How to make yourself employable

Employability

“Employability skills are a set of social behaviours and skills that you can learn to help you interact and work with other people in a variety of different situations.”

(Employability Skills, Hind and Moss, 2005)

Did you know....?

86% of employers consider good communication skills to be important, yet many employers are dissatisfied that graduates can express themselves effectively
'Soft'skills such as teamworking are also vital and even more important than most 'hard' skills, although numeracy and literacy skills are considered essential by 70% of employers
65% of international employers indcate that having overseas professional work experience makes gradutes more employable
Online recruitment is the most frequently used and most effective method of graduate recruitment

Archer, W and Davidson J (2008) Graduate Employability: What Do Employers Think and Want? CIHE

Useful Downloads

The popular ‘Your Career – Making it Happen!’ guide is available free for you to download. Written by Glyndŵr University Careers Centre, it contains lots of useful hints, tips and examples about how to plan you career whether you’re a first year or a grauate.

Prospects Work Experience Guide – collect yours from the Careers Centre or Jobshop today
Prospects Work Experience Community
If you only do one thing this week...be a leader

Employability Guides for your Subject

Student Employability Guides - These guides show the employability skills that can be developed during your particular degree subject and highlight the skills employers are looking for -produced by the Higher Education Academy and the Council for Industry and Higher Education.
Employability Uncovered! - is a useful page which lists the skills employers look for, how to improve your employability skills and how you might develop them from your work experience, your education and your interests.
What Do Graduates Do? November 2008 - this represents destinations of UK-domiciled first-degree, HNC and Foundation Degree graduates from the 2006/07 academic year.

Other Useful Resources in the Careers Centre

Books

‘What Color Is Your Parachute?’ Richard Nelson Bolles
Employability Skills, Hind and Moss, 2005
From Learning to Earning
Finding Square Holes
How to Get a Job You’ll Love

Careers Advice

If you need one-to-one advice, just pop into the Careers Centre
Alternatively, if you need an appointment with a Careers Adviser, call 01978 293240 .

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