PDP and the Careers PDP and the Careers CentreCentre

Nicki CastelloNicki Castello

Head of CareersHead of Careers

Topics for this sessionTopics for this session

• The role of the Careers Centre in PDPThe role of the Careers Centre in PDP

• Current strategyCurrent strategy

• Career Management – tour the Career Management – tour the territoryterritory

• Some success storiesSome success stories

• Future directions…Future directions…

The Careers Centre exists to support the University’s current students, recent graduates and staff by helping them to develop their employability skills and manage their own

career development.

PDP and the Careers CentrePDP and the Careers Centre

• The Careers Centre The Careers Centre aims to encourage aims to encourage students to think students to think about their personal about their personal development at development at university university in relation in relation to their career aims to their career aims and future and future employability.employability.

Benefits of career development Benefits of career development learning…learning…

• MotivationMotivation

• ConfidenceConfidence

• FocusFocus

• Level and range of Level and range of achievementachievement

• Smoother transition Smoother transition from HE to next activityfrom HE to next activity

• Better chance of a Better chance of a graduate calibre job on graduate calibre job on graduationgraduation

Careers Centre strategy for Careers Centre strategy for PDPPDP• At Level 1At Level 1 – – focus on information resourcesfocus on information resources

MPloy, web-based information, 160 modulesMPloy, web-based information, 160 modules• At Level 2 – focus on curriculum inputAt Level 2 – focus on curriculum input

Options, career planning, work experience, Options, career planning, work experience, placements and volunteeringplacements and volunteering

• At Level 3 – focus on individual guidanceAt Level 3 – focus on individual guidance1-1 interviews, workshops to develop 1-1 interviews, workshops to develop transition skills (CV & application writing, transition skills (CV & application writing, networking, job-hunting, interview & networking, job-hunting, interview & presentation skills, assessment centres)presentation skills, assessment centres)

Current success storiesCurrent success stories

• Careers sessionsCareers sessions for departments – 68 last for departments – 68 last year across all campusesyear across all campuses

• MPloyMPloy – employability guide with SU Jobshop – employability guide with SU Jobshop• Generic modules Generic modules - highly rated by students - highly rated by students

SLE201 Careers and EmployabilitySLE201 Careers and EmployabilitySLE203 Volunteering and Employability SLE203 Volunteering and Employability

• Partnership with Humanities Partnership with Humanities – their – their PDP/Careers menu encourages students to PDP/Careers menu encourages students to seek interviews, attend Look@Work, use the seek interviews, attend Look@Work, use the Careers Centre…Careers Centre…

Key MessageKey Message

• Planned partnership Planned partnership working between the working between the Careers Centre and Careers Centre and faculties is crucial - faculties is crucial - career planning and career planning and management best management best introduced to students introduced to students in the context of a in the context of a relevant module, relevant module, endorsed & supported endorsed & supported by academics…by academics…

Future directions…Future directions…

• Flexible delivery of guidance – Flexible delivery of guidance – bookable appointments on campuses bookable appointments on campuses

• Careers sessions embedded into Careers sessions embedded into faculty PDP programmes and faculty PDP programmes and modules - shared delivery of SLE modules - shared delivery of SLE modules?modules?

• On-line career management On-line career management resources, customised for faculties…resources, customised for faculties…