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The Curtin Careers Centre

The Curtin Careers Centre. How Mentoring Supports Your Transition to a Career. What will you get out of this session?. What do employers look for? How is it relevant to your role as a Mentor at Curtin? Some tips and resources related to your career.

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The Curtin Careers Centre

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  1. The Curtin Careers Centre How Mentoring Supports Your Transition to a Career

  2. What will you get out of this session? • What do employers look for? • How is it relevant to your role as a Mentor at Curtin? • Some tips and resources related to your career

  3. Are employers interested in my mentoring experience? • Employers look for staff who: • Can get the job done • - Technical skills, academic qualifications, experience • Can create a productive workplace • - Employability skills, graduate attributes, ‘good fit’ • Want THIS job with THIS employer: • - Company research, interest in core business

  4. What skills do you use in Mentoring? • Think Pair Share Activity • Lets look at what skills you believe that you currently use in Mentoring…

  5. How do you make the link between your mentoring experience and your future career? • Reflect and promote the awareness of the skills that you use in Mentoring • Highlight the skills that employers look for • Capture these skills promote yourself via: • Resume, cover letter, applications

  6. Mentoring – What skillls? • Common selection criteria • Communication Skills • Leadership Skills • Passion / Attitude / Commitment • Teamwork • Critical Reasoning • Emotional Intelligence • Extra Curricular Activities • Values Fit / Cultural Awareness • Initiative / Resourcefulness – not the expert in where everything is, but the expert in knowing who/what to ask Your mentoring experience demonstrates these. Can you think of examples? What did you do? What was the outcome?

  7. How do employers let you know what they want? • Assistant Managers - Business Banking • We are seeking applications from a highly motivated individuals or successful graduates to support a Relationship Manager on the day to-day management and growth of their portfolio. As part of a strong team of talented banking professionals, you will work closely with a wide range of clients helping them with their key financing and strategic issues. • You ideally have financial analysis skills, exposure to the business sector, with an understanding of banking and lending principals. With a passion for customer service, you enjoy working in a team environment. Outstanding verbal and written communication and time management skills are a must, with a business orientated tertiary qualification preferred.

  8. In Your Mentoring Experience… • What of you proud of? • What are some of the challenges you faced? • What did you learn about yourself? • What did you learn about leading others? About team work? • If you were a boss, what were some of the qualities you saw in your mentees that you would like to see in your staff? • What qualities would you not like to manage?

  9. Resume layout • Skills • Link skills to achievements • Highlight your • Strengths • Skills employers are looking for • Achievements • Don’t list duties – focus on outcomes • Leadership • Example: Was a mentor for first year students to orient to university life. Feedback from students indicated they found a great way to get important information

  10. Cover letter • Individual and targeted • What YOU can bring to this position with this organisation • Shows what you can do for them • Link to the skills the employer has identified in job ad • Follow up with detail in resume • Reflect a particular interest in working for the organisation • Keep it short – one page

  11. Keeping Track • Master Resume • - include lots of examples against as many skills, achievements as you can think of • Tailored resume & cover letter for each employer • Save As copies for each employer & record closing date • Follow up call 2 weeks later • Relevant examples not used can be used in interview

  12. Video Tips • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6dG6Bm6HUM

  13. Resources • Job application presentations – every teaching week • Resume Express • http://resumeexpress.curtin.edu.au • Resume Review • General comments only • We won’t fix your spelling errors • We won’t rewrite your resume • careers@curtin.edu.au

  14. Where to from here? • careers@curtin.edu.au • Future Seminars • Attend other sessions hosted by the Curtin Careers Centre • E.g. Resume Workshop • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Glg_HMRcXzI&feature=related

  15. Questions??THANK YOU

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