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Stand out from the crowd
Developing your Employability
Lesley Dennison & Stephanie Brockbank
Employability & Placements Unit
Faculty of Business and Law
Why are you at university?
• To improve my job prospects
• You are investing in yourself but how can you do that?
• How can you get a head start?
How can I get a head start?
There are a range of skills, knowledge and attributes that every employer is looking for in new recruits:
Employability skills
Essential building blocks to get your first job and the next whatever your degree or your career choice
What are the Employability skills?
• Positive attitude
• Problem solving/Decision making
• Team working
• Self management
• Communication
• Planning and organising
• Commercial and customer awareness
• Networking
• Numeracy
• IT literacy
CBI/NUS Survey 2010
How can I develop them?
• In my course
• Placements
• Volunteering
• Temporary work
• Work related learning
• Internships
• Student union roles
Who can support me?
• Jobs and Careers www.leedsmet.ac.uk/studenthub/career-advice.htm
Student Hub : Employability resources/Employability skills Prospects @ Employment Team Employability Resource Online (ERol)
• X-stream – Employability tab https://x-stream.leedsmet.ac.uk/
• Employability and Placement Unit www.leedsmet.ac.uk/fbl/placements.htm
• Volunteering www.leedsmet.ac.uk/studenthub/volunteering.htm
After the experience………
• Record the activity
• Reflect on the experience
• What did you learn?
• Build evidence of your developing skills
Sell your employability skills to prospective employers to stand out from the crowd at interview
Your Placement Year – Don’t Miss It!
A fantastic
opportunity for you
Benefits for you?
• Employers prefer graduates with work experience
• You will gain real-life practical work experience
• Think of all the contacts you will make and networking opportunities you will have
• You will perform better in your final year
• You will be paid a salary
• An extra module in your final year already complete
What does the Placement involve?
• 12 months valuable work experience in a business
• The work must be relevant to your course and at a level allowing some responsibility
• Full time employee of the company, retaining student status
• Undertaken in your third year. Can commence any time between June & September
Where have BAAF students been placed?
• Warner Brothers
• Audit Partnership
• NHS
• Redmayne Bentley
• UKAR
• Asda
• Walt Disney
• Marks & Spencer
• GE Capital
• House of Commons
• IBM
• HM Treasury
• Pearson Jones
• Panasonic
• Cummins Engine Company
Numbers taking up the opportunity
Year Students enrolled
Students registered
% students registered
2011/12 255 54 21%
2012/13 146 96 66%
2013/14 92 64 70%
A tough challenge but it is worth it!
• Finance sector crisis
• Supply of placements
• Desire to graduate in 3 years
• Limited mobility of students
Help is available – you will not be alone!
How will we help you?
A dedicated team of staff to help you on your journey Help with: • CVs and Letters • Application Forms • Interviews • Assessment Centres • Psychometric Tests
How will we help you?
• A website advertising 12 month and short term opportunities
• Testimonials from students and employers
• Timetabled support sessions
• Useful resources to help you get a placement
• Knowledge of businesses that have taken our students before
Stand out from the crowd
• http://www.leedsmet.ac.uk/fbl/placements.htm
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aq6y3RO12UQb
Employability and Placement Unit
www.leedsmet.ac.uk/fbl/placements.htm
E-mail: [email protected]
Tel: 0113 812 7510