Catherine Parkin, Academic Librarian Leeds Beckett University BIALL Conference, June 2016 The Leeds Beckett Library Libguide on Employability and Skills.

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Catherine Parkin, Academic Librarian Leeds Beckett University BIALL Conference, June 2016 The Leeds Beckett Library Libguide on Employability and Skills Development: Moving into New Territories of Support

Work Job market Employability Skills 3 Graduate Attributes  Digital Literacy  Global Outlook  Being Enterprising

Employability and Enterprise Fortnight Futures Fest Librarian involvement!

Employability session for Law  Good quality freely available legal sources available to students after they leave university  How to search these effectively

Digital identity/social media  Discussion with students how their digital identity might represent them  Guidance given on how to manage their social media

The Employability LibGuide

Steps to Employment

Year 1  Develop academic skills  Write a CV Year 2  Find work experience, develop specific skills useful in your desired career  Learn to sell yourself Year 3  Start looking at graduate employment programmes  Attend employer presentations

Company Information and Entrepreneurship

 University offers access to resources that can aid all potential entrepreneurs (NOT just Business students!)  Lists of subscription resources  Freely available resources  Market research reports  Financial information

News and Media

 Subscription and freely available resources  Broad awareness of current affairs  Job vacancies  Researching prospective employers  Developing an online cv/website using freely reusable images

Professional Networking

 Focus on using social media for professional networking  The Student Guide to Social Media  LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook

After Leeds Beckett

 Advice on free, quality information resources after University  Alumni scheme  Public libraries  Open access journals  Use of Careers services for 5 years after graduation

Other outcomes  “After Leeds Beckett” pages on each subject guide  Better understanding of graduate employment needs  New collaborative relationships between University departments  Opportunities to support students in areas not traditionally associated with Library skills

Next steps  Development of a skills audit for students  Train careers services staff in Library resources to better support students  Further development of student employability skills (Library training sessions)

References  Davey, A. and Tucker, L.K. (2010) Enhancing higher education students' employability and career management, Library Review, 59 (6), pp. 445 – 454.  Finch, E. and Fafinksi. S. (2014) Employability Skills for Law Students. Oxford: OUP.  Middleton, F. (2015) Digital literacy and employability activities Available from: [Accessed 6 April 2016]. dsBeckettJan2015.pdf  Wiley, M. (2016) From the library to the workplace How information professionals can support the development of employability skills. SCONUL Focus, 64. pp

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