Getting Experience and Developing your CV

Career determinants

Influencing factors => Career/Job

personality

interest

ability

opportunity

Personality

Interests

Skills and knowledge developed through university

Opportunity

Skills and knowledge developed through work experience

Personality questionnaire

extroversion vs introversion;

sensing vs intuition:

thinking vs feeling:

judging vs perceiving.

6 types

Realistic—likes working with animals, tools, machines;

Investigative—likes science, maths, solving problems;

Artistic—likes drama, crafts, music;

Social—likes helping people;

Enterprising—likes leading and persuading people;

Conventional—likes working with numbers, records, is systematic

Types ofwork experience while you are at university

6 types

university-based;

volunteering

vacation jobs:

part-time jobs during term time;

placements and internships;

studying abroad and placements abroad.

Making initial contact with organizations—your CV

Using LinkedIn

Headline: Make sure that you think very carefully about key words describing yourself? What is your expertise? How can you help others?

Education: According to LinkedIn and completing this section gets
you seven times more profile views

• Summary: This needs to be interesting and to the point.

• Experience: This is where you can add documents (e.g. your CV), photos, links, videos and presentations

Securing a placement—the selection process

Training while on a placement or internship

Induction training

Planned development versus self-directed learning in the workplace

Ongoing appraisals and personal development

Learning new communication skills during your work experience

Networking while at work

Internal Networking

External Networking

visits to customers or clients;

trade exhibitions:

professional bodies' events (e.g. chartered institutes);

sales promotions;

training events;

site visits;

invitations to product launches;

company hospitality events (sports, dinners);

awards ceremonies.