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Help – How do I start?
• The nature of modern careers
• A six step guide to taking control
Help – How do I start?
• See what’s important today
• Understand how graduate recruitment has changed over the last fiHy years
This session will help you:
• Take control of your career planning journey
Some quesLons on modern careers
1. What is the % growth in the student numbers since ’64? a.10% b.50% c.400% d.1000% e. 6000%
2. What proporLon of today’s jobs can be labelled ‘tradiLonal graduate jobs’ a.10% b.20% c.30% d.40% e50%
3. What % of grads go into careers related to their degrees? a.20% b.30% c.40% d.50% e. 60%
4. What do you think is mankind’s greatest individual skill?
Answers 1. What is the % growth in the student numbers since ’64? a.10% b.50% c.400% d.1000% e. 6000%
Student numbers have grown by 6000%! (from 25,0000 to 1.5 million)
Answers 2. What proporLon of today’s jobs are ‘tradiLonal graduate jobs’ a.10% b.20% c.30% d.40% e50%
TradiLonal graduate jobs make up about 10% of UK jobs (but there’s been a massive growth in modern, new and niche roles)
Answers Elias’ job types
Answers 3. What % of grads go into careers related to their degrees? a.20% b.30% c.40% d.50% e. 60%
Only 30% of graduates go into careers directly related to their degrees! (source: AGCAS) Why? – Because employers look for skills and commitment above knowledge
Answers 4. What do you think is man’s greatest individual skill?
Our greatest skill is…. communicaLon
CommunicaLon is crucial at work and in recruitment along with other metacogniLve skills such as: • The ability to reflect • The capacity to take
responsibility
So, now you know about modern careers…
• The nature of modern careers
• A six step guide to taking control
1. See what’s out there
The proporLon of occupaLons that most graduates consider
All graduate occupaLons
-‐ Your skills -‐ Your interests -‐ Your moLvaLons
2. IdenLfy what floats your goat boat
3.Narrow down some exciLng roles
Link your skills, interests and
moLvaLons to the roles you’re considering
4.Plan your route
4.Plan your route • Work • Volunteering • Networking • MeeLng people • Joining socieLes • Further study • Keeping your eyes
open
5. Make targeted applicaLons
Prove you have the ajributes required
(e.g the skills. commitment, knowledge and experience)
6. Keep your eyes open
• Careers have become more flexible and diverse
• You have to take control
• One effecLve way to do this is to break the process up into individual manageable tasks
• Don’t be scared to ask for help (and read my book!)
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