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The document discusses the gap between expectations and reality for BComm students at Victoria University regarding their degree's impact on job prospects. It emphasizes the importance of gaining experience, utilizing available university resources, and enhancing CVs with relevant keywords. Furthermore, it advocates for actively engaging in internships and continuous online learning while sharing knowledge publicly to foster personal growth.
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- 1. HAVING A DEGREE Expectations vsReality Presentation for Victoria University BCOMM Students (wondering what exactly happens next and why?)
- 2. EXPECTATION A degree willget you a job
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- 4. EXPECTATION Uni will teachyou all you need to know
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- 6. EXPECTATION Employers need tosee a degree to recognise your expertise
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- 8. So what do Employerslook for?
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- 10. So what canI do to get a job? 1. University Resources 2. Know some basics about CV’s 3. Things to do now
- 11. 1. Resources atVic 1. Career Hub https://careerhub.vuw.ac.nz/students/login?ReturnUrl=%2f 2. Vic Plus Certificate http://www.victoria.ac.nz/students/get-involved/vic-plus 3. Become a Mentor: http://www.victoria.ac.nz/students/get-involved/lead-mentor/te-putahi-atawhai
- 12. 2. Things toknow about CV’s 1. CV’s go through SEO before they reach humans. Use KEYWORDS applicable to your job search (SEO Hack – look at the bottom of your Google Searches where it says “Related Searches”) 2. Employers look for experience. Get experience. Gain experience for free if you need to. Ask for a letter of recommendation (and offer to write it for them) 3. Don’t worry so much about your grades (unless you have a reason to). Once you have a degree its rare that individual grades will be a deal breaker
- 13. 3. Things todo now 1. Apply to become a Tutor (but tutor something you are passionate about, not just good at – would you rather have a bored, complacent know it all expert teaching you? Or a passionate, enthusiastic inquisitive personality that finds out because they really need to know – and accepts that there is still a lot more to know?) 2. Ask your favourite lecturer to be an academic referee (ask your favourite tutor if you don’t like any of your lecturers…or if they don’t like you). 3. Create a LinkedIn Account NOW and post your recommendations on it
- 14. One last pieceof advice… Internships: Apply for ALL of them. Internships are harder to get than grad positions For additional learning resources: Learn on demand is one of the top 5 angel investment categories (Silicon Valley) 2016…and it’s taken off in a very big way I’m using Udemy among others – it’s awesome A basic Google search will pull up a large number of them…
- 15. Such as thefollowing Google searches: “best online study websites” “learn on demand labs” “top online learning resources” “top online learning sites” “e learning sites online education” “top free learning websites” This is a handy little article: https://blog.todoist.com/2016/04/22/guide-to-online-learning-sites/ And the Reddit and Sub Reddit List: https://www.reddit.com/comments/cktxy/reddit_lets_compile_a_list_of_the_best_online/ Because…Reddit.Is.Life.andtheuniverseandeverything
- 16. A small list.Wait until you see what they offer for free: Udemy Canvas Network Open UW Howcast Memrise Schooltube Coursera Khan Academy Academic Earth Open Yale Courses Codeacademy MOZ Clarity Open2study edX Ureddit Learnondemand Microsoft On Demand (MS.IT.Academy) Virtual Training Company FAST Joshbersin.com Stanford engineering everywhere Better explained HOW design university HTML dog Skillcrush Hack design Ed2go CFCLearnFree.org Stack exchange HippoCampus Instructables creativeLIVE Do it yourself Grovo MIT Open Courseware Open Learning Initiative MIT Video Stanford Online Harvard Extension School Quantum Physics Made Relatively Simple UC San Diego Podcast Lectures University of the People NovoEd Udacity Apple Developer Site Google Code Code.org Mozilla Developer Network Learnable Pluralsight CodeHS Aquent Gymnasium ALISON HubSpot Academy iTunesU Open Culture Online Courses UC Berkeley Class Central Carnegie Mellon Open Learning Initiative University of London/Oxford/BBC Podcasts LessonPaths TED-Ed W3Schools Peer 2 Peer University Treehouse The Code Player Tuts+Network
- 17. And if youdon’t want to do any of that… Publish. Publish everything you write. Blog. Share what you know. Share what you don’t know! (Hint: most people share what they think they know – lecturers, professors, tutors, marketers and institutions alike). Most people don’t publish or share because it’s really scary to give yourself permission to fail, and to fail often, and publically. Ironically, failure is a massive component of effective learning.
- 18. Further Resources: If interestedin more about what I consider highly intelligent views on the education system as we know it I encourage you to consider researching John Taylor Gatto I consider him to be one of the best teachers I have been fortunate enough to have had ( albeit online) I applied some of his ideas to some of my own classes and achieved what I consider remarkable results http://www.filmsforaction.org/news/the-public-school-nightmare-why-fix-a-system- designed-to-destroy-individual-thought/ http://www.filmsforaction.org/articles/10-provocative-quotes-from-ivan-illichs- deschooling-society/
- 19. clinton den heyer (expectationapproximately equal to reality) c_den_heyer@hotmail.com nz.linkedin.com/in/clintondenheyer