Employability: What is it? And How Do You Increase It? | Employability4socialsciences - 0 views
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define employability
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The evidence you can provide of your skills/experience and your ability to communicate them in a powerful job winning way to potential employers.
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What most students lack is the evidence and the ability to communicate to employers in a powerful way.
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Evidence can be any of the following: Powerful stories/examples you can talk about at interview/assessment centres and write about on your CV and application forms Press clippings/reports Awards/commendations Video/Audio Blogs Certificates/Qualifications References (from high quality people/contacts!)
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The aim is to get as much experience as possible of for what for most of us is a stressful situation
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The mock interview service that most university career centres offer are good to a point but only if you take them seriously
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when it comes to CVs and application forms is that its not really about you (!) It’s about the role you are applying for and the company you want to work for
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try and hit as many of transferable skills as you can with the above three. These include team work, leadership, project planning and management, information skills, communication skills and reflective skills
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Consider if you haven’t already volunteering, work placements, work experience, charity work, community projects, and part time jobs
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regardless of what the job or person spec says an employer is really looking for three things in applicants: 1) That you can do the job 2) That you will fit in with the organisation 3) You will add more value than you take from the organisation.