2. OVERVIEW
When? What? Who?
30 Minutes Unit Overview Simon Brookes
- Aims and Outcomes
- What is a suitable
experience?
- Programme Outline
- Assessment
- Formalities
15 Minutes Programme of Learning Simon Brookes
30 Minutes What are employability Paul Barnes / Guy Townsin
skills? Considerations (Dept of Employability)
when writing your draft
learning contract
15 Minutes Break
50 Minutes Sources of opportunities Paul Barnes / Guy Townsin
(Dept of Employability)
Simon Brookes
Carley Cummings
(Centre for Enterprise)
5. Full-time paid work 48.2%
Part-time paid work 16.7%
Assumed to be unemployed 14.5%
Further study
Not available for employment
Work and study
Explicit refusal
Voluntary/Unpaid work
2.6% DLHE Survey 2011
0 50 100 150 200 250 300
6. Non-graduate occupations 46.7%
Niche graduate occupations
New graduate occupations
53.3%
Modern graduate occupations
Traditional graduate occupations
DLHE Survey 2011
0 50 100 150 200
7. 18.9%
(1 in 5)
UK Graduate Unemployment*
*Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/03/06/
out-of-work-graduates-pay-schools-education_n_1323259.html
8. 2011 Graduates with 2:1 and
above*
*The Independent: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/
education-news/more-students-graduating-with-top-honours-6288707.html
9. “On average, employers
have received 19%
more completed job
applications during the
early part of the
recruitment season
than they had last year”
“The Graduate Market in 2012” – High Fliers Research
10. Have you considered
enterprise?
Simon Brookes
Competition for jobs is fierce
Principal Lecturer, Creative Technologies
11. “Employers expect graduates to
have technical and discipline
competences from their degrees
but require graduates also to
demonstrate a range of broader
skills and attributes that include
team-
working, communication, leaders
hip, critical thinking, problem
solving and managerial abilities.”
“Employers’ perceptions of the employability skills of new graduates” – The Edge Foundation
12. “..a third of 2012 entry-level
positions are expected to
be filled by graduates who
have already worked for
their organisations – either
through industrial
placements, vacation work
or sponsorships..”
“The Graduate Market in 2012” – High Fliers Research
13. “More than half of recruiters
warn that graduates who have
had no previous work
experience at all are unlikely
to be successful during the
selection process and have
little or no chance of receiving
a job offer..”
“The Graduate Market in 2012” – High Fliers Research
22. Programme of Learning
When?
No later than three weeks after you have
secured a professional experience
What?
Personalised Learning Programme where
you:
Define goals – Consider Skills – Develop
Plan
23. Programme of Learning
Two Main Sections:
1. Summary of Professional Experience
– Type of organisation
– Department
– Outline of roles and responsibilities
– Is it paid or unpaid?
2. Learning Goals
24. Programme of Learning
Learning Goal (skill to Competency Why? How?
develop) Score
Become better at 3 I have not had Through giving
Presenting in front of much a presentation
others experience of to staff / a
presentations customer
and find them during my
very scary. internship and /
or by going to a
workshop on
presentation
skills.
Teamworking 6
26. CCi Placements Office
Victory course: CCi Placements – CCIPLA
www.port.ac.uk/victory
Complete the CCi placements office registration form 11/12
on the CCIPLA home page:
Step 1 – complete the registration form – do this ASAP so
you start receiving CCi placement bulletins by email
Step 2 – upload a high-quality placements CV for approval
Once both steps have been completed and your CV has
been approved, you will receive an email informing you that
you now have access to the “Vacancies and Resources”
folder.
