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Employability for Beginners

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Billy Abbott
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An introduction to employability for students. The talk was accompanied by a dissection of a special 9 page CV that I wrote for the occasion. The first page had a picture of my forehead on, half if it was in Comic Sans and my Dad was my first reference...

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Employability for Beginners Billy Abbott MEng(hons) ACGI MBCS CITP CEng Lead Software Engineer, FactSet Europe Ltd BCS YPG Executive Committee
Who are you? Billy Abbott Computing Graduate 2000 Various positions at FactSet Europe Ltd Software Engineering Team Management Project Management Head of IT Recruitment Trainer Currently a code monkey again BCS YPG Executive Committee member
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What is employability? Lots of things Having the skills for the job Presenting yourself well Being 'right' for the job Having a general base of 'employability'
Having the Skills Work out what you want to do Learn how to do it
Presenting yourself well Email address CV Cover Letter Interview Follow Up
Be Right Every company has a different way of doing things RESEARCH Then do more research And then a bit more Companies have to select on skills, but being right influences the assessment of those skills
General Employability Many pieces to this These are just my opinions YMMV, IANAL, LOL, FTW, TLA, ETLA, HTH
Communication Skills It's not all just talking Writing presentations Writing letters Writing pieces of prose Essays, papers, projects, etc Talking...
Work Experience Not necessarily relevant Although if you can get some then that is a Good Thing Evidence that you know how to work in a working environment Anything to show that you haven't been sitting around doing nothing Internships Relevant if possible, but otherwise something interesting
Professional Development Professional bodies Actually do something other than just join Attend talks Help out Find someone to mentor you BCS working on building a mentorship program IET run one Other professional bodies Acquaintances Internships
Jerry's Final Thought Work out what you want to do Make sure you know how to do it Make sure you know how to show other people that you know how to do it Make sure you know how to tell other people that you know how to do it Don't use Comic Sans on your CV

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Employability for Beginners

  • 1. Employability for Beginners Billy Abbott MEng(hons) ACGI MBCS CITP CEng Lead Software Engineer, FactSet Europe Ltd BCS YPG Executive Committee
  • 2. Who are you? Billy Abbott Computing Graduate 2000 Various positions at FactSet Europe Ltd Software Engineering Team Management Project Management Head of IT Recruitment Trainer Currently a code monkey again BCS YPG Executive Committee member
  • 4. What is employability? Lots of things Having the skills for the job Presenting yourself well Being 'right' for the job Having a general base of 'employability'
  • 5. Having the Skills Work out what you want to do Learn how to do it
  • 6. Presenting yourself well Email address CV Cover Letter Interview Follow Up
  • 7. Be Right Every company has a different way of doing things RESEARCH Then do more research And then a bit more Companies have to select on skills, but being right influences the assessment of those skills
  • 8. General Employability Many pieces to this These are just my opinions YMMV, IANAL, LOL, FTW, TLA, ETLA, HTH
  • 9. Communication Skills It's not all just talking Writing presentations Writing letters Writing pieces of prose Essays, papers, projects, etc Talking...
  • 10. Work Experience Not necessarily relevant Although if you can get some then that is a Good Thing Evidence that you know how to work in a working environment Anything to show that you haven't been sitting around doing nothing Internships Relevant if possible, but otherwise something interesting
  • 11. Professional Development Professional bodies Actually do something other than just join Attend talks Help out Find someone to mentor you BCS working on building a mentorship program IET run one Other professional bodies Acquaintances Internships
  • 12. Jerry's Final Thought Work out what you want to do Make sure you know how to do it Make sure you know how to show other people that you know how to do it Make sure you know how to tell other people that you know how to do it Don't use Comic Sans on your CV