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ISBN 10: 1352005166
ISBN 13: 9781352005165
Author: Steve Rook

Written by experienced careers advisor Steve Rook, the new edition of this indispensable guide will help readers to develop the skills they need to land their dream job. It breaks the career planning process down into manageable steps, from researching roles and gaining work experience to crafting a stand-out CV and impressing at interview. It also includes practical guidance on networking, entrepreneurship and responding to job offers. Packed with reflective activities, top tips for successful applications and real life case studies, it contains everything students need to develop their skills, get their foot in the door and set themselves up for a fulfilling future.
This text will be core reading for students on a wide range of career-related and employability modules. It will also be an invaluable resource for students researching their career options independently.
New to this Edition:
– Updated content on networking and managing your online presence
– More content on work experience and internships, and how they can help students get their foot in the door
– Expanded careers theory content

The Graduate Career Guidebook 2nd Edition Table of contents:

PART I: CAREERS IN ACOMPLEX WORLD
CHAPTER 1: Graduate employment and recruitment
New horizons
A story of growth
Student and graduate numbers
Graduate vacancies
What graduates do
What graduates did in 2017
A wider choice of roles
Some career choices with an electrical/electronic engineering degree
How graduates are recruited
Once upon a time
The times they are a changing
Today’s focus on equality
The key selection criteria (your skills, commitment and knowledge)
The recruitment process
When are people taken on?
New graduate paths
Longer graduate paths
Taking personal control
The rise of internships
Where graduates work
Which sector?
Type of work for those in employment 2013 and 2017
Which employers?
Which region?
Regional breakdown of vacancies in 2017
What you’ll be paid
Are degrees still worth it?
Future challenges and opportunities
Useful resources
CHAPTER 2: Career planning
What is career planning?
Managing any complex project
Traditional career perspectives
Matching theories
Developmental theories
All change
Modern career viewpoints
Planned happenstance
Narratives
Chaos
The DOTS careers framework
The Careers Express Model
What theories and models tell us
The theory that drives this book
Useful resources
PART II: FINDINGYOUR NICHE
CHAPTER 3: Assessing your skills, interests and motivations
Your skills, interests and motivations
Identifying your skills
Sit back and reflect
Some strategies
Identifying your interests (what you enjoy doing on a daily basis)
Sit back and reflect
Identifying your motivations (what you want from life)
Sit back and reflect
Some strategies
Using your new self-awareness
Useful links
CHAPTER 4: Identifying your options
The world is your oyster
Getting bogged down?
Daring to dream
Be open-minded
Give it time
Find your passion
Raise your aspiration
Seeing what’s out there
Brainstorm
Use your social networks
Find your careers service
Take a look around
See what jobs you like
Look up some graduate career websites
Use online diagnostic tools
Identify degree relevant roles
Look at some postgraduate futures
‘When I grow up …’
Let the Internet search for you
Identify jobs linked to your interests
Personality types
RIASEC Roles
Myers Briggs
Useful links
CHAPTER 5: Choosing a role
Finding the perfect fit
A matching exercise
Making good decisions
Looking more deeply
If you’re still not sure
Useful links
PART III: UPPING YOUR GAME
CHAPTER 6: Boosting your employability
What is employability?
Improving your skills
1. Identify the skills you’ll need
2. Assess your strengths
3. Improve what you have to offer
Developing your commitment
What commitment is
Enhancing your offering
Expanding your knowledge
Your subject understanding
Your role in context
Other key factors
Experience and qualifications
Personal traits
Timing and luck
The USEM Model of Employability
Useful links
CHAPTER 7: Moving forward
Your personal journey planner
What’s involved
Start from where you are now
Big feet, small steps
Now it’s your turn
Some example career plans
Plan B
Useful links
PART IV: MAKING IT HAPPEN
CHAPTER 8: Managing your networks and social media
The times they are a changing
What are networks?
Why networks are important
Finding the courage
