School of Arts 25th September 2013

Employability at Kent

What is Employability?

‘A set of attributes, skills and knowledge that all labour market participants should possess to ensure they have the capability of being effective in the workplace – to the benefit of themselves, their employer and the wider economy.’ (CBI, March 2009)

What employability skills are graduate recruiters looking for?

Communication

Report writing

Team working

Leadership

Planning and organisation

Project management

Enterprise

Problem Solving

Reflection

Adaptability

Energy

Drive and resilience

Integrity

Reliability

Enthusiasm/passion

Self awareness

Confidence

Contextual/cultural awareness

Capacity to develop

NumeracyPositive attitude

Business and customer awareness

Negotiation Skills

Developing these skills whilst at Kent

• The Careers and Employability Service

• Employability Points

• Kent Union

• Student Ambassador Scheme

The Careers and Employability Service

Where is it?

The Careers and Employability Service

Opening Hours

•Monday-Friday

•9:00 am to 5:00 pm

•Term-time & vacations (except at Christmas)

Speaking to someoneDrop-ins:

• Monday to Friday

• 10:30am-12:30pm

• 2:00pm-4:00pm

Booked appointments

• Pop in to arrange or call us on 01227

823299

School based Drop-ins

• Watch this space

Magazines

Graduate directories

Career Planning Guides

Events Board

Reference books

Occupational Profiles

University prospectuses

The Careers Resource Library

Information booklets

• Making applications

• The Creative Job Search

• Interview Skills

• Career Planning Guides

Careers Employability Award on Moodle

The Award covers:

1. Identifying your skills and how

to “sell” these to employers. 

2. Finding out which careers these

relate to.

3. Preparing a quality CV and

performing well at interview. 

What do you have to do?

http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/moodle.htm

• The module takes about 12 hours to complete

• But this can be done at your own pace

• Fantastic feedback from students who have completed the award

You do this by completing:

9 quizzes

3 short assignments

1 feedback form

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

Careers Events

• Employability Week 4th-8th November

• Careers Fair Tuesday 5th November, 12pm-3pm, Sports Centre

• Kent Opportunities Fair, Thursday 7th November, 12pm-3pm, Eliot Hall

Keep up to date

• Follow us on twitter:

@UniKentEmploy @UniKentCes

• Like our Facebook page:www.facebook.com/UKCES

• Employability blog

• http://unikentemploy.wordpress.com

Employability at Kent webpageswww.kent.ac.uk/employability

Employability Points

Get rewarded for your extracurricular activities!

Over 300 rewards in 2012-2013 scheme from over 100 sponsor companies

Internships, work experience, training experiences,

placements, vouchers

www.kent.ac.uk/employabilitypoints

Get involved - Get rewarded!

@empoints

Employability Points

Employability Points

Kent Union supports graduate employability in a number of ways -

• Offering Volunteering Opportunities

• Kent Student Certificate in Volunteering

• Stand Out training

• Employability and Volunteering Toolkit

www.kentunion.co.uk/eandv

Volunteering

Student Ambassador Scheme

An opportunity to get involved in a range of challenging and rewarding placements and projects which are designed to help you develop skills to help you in your future your course Autumn application deadline: Midday,

Friday 11th October.

For more information:

www.kent.ac.uk/ambassadors

www.twitter.com/unikentoutreach

Keep up to date

• www.kent.ac.uk/employability

• Follow us on twitter: @unikentemploy

• Like our Facebook page:University of Kent Student Employability

• Attend Careers events on campus:

http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/casevents.htm

Questions?

Employability at Kent

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