The document provides guidance to students on finding their first steps in careers in development, charities, and not-for-profits by outlining key steps such as gaining relevant experience through volunteering, networking, researching options in the sector, identifying vacancies, and writing a strong CV. It emphasizes that career paths in these fields are non-linear and gaining experience through volunteering and internships is important for building skills and opportunities. The Careers & Employability Centre offers support through workshops, appointments with advisors, and listing relevant vacancies.
This handout helps you understand how to define and grow your network. Networking leads to more information about opportunities, industries, and companies.
Connect working 2017 05 - How to value your transferable skillsBC Talents
Bénédicte Flouriot, certified career and leadership coach, will give you many pieces of advice on how to export your skills from job to job for example, but also how to make your skills attractive for your next employer, even coming from a different field.
This handout helps you understand how to define and grow your network. Networking leads to more information about opportunities, industries, and companies.
Connect working 2017 05 - How to value your transferable skillsBC Talents
Bénédicte Flouriot, certified career and leadership coach, will give you many pieces of advice on how to export your skills from job to job for example, but also how to make your skills attractive for your next employer, even coming from a different field.
LaunchNET at Kent State University helps students, staff, faculty, and alumni start, grow, and develop innovative entrepreneurial ideas. This is one of our Workshops: Getting Started with Networking.
Two years ago the Tuck School of Business rolled out Chatter to its MBA students and staff. Now it is the preferred method of communication for all student clubs, all career services communications, and increasingly for academic use. Rebecca Joffrey has been actively involved in this roll-out, from the initial launch, through early hiccups, to what is now a stable and successful platform that takes on much of Tuck’s internal communications and collaboration. This session is a chance to learn from Tuck’s experience, including what to do (and what not to do) in terms of roll-out and student uptake.
Come hear about best practices for developing advisory boards from several academy teams from Hartford, Connecticut. Topics include recruiting and
retaining advisory board members, structuring and organizing an effective advisory board, securing and managing internships, and developing and implementing meaningful work-based learning inside and beyond the classroom.
Presenter: Jose Ramirez, Hartford Public Schools
LaunchNET at Kent State University helps students, staff, faculty, and alumni start, grow, and develop innovative entrepreneurial ideas. This is one of our Workshops: Getting Started with Networking.
Two years ago the Tuck School of Business rolled out Chatter to its MBA students and staff. Now it is the preferred method of communication for all student clubs, all career services communications, and increasingly for academic use. Rebecca Joffrey has been actively involved in this roll-out, from the initial launch, through early hiccups, to what is now a stable and successful platform that takes on much of Tuck’s internal communications and collaboration. This session is a chance to learn from Tuck’s experience, including what to do (and what not to do) in terms of roll-out and student uptake.
Come hear about best practices for developing advisory boards from several academy teams from Hartford, Connecticut. Topics include recruiting and
retaining advisory board members, structuring and organizing an effective advisory board, securing and managing internships, and developing and implementing meaningful work-based learning inside and beyond the classroom.
Presenter: Jose Ramirez, Hartford Public Schools
Finding warm bodies to meet your recruitment goals may be a relatively easy task. But finding the right mentors can be very difficult. Developing an effective recruitment strategy takes creativity, flexibility, innovation, and a good amount of brunt work. This month's webinar will focus on several key practices recommended in the field, including marketing tools, messaging, analyzing data, the importance of partnerships, and the establishment of a sound recruitment plan. Friends for Youth's Mentoring Institute Program Director Sarah Kremer and Recruitment Specialist Jonathan Cowgill will also share some best practices and our own program's recruitment experiences.
Join us as we navigate what works and what doesn't work as you start your fall mentor recruitment campaigns!
Finding qualified professionals to contribute as volunteers can be a challenge. This webinar provides leaders of non-profit organizations and social purpose businesses with tips and logistical steps to successfully engage professional volunteers, access new relationships, and build board membership.
At VolunteerMatch we have a unique view into what volunteers are looking for in an opportunity. The age of one-size fits all volunteer engagement is coming to an end. This webinar will start with a review of some of the things that we know about what volunteers are looking for in an opportunity. It will then help you use this information to start designing volunteer opportunities and determining who is the “right” volunteer for your program. You’ll also learn how “word of mouth” plays such a large role in attracting volunteers to your organization and how social media makes this even more important.
