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Making the Most of your Committee Skills

Career Development Centre . Making the Most of your Committee Skills. @ LaurenF_Careers. lnferguson. Aims. Understand the employability skills gained from involvement in a club or society How this experience can make you more employable

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Making the Most of your Committee Skills

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  1. Career Development Centre Making the Most of your Committee Skills @LaurenF_Careers lnferguson

  2. Aims • Understand the employability skills gained from involvement in a club or society • How this experience can make you more employable • Sell your experience in job applications and interviews • Help and support available from the Career Development Centre

  3. Why did you decide to join a committee? • Thought it would be fun • Wanted a new challenge • An opportunity to be involved in how the club/society operates • Become more employable

  4. What are employability skills? • "A set of achievements, understandings and personal attributes that make individuals more likely to gain employment and to be successful in their chosen occupations". Peter Knight & MantzYorke

  5. Know your skills • “Identifying skills and poor interview technique are the greatest challenges for young jobseekers.” HR Magazine, 2013

  6. Your skills Think about: • What you enjoy doing • What you are good at • Your strengths • Identify weaknesses and areas for development

  7. How do I develop employability skills? • Academic studies • Work experience/Internships/part-time jobs/placements • Voluntary work • Undertaking additional responsibility (class rep, student ambassador, STEER mentor) • Hobbies/interests • Membership of university clubs and societies

  8. Skills you are developing • Communication • Team work • Leadership • Initiative • Problem-solving • Flexibility/Adaptability • Organisational skills • Time management • Tact/Diplomacy • Delegation • Numeracy • Project management/event planning

  9. Skills you need • What skills do you need to be successful in your chosen area of work?

  10. Reflect on your experiences • Recognise your learning to build on it and use it to help you to manage your career in the future • Think about your existing knowledge and how you want to develop this • Reflect on situations where things didn’t go as planned. What did you learn from this and what would you do differently next time?

  11. How to reflect • Keep a journal or diary • Record your thoughts and feelings about situations you have encountered • Record your achievements! • Consider your reactions to situations • What have you learned?

  12. What graduate employers say: “If we recruited on the basis of degree level, we’d just use a computer but we’re looking for examples of leadership, teamwork and commercial awareness which are usually found in extra curricular activities and work experience. In short your degree alone won’t get you a job. You need work experience too.” Tim Forster, Head of Resourcing PricewaterhouseCoopers

  13. What graduate employers say: “….we look for graduates who can bring more to the table than pure academics. Typically, the graduates who shine have work or life experience which differentiates them from other applicants” Gaynor Sykes, Graduate Resourcing Manager, Vodafone UK

  14. So what? • Show the employer how you match their requirements and can apply your skills in their organisation • Give evidence • Use strong and positive language

  15. Positive Language • Action words: created, delegated, piloted, directed, initiated, researched, developed, delivered, co-ordinated…… • Positive adverbs: successfully, confidently, positively, accurately • Avoid weak or negative words: only, did, helped with, although…. • Think about your competition!

  16. What employers are looking for Good qualifications + Well developed transferable skills + A range of experiences + Commercial awareness + Motivation!

  17. STAR • Situation • Task • Action • Result

  18. How can we help? • Career advice and guidance • CV & application advice • Interview practice • Assessment centre advice • Job searching strategies • Employer talks • 20 minute bite-size skills workshops: interview techniques, social media, online testing, applications , CVsetc

  19. Career Development Centre • 3A1 Cottrell Building • 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday • Drop in careers advice, 11am to 3pm, Monday to Thursday • Bookable appointments also available www.stir.ac.uk/careers www.facebook.com/cdcstirling @cdcstirling @LaurenF_Careers Lnferguson

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