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

2. 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

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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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 p.adams.2@bham.ac.uk

8. Events that give you enterprising skills

9. Start-up support programme

11. University of Birmingham Setting yourself up for success with LinkedIn Tripp Martin Careers in Business Manager www.linkedin.com/trippmartin13

12. 300K jobs LinkedIn by numbers… 380M + ©2013 LinkedIn Corporation. All Rights Reserved. UK professionals 3.5M + active company profiles 150 + industries 60K + college and university alumni groups Executives from every Fortune 500 company 39M + students and recent grads 19M + professionals

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

14. 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

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

16. Find the right Group for you

17. Definitely join your university Alumni Group

18. Join groups in areas of interest & engage

19. Utilise status updates, like & share content

20. Employers on LinkedIn 20

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

22. Company Insights?

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

24. 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

25. Take a look at alumni from your university…

26. Follow your University Page 26

27. www.linkedin.com/alumni Studying Career Paths | Identifying Mentors | Identifying contacts

28. 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. 30 Find out more: university.linkedin.com students.linkedin.com/uk Linkedin.com/alumni