This webinar was really informative with lots of information on the dos and don’ts of job searching. There were also lots of good links to websites that can find you jobs or help you narrow down what sector or type of job you would like.
Here are the notes that took from the webinar
- Don’t put to much pressure on yourself to find the dream job
- Your career is long and will constantly evolve
- Good websites to look at – Careers Planner, Target Jobs, High Fliers, Gov.uk Graduate statistics
Job Specific Skills
- Creativity, Innovation, Thinking outside the box, self promotion, confidence, commercial awareness and business orientation, teamwork, organisation, time management
- Graduate schemes are great opportunities – you learn lots, get new qualifications, can travel, stringent applications, not always guaranteed a job at the end, most likely need to apply a year in advance
- Graduate Jobs – learn on the job, more flexible, actual job, you can apply closer the time
Websites
- Graduate jobs, Milkround, Brightnetwork
- You most likely need a 2.1 to get a job in art and design
Remember
- Give yourself plenty of time to apply
- Research the companies
- Its competitive
- Make sure you have the best CV
- Make yourself industry aware
- Build up your contacts
- Preparation is key
- Get organised – do you need smart work clothes, software or equipment
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