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Department of Computing

Careers Workshop 1

Karen GuiCareers Consultant

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Topics to be covered

• How to choose your career or next step

• Employers – does size matter?

• Networking for the Shy and Nervous

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Exercise: ‘Drug-dealing and Pimping 101’

• To be a successful drug-dealer or pimp, what skills / experience / knowledge must you possess?

• Just for the purposes of this exercise, please put aside all your moral, legal and social objections to these activities (if any). Thank you!

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Some options•Employment

•Postgraduate Study

•Time Out

•Something Else

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What are skills?

“Acquired measurable behaviours”

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Top 10

• Communication • Numeracy• Analytical• Teamwork; working

with others• Creative problem-

solving

• Commercial awareness

• Information Technology

• Organisational skills• Time-management• Attention to detail

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What skills have I got?

Paid work

Work experience

Volunteering

Work shadowing

Studies

Local community work

Sport/team work

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PASSION IS OVERRATED!More helpful to consider:

• Skills + knowledge acquired so far

• Application of your Computing degree – important or not to you?

• Personality

• Values

• Location of job – how far are you willing to travel or relocate?

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Online resourcesWebsiteswww.careers.lon.ac.uk/sortitwww.windmillsonline.co.uk/interactive/www.careerstagged.co.uk/www.prospects.ac.ukTargetjobs.co.ukUniversity of London Temp Agency http://uol.itssystems.co.uk/UOL/index.asp

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How to contact us• 020 7919 7137• careers@gold.ac.uk• www.gold.ac.uk/careers • In person!

23-24 Laurie Grove

• Find us on Facebook @ www.facebook.com/goldsmiths.careers

• Follow us on Twitter @www.twitter.com/careersgold

• VLE – Careers Service https://learn.gold.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=1828

• Monday -Thursday 9.30 - 4.30• Friday 11.00 - 4.30

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