Careers and Employability Centre Ruth Grainger Careers Adviser
Why a new programme Confusing offering of activity Career Management Skills Top Graduate Skills Insight into Management Accelerate Your Career Other one-off events, skills sessions Aimed at specific groups of students No provision for first years Application numbers falling Students not completing follow up work
Format of sessions Mostly 50-minute sessions at various times of day/evening Focus on weeks 1-6 Key sessions repeated Mix of presentations and workshops Delivered by CAs and Employability Team
Themes and content Job Hunting and Skills for Work CVs and Covering Letters, Interviews etc Finding a Graduate Job / Placement Commercial Awareness Enterprise; Setting up Your Own Business International Students’ programme Job Hunting in the UK and Abroad Investigating Careers in... Employability Award
Marketing Monsoon banner Pull up banner Postcards Posters Plasma screens Guide to Services brochure Website
Employer input Number of sessions Consistency of message across repeated sessions Relevance to mixed cohort Number of staff involved in delivery ‘Off the shelf’ Time restrictions Value for employer Quality
Challenges! Initial scheduling of sessions and staff Room availability during teaching times Titles of sessions Booking online – technical issues Attendance and recording attendance Evaluations
All Students’ Skills programme Three year programme Aim To motivate students to engage with Career Development early Ensure readiness to engage with employers or course providers First year modules: The Purpose/importance of Employability and Career development All about me! Assessing interests, skills and competencies Personal Branding – Getting ready to secure a job or a placement
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