teaching methods used help you to learn? • Assessment and achievement – do you know how you will be assessed for each module? Receive feedback? • Student progression – do you find the support for employment and further study options helpful?

  6. What is in this Course Rep role for me? • Create change • Meet new friends • Develop Employability Skills – technical/interpersonal/transferable • Proves you can juggle responsibilities • Looks good on the CV!

  7. The Twelve (Skills) That Matter! • Networking • Public Speaking • Leadership • Time Management • Campaigning • Negotiation • Diplomacy • Problem Solving • Communication • Teamwork • Analytical skills • Organisational ability

  8. Can you provide evidence for these skills?

  9. Skills Audit – Activity 1 To: • Reflect on your current skills • Identify areas for development

  10. Case Studies – Activity 2 • What are the key issues? • Who will you raise these issues with? • What outcome do you want? • What are the employability skills you might be using when facing these issues?

  11. What do employers want?

  12. Graduate Academic and Employability Skills‘The Portsmouth Graduate’ Management of self, learning and tasks •  Study and self-management skills • Critical thinking and reflective skills • Problem-solving and creativity skills Management and communication of knowledge and information • Writing skills • Oral communication skills • Reading skills • IT/Information/Numeracy skills • Research skills Interpersonal skills •  Team work • Leadership skills

  13. Other skills expected by employers • Self- confidence, self-reliance, self management to cope with demand and change in workplace • Flexibility and adaptability to respond to change • Motivated, innovative, enterprising and creative • Initiative, resilience and risk-taking • Tact, diplomacy, being aware of other people’s status and concerns, conviviality • Commercial awareness

  14. A service for students and graduatescan help with any career or employment related issue

  15. We are 4 teams Information Careers Recruitment Enterprise

  16. Twilight Events • Cummins – 11 November (All degree disciplines welcome) • Philips- 13 November (Interested in meeting Technical and Business Students) • CSC - 20 November (All degree disciplines and will take International Students) • NATS - 27 November (For Business, Computing, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics students)

  17. Contact us Purple DoorUniversity of Portsmouth28 Guildhall WalkPortsmouthPO1 2DD 023 9284 2684www.port.ac.uk/careers

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