1. Careers and Employability Your Careers Portal Patricia Nnadi (Careers Consultant) londonmet.ac.uk/careers

2. Your Careers Portal - What is it?
An Employability resource rich multi media platform with employer led information and interactive exercises.
Your Careers Portal helps you understand today’s changing job market.
Your Careers Portal provides a professional service that is
in tune with the needs of fast moving careers and employability requirements,...
...which is easily accessible, attractive and easy to use.
Move your Career forward with confidence.

3. Session Objectives
Overall Visual Tour of your Careers Portal
Industry reports (15 industries: Banking, Charities, Healthcare, Legal Media Retail, Travel and more)
Job Hunting – Virtual tour of all the things you want to know about looking and securing a job, job techniques with Job search engine and much more...
CVs and Cover Letters explained (CV and cover letter builder) Gain information from employers insights
How to do well at Interviews and hear tips from employers on how to succeed
Self development analysing your skills/ developing a plan
Psychometric tests (online exercises)

4. Careers Portal - A great tool at your disposal
“Your Careers Portal” on the Careers & Employability website:
Or go to your Student Zone/ Jobs and Employment/Career and Employability Advice/Your Careers Portal
To log in, use your normal London Met Log In
There are many resources available on Your Careers Portal, various topics in various formats for various needs and preferences.
It’s best to have particular need or goal when accessing it. E.g. finding out more about telephone interviewing

8. For latest updates on Industry Reports
The state of my Industry
Open the resource tab at the top of the page and select Industry Reports.
Click on the tab and you will have the choice of various industries.
Accountancy Banking Charities Consulting Consumer Goods, Insurance, Energy, Oil & Utilities Engineering & Construction Healthcare Insurance Legal Media (incl. Advertising & Marketing) Mining Retail Telecommunications Travel & Tourism

10. Under each sector you will find:
sections
Trends
 SWOT Analysis
 Employment & considerations
 Recruiters + locations
 Useful websites
 Companies
 More industries
+ Annual revenues and number of employees
(TIPS: check the companies & Employees’ profiles on LinkedIn)
Let’s have a look now..

11. Now you have an understanding of your INDUSTRY
Select JOB HUNTING section on main page, scroll down for the various topics available to you:
Graduate Jobs in London (graduate jobs in London 8777 found)
Job Search Engine (100’s of jobs available) by location
Careers and Employability, Student Services (tailor-made support for any employability question/advice you may need from our team of professionals)
E-Hireability (online footprint and social media)
Job Hunt Techniques (techniques and methods)
Research Employers
Work with Recruiters
Self-Employment
Let’s see in more details...

13. Let’s explore E- Hire ability on the JOB HUNTING section
You will find employers’ videos and various resources which will provide you with valuable and informative advice on how to
Manage your online footprint
Making yourself more hireable
Using social media in your job search
Getting to grips with LinkedIn
And building a virtual network
Managing your online footprint
Make yourself more e-hireable
Using social media in your job search
Getting to grips with LinkedIn
Building a virtual network

15. CV and Cover Letter Tips, Advice, Guidance
You have seconds to catch an employer’s attention
with your CV
Your CV should make it obvious where could potentially add value to the new employer.
The Careers Portal will allow you to gain some extremely valuable tips and insights from employers.. Here’s how..

16. In this section CV and Cover Letters
Planning your CV, Writing your CV, Checking your CV
Employers’ insights in filtering and evaluating your CV
Adding key skills to your CV
Career Change CV template
Classic CV template
Education on your CV
How to structure your CV
Including interests on your CV
Positive action words database
Returning to work CV tutorial
Skills-based CV template
Why and how to reduce the length of your CV
Work experience on your CV Writing an effective personal profile
Writing effective achievements

17. CV Builder and Cover Letter Builder

18. Interview Overview
Take an auto-generated mock interview
or browse the questions employers use
the most at interviews.
Practise your interview technique against the clock, record your answers as you go;
Compare your responses against video advice from employers,
Hear from employers why they ask these questions and how good answers differ from poor ones.

23. Developing self awareness

24. Popular Content Strengths quiz Job Search Engine Interview simulator
Work Related Learning Module

27. How to research a topic ... using the banner (centre top)

28. Virtual tour - Your Careers Portal
Finally...
You will benefit from the latest high quality career resources, equip to progress your career by consuming the very latest and regularly updated topics and the support it offers, with a rich wealth of content available to read and practice with.
Good luck from your Careers and Employability team at
London Met
Holloway:
Moorgate:
(We’re open all summer, come and see us for a 1 to 1 session
to discuss your aspirations and employability needs)