1. How To Increase Your
Employability
Employability Survey:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/L9DDD35

2. Introduction
Vishnu Hariharan
CEO & Co-Founder
www.bluebook.io
@bluebook_io

3. Kickstart Your Career
Prepare
Market
Invest

4. Core Graduate Skills
Literacy & Numeracy
Time Management &
Organisation
Analytical & Critical Thinking
Information Management
Problem Solving

5. Employability Skills
Drive
Interpersonal
Commercial
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Self-Motivation
Perseverance
Initiative
Adaptability
• Teamwork
• Oral & Written
• Emotional Intelligence
• Business acumen
• IT
• Social Media

6. Question
Will you be ready for the workplace
when you graduate?

7. INVEST

8. Know Yourself
‘Focus on what you do best and do it
the best you can’
• Describe Yourself
• Understand Your Strengths & Weaknesses
• How?
– Take a Personality Quiz eg. Myers-Briggs Test
– Skills Health Check Tool
– Ask Your Friends!
• Improve on your weaknesses but more
importantly leverage your strengths

9. Skill Up
• Employability Courses
– Business Writing
– Presentation Skills
– IT
• Professional Development Courses
– Inhouse (BlueBook, General Assembly, Citylit)
– MOOCs (Coursera, edX)
• Certification & Qualifications

10. CV Additions
• An appealing career summary
• University & Society Involvement
• Awards, Interests & Hobbies
• Languages
• Philanthropy

11. MARKET

12. Your Selling Documents
• CV
• Cover Letter
• LinkedIn Profile
• Facebook, Twitter & Social Media
Channels

13. Market Yourself – Signup to
LinkedIn
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Community: 250m+
No. new signups per second: 2
New Conversations per minute: 200
% Recruiters Screening via LinkedIn: 94%
• Your LinkedIn profile WILL be seen by
employers – make a good impression!

14. Question
How do you use LinkedIn for your
career?

15. Market Yourself - LinkedIn
• How to make a good impression?
• Complete Your Profile
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Upload a Professional Photo
Create a Compelling Headline
List all Previous Positions & Education
Complete the Summary Section
Give Recommendations
• Join Linkedin Groups

16. Grow Your Network
• University Events
– Careers Service
– Societies
• Professional Careers Organisations
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Bright Futures
Prospects.ac.uk
Milkround
gradsintocareers.co.uk
• Online
– LinkedIn Groups
– MeetUps

17. PREPARE

18. Research Your Employer
Company
Industry
Role
Helpful Resources

19. Useful Links
• Skills Health Check Tool
• LinkedIn Article - A Better Way to Discover
Your Strengths
• List of MOOCs websites
• Learn LinkedIn from the Experts
• Steve Job's Commencement Speech Stanford 2005