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³To be employed is to be at
risk«to be employable is to be
secure´
Dr Peter Hawkins, The Art of Building Windmills
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E&E Week 1 session B - 4th Feb 2010
Employability«
E mma Hall
Careers Consultant to the
Business School
Graduate Futures
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Employability
µ 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¶ (ESECT, 2004)
Y orke, M. (2006) E mployability in higher education: what it is-what it is not,
Learning and E mployability Series One. E nhancing Student E mployability
Coordination Team. Higher E ducation Academy
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Aims of this session
� Give an overview of what we will cover in weeks 2-5
� Find out what you already know about employability
� Introduce you to assignment 1
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Who am I ?.....
� Academic : Business Studies, HumanPsychology, Career Guidance
� Professional: HR, Career Guidance
� Graduate recruitment Been on both sides
(not too long ago on either side!!)
«««your real / virtual career coach during this module
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Who are you ?«.
� Do you currently work part-time?� Have you previously worked part-time?
� Do have work experience prior to your degree?
� Are you sponsored by your company to do your
degree?� Have you applied for placements for next year?
� Have you got a placement confirmed for next year?
� Are you still thinking about doing a placement year?
� Are you an international student?
� Are you thinking of doing an exchange year
overseas?
� Are you here on an exchange?
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Do you know what you want
to do after your degree?
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Do you know what will
expec
ted from you to besuccessful ?
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So«what do you already know ?
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Employability team quiz
� In groups of up to 5
� 1 answer sheet per team
� Prize for winning team members (max of 5 !)
� Will move quickly through the questions ± so need to use
your negotiating / communicating / decision making skills
� Tie-breaker question will be used if necessary
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Start capturing your
answers on the sheet
««have you nominated a timekeeper?
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Q 1. How many final year university studentsare due to graduate from UK universities in
the summer of 2010 ?Sour ce: Times top 100 Graduate Employers
A) 224,000
B) 320,000
C) 400,000
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Q 2. Figures from the Association of
Graduate Recruiters show that graduate
vacancies fell by _________% in 2009
Source: AGR Graduate Recruitment Survey 2009 ( 226 employers
surveyed between May and June 2009)
A) 5.4%
B) 24.9%
C) 38%
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Q 3. Student and graduate futurescompromised by
their __________ footprint
(news item on www.milkround.com Nov 07)
A) carbon
B) electronic
C) financialD) large
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Q 4. Approximately what % of graduate
level jobs do not specify a degree subject
when advertised ?
A) 20-30%
B) 40-50%
C) 60-70%
D) 75-85%
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Q5. UH has used feedba
ck from employersand surveys to come up with a list of 8
Graduate Employability skills all UH students
should develop
List 5 of these (1 point for each correct)
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Q 6. What is FIT {student}
A) a new personal development module
available to all students at UH
B) a speed dating night at the UH Forum
C) a membership promotion from UH Sports
Village
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Q7. Employers often use ³
competen
cy based´activities to select graduates ± what does this look
at ?
A) Skills and behaviours you think you would
use in a specific situation?
B) Skills and behaviours you think you use
generally in a range of situations
C) Skills and behaviours you have already
demonstrated in specific situations
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Q8. Whi
ch of the following would you beencouraged to do in the year between 2nd and final
year?
A) A year in a large corporate organisation
filing and answering the phone
B) A year at a Pilot Training Centre
C) A year on the beach in Thailand
D) A year divided between studying abroad
for one semester and working
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TIE-BREA
KERQ
UESTION ± write it down !
What was the average salary for a 2008 UH
Business School graduate in full-time
employment 6 months after finishing their
course ?
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The Assignment««..
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Employability
Assignment 1 ±
Career Action Plan
3 Key Elements:
� Research a job / career of your choice
� Where are you now?
� How are you going to get to where you wantto be ?
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Section 1 ± 3rd Person Resear ch
� Choose one area of employment open to recent graduates
� Resear ch - a minimum of 6 organisations that haveopportunities for graduates (should include a range of different organisations : large, small & medium sized
enterprises (SMEs), public sector, not for profit etc)
� What to include?: trends in graduate employment,opportunities for graduates, what employers are looking
for in graduates (skills, knowledge & experience),howgraduates are selected i.e. CVs / on-line apps /assessment centres etc
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Section 2 ± CV , Gap Analysis & Career
Action Plan
� Once you have completed your research in section 1
� Write up in the first person an outline of ALL your current
skills, knowledge and experience relevant to employment.
� Imagine you are preparing to apply for a job in this area
� Prepare a CV & covering letter based on your informationnow.
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Section 2 ± CV , Gap Analysis & Career
Action Plan� Look at how you currently stand against
what is required from a graduate applicant
� Where do you need to focus your development ?
� What do you need to do to develop the skills,knowledge and experiences to prepare you for asuccessful application & selection ?
� Prepare a Career Action Plan to get you there(remember to include skills you will need to getthrough the selection process i.e. interviews,presentations etc)
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Choosing an area for your assignment
� What is your starting point ? ± sector,
profession, specific role ?
� Narrowing down ± what is open to recent
graduates? Is it realistic at this stage in your career ?
� Resear ch ± where can you find the
information?
» Don¶t know where to start?
» Try ³What jobs might suit me´ ± under jobs
and Careers areas on www.prospects.ac.uk
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Jobs and Careers - Studynet
Jobs and Careers on studynet
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BS Employability Workshops in
February ± all in M015� Mon 8th 4-5pm Effective Applications
� Tues 9th 4-5pm Job Interviews
� Mon 15th 3-5pm Assessment Centres
� Tues 16th 4-5pm Effective Applications
� Mon 22nd 1-2pm Effective Applications
� Weds 24th 2-3pm Job Interviews
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Employer Presentations
in February� 9th February - Debenhams Ottaway Solicitors
³Path to becoming a solicitor´
� 10th February - Enterprise Rent A Car ³How to sell yourself in an interview´
� 17th February - Jonathan Davis
³Financial Planning as a Professional Career´
� 17th February - Whitbread
³Working for the UK's leading hospitality group´
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Before next week««.� Do some research from
the key sites shown
today
� Bring any questions /
research you don¶t
understand with you to
next weeks session or
post on-line
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On-line questions«..Not very helpful !
³help me««««
.´
³assignment 1«««´
Very helpful !
³ Marketing opportunities in small companies´
³Writing up section 1 of Assignment 1´
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