Introduction to Career Destinations Vicky Ransley Careers Practitioner Career Destinations

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 Image: freedigitalphotos.net

Career Destinations Events Calendar  Skills Workshops and Presentations - CVs, Applications, Interview Skills  Additional skills sessions - Graduate Passport, - Community Volunteering - Enterprise - Mentoring  Career Centre Tours  Employer events - Presentations - 1:1 appointments - Mock assessment centres  Careers Fairs

How can Career Destinations help you? Detailed website with lots of useful information and advice 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 Opportunities for one-to-one career interviews (through Health Sciences)

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Top Tips from Career Destinations 1) 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 Destinations 2) 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 Destinations 3) 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 Destinations 4) 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

University’s Student Entrepreneurs’ Society – set up by students and run by students Deliver speaker events, workshops and competitions Develop hands-on business skills Free pizza!

Enactus (formerly SIFE)

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

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