Abintegro: Enhancing Student Career Prospects

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Enhancing student career prospects

Information Brochure

© Abintegro Limited | All rights reserved | www.abintegro.com

abintegro exists to help academic institutions better prepare their

students for the competitive employment market.

This brochure explains who we are and what we do. I sincerely hope you

find our perspective and approach inspiring and it leaves you with ideas

for your own institution.

Welcome

"A degree alone is not enough.

Employers are looking for more



I look forward to discussing how abintegro can ensure your students

make a positive first impression.

Best Regards,

Tony Heard (Managing Director)

[email protected] | 0203 301 3378

Employers are looking for more

than just technical skills and

knowledge of a degree discipline.

They particularly value skills

such as communication, team

working and problem solving.

Job applicants who can

demonstrate that they have

developed these skills will have a

real advantage."

Digby Jones - former Director-General of the CBI

ContentsIntroduction to abintegro

The abintegro tools

The careers services portal



The careers services portal

Benefits

Testimonial

Contact details

We enable academic institutions to:

- Provide a standardised approach to CV and PDP building

abintegro provides online career-building tools designed to improve student and graduate employability

Introduction to abintegro

Working with careers services, we enable students to:

- Understand the skills and behaviours employers seek



- Manage and track student preparation for the workplace

- Analyse student data and employability skills

- Gather employment data for graduates and alumni

- Facilitate the recruitment process

- Build, articulate and maintain their personal profile and CV

- Construct a personal development plan (PDP)

- Research employers and market their profile

- Simplify the job application process

The abintegro tools

“Students need to understand how to

articulate the employability skills they

have developed as part of their course as

well as what they have gained from extra-curricular activities.”♦

“Universities are developing the use of

students’ personal development plans

to provide a framework for self analysis

and the acquisition of skills where gapsare identified.”♦

“Every institution surveyed regarded

contact with employers as positive for

the institution and their students. Not

every university has found this easy, 16%reporting significant problems.”♦

Our tools provide an integrated approach to helping students from education to employment



curricular activities.”♦ are identified.”♦ reporting significant problems.”♦

♦ Source: Universities UK & CBI ‘Future Fit’ – Preparing graduates for the world of work

3DCV® Grow Plan™ Connections™

The career portfolio & CV-building tool

The personal development planning tool

Research & link to employers

The abintegro tools3DCV® enables students and graduates to understand the skills and behaviours employers seek, to

build and articulate their profile and market their CV to potential employers

Recruiters and employers want to see CVs

demonstrating employability skills. Our CV

builder guides students through a simple processto achieve this.

Personality, communication skills and aptitude for

new technologies can be showcased by uploading

video profiles, which can be viewed by prospective

employers.



to achieve this.

Based on research by Universities UK, CBI and

CIHE, the 3DCV helps students describe their

employability skills (dimensions) and prioritisetheir strengths.

Achievements and work experience can be

endorsed or validated by the careers team,

employers or academics. Validations are visibleas part of the student’s CV.

employers.

Completed CVs can be exported to MS Word or

shared online with prospective employers, recruiters

and careers advisors by publishing to a web page.

Viewers of the web CV can be tracked by setting

them up with a unique PIN. The personalised CV

web link can be added to job applications, cover

letters, emails or student profiles.

The abintegro tools3DCV® helps students demonstrate their employability skills (dimensions)

Employability skills (dimensions): 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. ♦



Based on research by Universities UK, CBI and CIHE, the 3DCV

helps students to describe and rate their employability skills. This is

unique amongst CV tools and key to enhancing student career

prospects.

Recruiters and employers want to see CVs demonstrating

employability skills. The 3DCV clearly shows how a student meets

their key criteria thus raising the chance of making it to interview.

Students’ performance against employability skills can be

benchmarked enabling improved self awareness.

The abintegro dimensions are customisable to fit the language usedwithin the institution.♦ Source: Universities UK & CBI ‘Future Fit’

Grow Plan™ enables students and graduates to build a personal development plan (PDP) and reflect

on their experiences

Build a PDP based on employability skills

using the GROW coaching model and create a

Share the plan online or as a MS Word

document and make goals visible in the

The abintegro tools



using the GROW coaching model and create aseries of documented reflections.

Break goals down into stage by stage

milestones to achieve the goal. Set the effort

required and track progress.

document and make goals visible in the

3DCV to potential employers.

Each institution can pre-populate PDPs with

objectives or learning outcomes, which can

then be worked on by students and progressrecorded.

Connections™ enables students and graduates to take an unbiased look at employers and make an informed career decision

Review unbiased company information toidentify, compare and shortlist potential employers.

The abintegro tools

Prepare for standard application questions by

automatically extracting relevant information from



Careers services can facilitate the recruitment

process, matching students to companies ofinterest for work experience or permanent jobs.

Employers and recruitment consultants can

headhunt students matching their criteria by

searching on employability skills and all aspects ofthe 3DCV.

identify, compare and shortlist potential employers.the completed 3DCV and Grow Plan.

Assist students in building a compelling CV and

PDP by raising awareness of what employers seek

and helping each student to articulate their skills

The careers services portalThe Careers Services Portal enables careers services to monitor and measure student CV and PDP progress

to ensure they are equipping their graduates with highly marketable, work-related skills

Filter and analyse student information against

criteria, including: school, faculty, year of graduation,

student ID, CV and PDP completion status and



and helping each student to articulate their skills

effectively.

student ID, CV and PDP completion status andemployability skills.

Ensure students set learning objectives, reflect ontheir experiences and articulate progress in their CV.

Contribute directly to the recruitment process by

quickly and easily sharing student CVs and profileswith employers online.

The abintegro tools will deliver a number of benefits including:

Benefits

Students & Graduates Academic Institutions

Students will be seen as more employable.

Their skills will be better presented & marketed.

A professional CV that demonstrates

employability skills and experience.



A portfolio for life. It can be used and

maintained post graduation.

A PDP that promotes self analysis and

development of employability skills.

An unbiased view of UK employers, allowing

students to research and shortlist prospects.

Their skills will be better presented & marketed.

All students will have a consistent, standardised

CV and personal development plan.

Maintaining contact with students will be easier

& careers teams will have DLHE* information.

Trends & statistics will drive an understanding

of student employability skills.

*DLHE – Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education

Working together to prepare graduates for the competitive employment market

Regent’s College London

Spencer Coles | February 2009

Director of Marketing & Student Recruitment

“Preparing graduates for the competitive employment

market is at the heart of the careers service and

Abintegro’s unique software provides an ideal solution for

high quality CV production and PDPs. We chose



Abintegro's solution due to its contemporary interface,

flexible set up and its ability to manage students with

different levels of experience from undergraduate to MBA.

Abintegro’s solution will assist communication between

academics and the careers service and provide students

with a central CV and PDP platform; this, we hope, will

alleviate much of the frustration felt by students when

different advice is given on the best way to produce a CV

and build a PDP.”

abintegro is an easy to implement web-based system that ensures students and graduates:

Next steps

understand the skills and behaviours employers seek, build and articulate their profile and market their CV to potential employers

build a personal development plan (PDP) and reflect on their experiences



build a personal development plan (PDP) and reflect on their experiences

take an unbiased look at employers and make an informed career decision

Please contact me directly to discuss how abintegro can help your institution and to see a

demonstration of the tools.

Best Regards,

Tony Heard (Managing Director) [email protected] | 0203 301 3378

Abintegro LimitedPO Box 57970

LondonW4 9AE

+44 (0)203 301 3378Email: [email protected]

Web: www.abintegro.com



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