Introduction to Career Destinations Cheryl Keal Careers Practitioner Career Destinations ...
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Introduction to Career Destinations
Cheryl KealCareers Practitioner
Career Destinationswww.southampton.ac.uk/careers [email protected]
By the end of this session, you will have considered:
• Support from Career Destinations
• Career Top Tips
• Selling your skills
• How you can stand out
• Further sessions this week
• Contact details
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Career Destinations Events Calendar
Skills Workshops and Presentations - Communicating with Confidence, Presentation skills, Improving your Employability for students with disabilities.
Additional skills sessions- Graduate Passport - Community Volunteering- Enterprise- Mentoring
Career Centre Tours
Employer events- Presentations - 1:1 appointments - Mock assessment centres
www.southampton.ac.uk/careers
How can Career Destinations help you?• Detailed website with lots of useful information and advice
www.southampton.ac.uk/careers/
• Useful videos relating to applications, interviews, assessment centres
- Online personality questionnaire - Skills Audit - Working abroad
• Vacancies that can be accessed from our Student Portal
• Career Destinations Centre – useful resources, e.g. sector specific information, advice on job applications, CVs and psychometric testing
New for 2014 – Drop In Service
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Top Tips from Career Destinations1) Reflect on your skills
Carry out a skills audit
– Consider different experiences from which you can draw evidence
– Break down each experience into the tasks involved
– Draw out the skills
You will need to highlight your skills on your CV and applications
Panopto on skills auditing:
Take time to do this properly!
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Health Sciences – Your Skills Flexible team worker
Organised
Excellent communication skills
Physical and emotional stamina
Responsible
Problem solver
Critically analyse and interpret information/data
Ability to explain complex information clearly
Research and report-writing skills
Innovation and design skills
Top Tips from Career Destinations2) Research thoroughly
Find out about your specialist area
- Work placements
- Written research
- Contacts
Find out about the Trust/organisation
- Beyond the obvious
- Company website – media section, annual report
Top Tips from Career Destinations3) Prepare your CV and Personal Statement
Always tailor your application
Refer to the Person Specification (Essential/Desirable)
Demonstrate your knowledge
Show your enthusiasm
Consider SAKE – Skills, Achievements, Knowledge, Experience
Use the STAR technique (Interview Skills workshop)
Top Tips from Career Destinations4) Prepare for interview
Keep a copy of your application
Don’t forget the basics – punctuality, dress code, appropriate answers
Prepare examples of each competency required
Revise your specialist area/knowledge of the company or Trust
Revise important theory – Code of Conduct, accountability
Practice interview questions
Be passionate! How will you stand out?
How can you stand out? Work experience – related/unrelated
Voluntary experience – related/unrelated
Hobbies and interests
Relevant personal examples – be professional- personal experience of healthcare- family experience- inspiration to work in the field
Wider interests – e.g. travel, gap year, languages, cultural awareness/empathy
Volunteering, who’s in?
Benefit your community and career
Website promotes local and national groups
Sign up to Volunteering group Newsletters 150+ Links Latest opportunities
Student Enterprise
Further sessions this week
• Careers-related workshops, presentations and talks
• Support with CV writing, Interview Skills and Action Planning
• Insight into a variety of career opportunities
• Be open minded - first post or in the future?
After you graduate…
Career Destinations is available to you indefinitely after you complete your studies
Career DestinationsBuilding 37, Highfield Campus
www.southampton.ac.uk/careers
+44 (0)23 8059 3501
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