PDP for undergraduates: factoring-in employability

Angela SmallwoodAngela Smallwood

International company

Outline the most challenging goal that you Outline the most challenging goal that you have worked towards recentlyhave worked towards recently

Using a specific example, describe how you Using a specific example, describe how you have established effective working have established effective working relationships with a group of people who relationships with a group of people who have different personalities or styleshave different personalities or styles

Please describe a situation where you faced Please describe a situation where you faced a complex problema complex problem

Chartered Accountants

What benefits have you gained from your work What benefits have you gained from your work experience?experience?

Describe an occasion when you worked as part of Describe an occasion when you worked as part of a team, and what your contribution to the team a team, and what your contribution to the team waswas

Describe a recent situation where you Describe a recent situation where you demonstrated motivation and initiative (relating to demonstrated motivation and initiative (relating to either a work or university experience)either a work or university experience)

National Health Service clinical science traineeships Use this page to give details of any relevant Use this page to give details of any relevant

experience or special skills and training. It experience or special skills and training. It will strengthen your application if you give will strengthen your application if you give examples of working in a team, problem examples of working in a team, problem solving and decision making, solving and decision making, communication skills, flexibility and using communication skills, flexibility and using your own initiative.your own initiative.

Teacher training

Personal statement: Describe briefly Personal statement: Describe briefly your reasons for wanting to teach your reasons for wanting to teach giving the relevance of your previous giving the relevance of your previous education and experience, including education and experience, including teaching, visits to schools and other teaching, visits to schools and other work with young peoplework with young people

Industrial placement

Details of your main extra curricular Details of your main extra curricular activities and interests: What do you activities and interests: What do you contribute and what do you get out of them?contribute and what do you get out of them?

Explain a situation when you have been Explain a situation when you have been following a specific course of action until following a specific course of action until something unexpected happened. Describe something unexpected happened. Describe what happened and what what happened and what youyou did to manage did to manage the situationthe situation

Large UK retailer: summer placements What was the most significant thing you What was the most significant thing you

have learned from your work experience? have learned from your work experience? Please tell us how it has developed youPlease tell us how it has developed you

Thinking about all your positions of Thinking about all your positions of responsibility and other activities, describe responsibility and other activities, describe the most significant challenge you have the most significant challenge you have faced. How did you tackle it? What was faced. How did you tackle it? What was the outcome? What did you learn?the outcome? What did you learn?

Summer work experience: SMEs and community organisations Language skillsLanguage skills Computer skillsComputer skills Previous work experiencePrevious work experience What do you consider to be your main What do you consider to be your main

skills?skills? What have you done, or been involved in, What have you done, or been involved in,

which shows an enterprising attitude?which shows an enterprising attitude?

Inside and outside the curriculum

Academic work: Prog/module specifications Academic work: Prog/module specifications set learning outcomes in the form of skillsset learning outcomes in the form of skills

Placements, field work, work experience, Placements, field work, work experience, study abroadstudy abroad

Voluntary work: community actionVoluntary work: community action Working for Students’ Union clubs and Working for Students’ Union clubs and

societiessocieties Part-time paid work in term, vacation workPart-time paid work in term, vacation work