You're Hired! Graduate Career Handbook : Maximise Your Employability and Get a Graduate Job.

Intro -- YOU'RE HIRED! GUIDES -- CONTENTS -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- WHO IS THIS BOOK FOR? -- A NOTE ON THE USE OF URLs, REFERENCES AND EXAMPLES -- INTRODUCTION -- How to read this book -- What is in this book? -- 1 I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MYSELF -- Introduction -- What is reflection? -- Knowing yourself -- Testing your personality -- Values -- Likes and interests -- Strengths and weaknesses -- Finding your path -- 2 MAKING THE MOST OF YOUR DEGREE -- Introduction -- Your subject -- Get connected to your subject/area of interest -- Use existing sources of support -- Should I carry on with my subject? -- Your degree and graduate employers -- Do employers care where I have studied? -- What do people do with a degree in ______? -- What have I really learned in my degree? -- 3 ARE YOU EXPERIENCED? -- Introduction -- Why is work experience so important? -- I don't have any experience -- Extended work experience -- Making the most of your work experience -- 4 IT'S NOT WHAT YOU KNOW, IT'S WHO YOU KNOW -- Introduction -- Why network? -- How to network -- Overcoming your fear of networking -- Building your network -- Networking online -- Maintaining your network into the workplace -- 5 LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP -- Introduction -- Why is research so important? -- What questions should I ask? -- Research strategies -- Making the most of your research -- 6 SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO? -- Introduction -- What is postgraduate study? -- Why do postgraduate study? -- Fitting postgraduate study into your life -- Applying for postgraduate study -- Keep thinking about your career -- 7 SUCCESSFUL APPLICATIONS AND INTERVIEWS -- Introduction -- What are employers looking for? -- What does graduate recruitment typically look like? -- Stage 1: CV, cover letter and application -- Stage 2: Online selection testing.

Stage 3: Telephone and video interviews -- Stage 4: Assessment centres -- Stage 5: Interview -- Stage 6: Getting a job offer -- On reflection -- 8 HELP ME! -- Introduction -- Recognising that you need help -- Who can help me? -- How can I make the most of this help? -- What about the world wide web? -- 9 THE IMPORTANCE OF PLAN B -- Introduction -- Preparing to fail or failing to prepare -- Managing the risks in your career -- Setting up some alternatives -- Do you know what failure looks like? -- 10 STARTING WORK -- Introduction -- Your first day -- Making a good impression -- Office politics -- Making friends -- Continuing your career development -- Leaving your first job -- 11 IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T SUCCEED … -- Introduction -- I'm just doing nothing … -- Under--employment and disappointing destinations -- I've got a graduate job, but it isn't what I thought that it would be -- When is the right time to move? -- How do I make the most of my experience? -- Remember, this is just another stop on your journey -- CONCLUSION - FINAL THOUGHTS -- ENDNOTES.

Comprehensive guide to career planning and job hunting for students and graduates, organised in simple chapters to help readers address the various issues they experience as they move through uni and into work. Topics include: self-reflection, career planning, job research, networking, recruitment practices, employability skills and Plan B.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.