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CHOOSING A CAREER kent.ac.uk/ces

CHOOSING A CAREER www.kent.ac.uk/ces. Nicola Urquhart Careers Adviser. Agenda. What is a career? What are the options? How can the Careers and Employability Service (CES) help? www.kent.ac.uk/careers/slides.htm. What is a career?. Not necessarily a linear, planned sequence of events

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  1. CHOOSING A CAREERwww.kent.ac.uk/ces Nicola Urquhart Careers Adviser

  2. Agenda • What is a career? • What are the options? • How can the Careers and Employability Service (CES) help? www.kent.ac.uk/careers/slides.htm

  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, personality & 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 • Time out/travel

  6. Jobs directly related to subject

  7. What subject did they study at university?

  8. Jobs that are not directly related to your subject Many employers value the skills you have gained more than the subject • Communication • Teamwork • IT • Research • Analysis • Writing • Ability to work under pressure

  9. How to make a career decision

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

  11. Many factors affect choice • Your values and motivations • Your personality • Hours • Benefits • Location • Pay

  12. Key Skills and Strengths • Organiser • Analytical • Conscientious • Able to prioritise • Attention to detail • Team working • Leadership • http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/Choosing/strengths.htm

  13. Values and motivations • To have autonomy and define your own priorities and schedules • 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 • http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/Choosing/values.htm

  14. Personality • Energetic • Resilient • Creative • Risk taking • Relaxed • Persistent • Co-operative • Sensitive • http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/Choosing/personalstyles.htm

  15. How can you identify your skills/what you would enjoy in a job? • Work experience • Study • Extra-curricular activities • Careers Employability Award • Career questionnaires

  16. Career Questionnaires • http://www.prospects.ac.uk/myprospects_planner_login.htm • http://targetjobs.co.uk/careers-report • http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/explorer.htm

  17. How to research careers Prospects/Careers and Employability Service websites • http://www.prospects.ac.uk/options_with_your_subject.htm • http://www.prospects.ac.uk/sectors.htm • www.kent.ac.uk/ces

  18. Researching Careers www.prospects.ac.uk • Overview of the sector • Job descriptions • Salary and conditions • Entry requirements • Training • Career development • Employers and vacancy sources • Related jobs

  19. Researching Careers • Vacation/part-time work • Internships • Insight days • Work shadowing • Networking • Kent Alumni Careers Network

  20. Researching Careers 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

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

  22. 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

  23. 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

  24. Some tips on choosing a career • Take time over your choice • 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

  25. Once career choice has been made • Find out how that sector recruits • Research employers/courses • Apply • Discuss your ideas if you are uncertain • Change your job-hunting/application methods if they are not working

  26. How can the CES help? • ‘Choosing a Career’ booklet • Free careers literature • Reference files & books • IT facilities • Talks and presentations • Quick query drop-in sessions • Careers guidance interviews • www.kent.ac.uk/ces

  27. Careers and Employability Service Web Site: www.kent.ac.uk/ces

  28. Careers and Employability Service Web Pages • I want to work in …. http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/siteach.htm • What can I do with my degree in … http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/drama.htm • Choosing a Career http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/Choosing/ChoosingCareer.htm • Theories of career choice http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/Choosing/career-choice-theories.htm • Careers Employability Award on Moodle http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/moodle.htm • What makes us happy at work http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/Choosing/career-satisfaction.htm • Example CVs & Covering Letterswww.kent.ac.uk/careers/cv/cvexamples.htm

  29. Careers Employability Award www.kent.ac.uk/careers/moodle.htm • The module takes about 12 hours to complete • But this can be done at your own pace You do this by completing: • 9 quizzes • 3 short assignments • 1 feedback form

  30. Speak to an adviser: • Quick query, drop in and speak to an adviser 10.30am -12.30pm and 2.00pm-4pm Monday to Friday. • E mail @careerhelp and an adviser will respond to your query. • You can also book a longer career guidance appointment over the phone or pop in.

  31. CHOOSING A CAREERwww.kent.ac.uk/careers/slides.htm Nicola Urquhart Careers Adviser

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