Create your own work experience - be enterprising! Presentation by Tripp Martin

Be enterprising to come up with ideas that lead to work experience including starting your own business: - Find contacts for work experience - Make some money - Develop your employability skills - Help you stand out from the competition - Make a difference, impact people

Being enterprising  Innovative  Self reliant  Action orientated  Considered risk-taking  Sees needs as opportunities  Resilient

Being entrepreneurial  Being enterprising and starting your own business  Fund university expenses  Start a business after university  Find a job after university  Not “either/or” can do both

Why bother? 1 – it can help get you a job 2 - you can be your own boss 3 - it can improve your wealth if you start your own business

Being enterprising to get work experience  Employers are impressed by initiative  Research them  Make suggestions for work  Use your contacts – like me!  Linked In  Charities/social enterprises always need help

Being enterprising to start your own business  Got an idea?  Get help from Careers Network –Look for B Enterprising logo on events that give you enterprising skills –B Start-up programme to help you set up a business –Paul Adams Entrepreneur in Residence

Events that give you enterprising skills

Start-up support programme

University of Birmingham Setting yourself up for success with LinkedIn Tripp Martin Careers in Business Manager

300K jobs LinkedIn by numbers… 380M + ©2013 LinkedIn Corporation. All Rights Reserved. UK professionals 3.5M + active company profiles industries 60K + college and university alumni groups Executives from every Fortune 500 company 39M + students and recent grads 19M + professionals

How to be ready for that opportunity … What you know Who you know Who you are

Develop your network: Connect with people you know Friend who goes to Birmingham Auntie who works for Boots University staff Summer job boss Classmates on your course

Develop your network: Send personalised invitations giving context to your connection

Find the right Group for you

Definitely join your university Alumni Group

Join groups in areas of interest & engage

Utilise status updates, like & share content

Employers on LinkedIn 20

Employers sell themselves – “this is a great place to work and develop your career…”

Company Insights?

Follow companies that interest you, learn about who works there, share their content

Research companies Do you feel a connection?  Company mission, products and services  Company culture and employees’ skills  News about the company, industry and competitors  Information about the role – search for members already holding the role / similar roles  Information about the person interviewing you 24

Take a look at alumni from your university…

Follow your University Page 26

Studying Career Paths | Identifying Mentors | Identifying contacts

The top 5 things you should do now: 1.Complete and enhance your personal profile 2.Connect and grow your network… 3.Join a relevant networking Group 4.Follow companies you are interested in – and check out if you have alumni there 5.Be an active collaborator – share, update your status, discuss…GIVE to your network.

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30 Find out more: university.linkedin.com students.linkedin.com/uk Linkedin.com/alumni