This is a great introduction to some of our more advanced webinars including Where do I go from here? Engage Volunteers in New Ways, and Developing a Strategic Plan for Volunteer Engagement
Creating Virtual Opportunities & Engaging Remote Volunteers - Part 1VolunteerMatch
Beginning to incorporate virtual volunteer opportunities into your volunteer engagement program can be tricky. But, by thinking creatively, embracing technology, and creating screening, training and retention plans built specifically for remote volunteers, you can engage volunteers with the talents you need even if they're on the other side of the state, the country or the world! Join Jennifer Bennett and Deanna Cole as they discuss best practices for creating successful virtual opportunities, and building and managing relationships with remote volunteers. Part II will build on these concepts and discuss in more detail managing remote volunteers. Sample position descriptions and recruitment messages will be provided. While it is strongly encouraged and extremely beneficial to attend both Part I and Part II of this series, attending both is not required.
You want to share the impact volunteers have in your organization and in the community, but often the information you track doesn’t help you tell that story. This webinar will help you move past number of volunteers and number of hours and start telling the real story. You'll learn about information gathering and the key components to good storytelling, how to evaluate your current measurements and how to build support for a more thorough measurement and evaluation program, and how to engage other staff – paid and volunteer – in this work. You'll also receive a worksheet to help you begin to tell the story of volunteer impact in your organization. (last slide of the deck)
Presentation from Irwin Mitchell about its application process for trainee solicitors. It covers applications, interviews and assessment centres. November 2018
2. • get relevant experience
• find vacancies
• build your professional network and
present yourself effectively
• identify appropriate next steps for you
In this session you will find out how to:
3. Where are you now
• What have you discovered so far in
your career exploration?
• What did you learn at the Make it
Happen event?
• In pairs/ groups…….
4. Key points
• You may not have a definite idea about what comes next &
that’s OK. Many of the speakers gained clarity as they built
experience!
• Development, NGO & Charity career paths will evolve & are
generally non-linear.
• Make the most of any experience you can get.
• Volunteering is a great way to build experience & do as much
as you can now!
• Build & use your networks
• Stay positive and be patient!
5. 1. Be sure it’s what you want.
2. Be sure it wants you.
3. Does it fit with your aspirations?
4. Know how you want contribute.
5. Build the right skills, qualifications & interests.
6. Be prepared to work for nothing.
7. Build your CV.
8. Don’t give up.
9. Have a plan (but be prepared to change it!)
10.When you get the break…make an impact!
David Bull
Executive Director
UNICEF UK
7. What next?
• Reflect on your skills
• Research the sector & your options
• Network
• Build your experience
• Search for vacancies
• Write a CV
8. Reflect on your skills, interests,
motivations
We have tools on our website & hand outs in the
centre to help with this process!
www.sussex.ac.uk/careers/careerchoices/interests
‘Profiling for success’ career interests tool could help!
11. Build your network
Making new contacts
• Sussex Alumni Careers Network
• contact details from the vacancy advert.
• names in journals, magazines, reports, the
press, twitter.
• specialist directories.
• prepare your elevator pitch!
12. Build your experience
- Volunteer (e.g. Project V)
- Get involved while you are at Sussex
(campaigning, societies, local action groups)
- Develop useful skills
- Information interviewing, work shadowing,
work experience, internships
- Paid work- entry level positions
- Graduate roles (e.g. Charity Works – graduate
scheme)
13. Current interesting opportunities on
sussex.ac.uk/careers
- Recycling Project Internship , Roses are Rubbish
- Education Internship, UNICEF China
- Professional Placement (Citizenship), Nationwide
- Professional Placement (Education Assistant),
Countryside Education Trust
- Blog Contributor - Development in Action
- Programme Associate - One Acre Fund
- 12 Week Graduate Internship - SKIP
Find sector specific vacancies on sector guides
15. Taking action
How are you going to move forward now?
• Make an action plan
• What are your goals
• Add some dates
How will you know you have made progress?
16. Careers & Employability Centre
Support
• Workshops – daily events, weekly programme
• Short interview with a careers adviser:
Mon – Fri from 10 am ‘til 5pm and Wed ‘til
7pm
• Vacancies – part time, work experience,
internships, graduate jobs
www.sussex.ac.uk/careers