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Introduction
User Guide
Table of Contents
Getting started
Finding out more
Getting that job
What next?
1-4 Getting started
1 - Where are you now?
Section overview
Employability survey
Career survey
2 - Where do you want to be?
Section overview
Degree destinations
Prospects planner
Some career options
Options outside your degree subject
Funding for further study
Module choices
3 - Getting the balance right
Section overview
Balance survey
Does the job fit your needs?
Rights and regulations
LGBT guidelines
Self-employment
4 - Skills Audit
Section overview
Skills diary
Skills audit
Skill spotting
Identifying skills from hobbies and part-time work
Your values
Employability profile
Card sort exercise
5-8 Finding out more
5 - Skills development
Section overview
Volunteering
Developing and improving your skills
How not to do it!
Evaluating visual aids
Giving a presentation
Preparing a presentation
6 - Searching for opportunities
Section overview
Anatomy of a Job Advertisement
Job advert analysis
Alternative sources of vacancies
Internet searches
7 - Building up your contacts
Section overview
Making Contacts and Developing Networks
Professional bodies and your future
Careers Service
Getting the best out of your Careers Service
8 - Doing your research
Section overview
What information do you need?
Location research
Research Activity
School research
Postgraduate course research
9-12 Getting That Job
9 - Making applications
Section overview
Card sort exercise
CV evaluation
Writing your CV
Improving your CV
Standard application form
Covering letters
Online applications
10 - Interviews
Section overview
Interview videos
Mini Interview
Stages of an interview
Telephone interviews
11 - Teaching interviews
Section overview
Hints and Advice
Alternative activities
12 - Assessment centres
Section overview
Summarising information exercise
Psychometric Testing
Individual exercise
Ethical dilemmas
Example of a group exercise
13-14 What next?
13 - Application outcomes
Section overview
Post-interview analysis
Staying positive
Learning from past experiences
Sources of help
Using Feedback
Choosing between offers
14 - Where to go from here
Section overview
Skills Review
Take away guide
Card Sort Exercise
Writing your Action Plan
In a few years time
Performance Audit of Me plc
Finally...
Resources
Web Resources
Education links
Local resources
Job vacancies
Employability websites
Graduate employers
Volunteering opportunities
Psychometric tests
General links
Books
AgCAS materials
Software
Appendix
Index