8. Know Yourself
‘Focus on what you do best and do it
the best you can’
• Describe Yourself
• Understand Your Strengths & Weaknesses
• How?
– Take a Personality Quiz eg. Myers-Briggs Test
– Skills Health Check Tool
– Ask Your Friends!
• Improve on your weaknesses but more
importantly leverage your strengths
9. Skill Up
• Employability Courses
– Business Writing
– Presentation Skills
– IT
• Professional Development Courses
– Inhouse (BlueBook, General Assembly, Citylit)
– MOOCs (Coursera, edX)
• Certification & Qualifications
10. CV Additions
• An appealing career summary
• University & Society Involvement
• Awards, Interests & Hobbies
• Languages
• Philanthropy
12. Your Selling Documents
• CV
• Cover Letter
• LinkedIn Profile
• Facebook, Twitter & Social Media
Channels
13. Market Yourself – Signup to
LinkedIn
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Community: 250m+
No. new signups per second: 2
New Conversations per minute: 200
% Recruiters Screening via LinkedIn: 94%
• Your LinkedIn profile WILL be seen by
employers – make a good impression!
15. Market Yourself - LinkedIn
• How to make a good impression?
• Complete Your Profile
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Upload a Professional Photo
Create a Compelling Headline
List all Previous Positions & Education
Complete the Summary Section
Give Recommendations
• Join Linkedin Groups
16. Grow Your Network
• University Events
– Careers Service
– Societies
• Professional Careers Organisations
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Bright Futures
Prospects.ac.uk
Milkround
gradsintocareers.co.uk
• Online
– LinkedIn Groups
– MeetUps
19. Useful Links
• Skills Health Check Tool
• LinkedIn Article - A Better Way to Discover
Your Strengths
• List of MOOCs websites
• Learn LinkedIn from the Experts
• Steve Job's Commencement Speech Stanford 2005