Skills and Attributes for Career Success: Developing an Enterprising Mindset “Equip students with the key skills and attributes needed to be successful in their future career development”

Skills and Attributes for Career Success: Developing an Enterprising Mindset Introduction With employability high on the agenda for both students and education providers, institutions are increasingly looking beyond skills acquisition and enhancement towards developing key attributes and fostering enterprising mindsets that graduates need to thrive in the workplace.   Skills and Attributes for Career Success: Developing an Enterprising Mindset aims to equip students with the key skills and attributes needed to become enterprising and resourceful graduates who can think creatively and be successful in an ever-changing global work environment.   Through a wide range of examples and scenarios, students learn how to apply these crucial skills in different work contexts and how to demonstrate them to potential employers in order to progress towards a rewarding and valuable career.

Head of Swansea Employability Academy, University of Swansea Skills and Attributes for Career Success: Developing an Enterprising Mindset Contributing Team Course Lead Advisors: Tom Davie Former Head of Sunderland Futures and the Careers and Employability Service, University of Sunderland Dr. Jon Howden-Evans Head of Swansea Employability Academy, University of Swansea

Development Group Members Skills and Attributes for Career Success: Developing an Enterprising Mindset Development Group Members Developed in collaboration with: James Cook University Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University  The University of Newcastle, Australia Ulster University University of West London

Skills and Attributes for Career Success: Developing an Enterprising Mindset About the course Published: April 2017 Structure: 7.5 hours of core activities 15 hours of additional activities Who is it for? Designed to support undergraduates at all levels and recent graduates to find career success.

Additional Activities Skills and Attributes for Career Success: Developing an Enterprising Mindset Course Overview Modules Core Activities Additional Activities Module 1: Introduction to key skills and attributes 30 minutes 1 hour Module 2: Creative and innovative thinking 2 hours Module 3: Leadership skills Module 4: Commercial awareness Module 5: Problem solving and decision making Module 6: Communication and networking Module 7: Negotiation skills Module 8: Effective planning

Skills and Attributes for Career Success: Developing an Enterprising Mindset Course Features The online courses will: Offer campus-wide support to help students develop skills for career success such as creative thinking, commercial awareness and leadership Provide students with a range of examples and scenarios from different sectors Help students to recognise and articulate their skills and experience to potential employers Provide significant opportunity for reflective learning and self-efficacy Create enterprising and resourceful graduates who can think creatively and be innovators in a modern work environment.

Skills and Attributes for Career Success: Developing an Enterprising Mindset What does it look like?

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