Who you should know
How your contacts can help
What you can do for them
Your personal interactions
Why they’re important
What you can do
Be the best you can be
Your social networks
Why social networks are important
Developing your online brand
Facebook/Instagram/Pinterest …
Twitter
LinkedIn
Why it’s so useful
Filling in your profile
Blogging
A joined-up networking strategy
1. Get ready
2. Get set
3. Go!
Once you’re in a job
And finally …
What to do now
Useful links
CHAPTER 9: Experience and internships
So much choice
Activities at university
Expanding your interests
Student societies
Local groups
Volunteering
Finding paid employment
Social networks
Agencies
University careers services
Professional organisations
Individual organisations
Search engines
General student/graduate websites
On the high street
Newspapers and magazines
What are internships?
What internships look like
Traditional internships/placements
Introductory events
Study placements
Sandwich courses (often called placements/industrial placements)
Modern internships
Finding internship vacancies
Internships for specific groups
Internships overseas
What are interns paid?
Useful links
CHAPTER 10: Further study
What’s covered in this chapter
Will it enhance your career prospects?
Is it right for you?
Studying a subject you love
Buying more time
Refocusing your career
Freshening up your qualifications
Getting a professional qualification
Undertaking ongoing professional training
Making up for a disappointing first degree
Becoming an academic
Studying overseas
Finding a course
Postgraduate study in general
Taught courses
Vocational courses
Masters by Research (MRes)
Doctorates (PhDs)
Masters in Business Administration (MBAs)
Short courses
Choosing a course
Funding
Postgraduate student loans
Institutional funding
Charities and trusts
Employer-funded study
Applying
Your personal statement
Research proposals
Making the most of your course
Making plans
Networking
Useful links
CHAPTER 11: Taking time out
Finding perspective
Making the most of the experience
Where to go and what to do
Finding opportunities
Third-party agencies
Creating your own openings
Options at home
Getting more experience
Developing your hobbies
Looking after relatives
Going down the pub
Options abroad
Teaching English
Volunteering
Au pair work/Nannying
Gap year projects
Government/Quasi-Government initiatives
Working at theme parks/resorts
Helping out at events
Summer camps
Anything and everything
Where to stay
Visas
Linking the experience to your personal development
Useful links
PART V: FINDING A JOB
CHAPTER 12: Searching for graduate jobs
What are graduate jobs?
Graduate training programmes
Other graduate jobs
The scenic route
Where you’ll find vacancies
Graduate career websites
Focused websites
University careers centres
Professional organisations
Recruitment agencies
Individual organisations
Working overseas
If at first you don’t succeed
Useful links
CHAPTER 13: Promoting yourself effectively
Putting your best foot forward
Quality not quantity
Giving employers what they want
Proving your skills
Proving your commitment
Proving your knowledge
Selling your experience
Targeting specific jobs
Job adverts
Job specifications and personal criteria
Direct contact
Making the most of low grades
Dealing with prejudice
Are you being targeted?
If you have a disability
Some quick English revision
Spelling
Punctuation and grammar
Style
Positive action words
Structure and format
Updating your work
Drafting and checking
Useful links
CHAPTER 14: Targeting your CV
What is a CV?
What is a good CV?
Poor CVs
Average CVs
Good CVs
When to use a CV
Rules and conventions
What to include
Usual sections
Personal details
Education
Employment experience
Interests
Referees
Optional sections
Personal profile/Career objective
Skills
Additional skills
Achievements (also often labelled ‘Awards’ or ‘Prizes’)
Other popular headings
The two main CV formats
Chronological/traditional CV
Skills-based CV
One-page CVs
Academic CVs
Online CVs
Video CVs
Putting your CV together
Example CVs
Example CV1 – a poor CV
Example CV2 – an average chronological CV
Example CV3 – a good chronological/ traditional CV
Example CV4 – a good skills-based CV
Example CV5 – a good skills-based CV when you’re just starting out
CV checklist
Useful links
CHAPTER 15: Tip-top application forms
Why employers use application forms
Questions about you (your personal details)
Questions about what you know (your education/ qualifications)
Questions about what you’ve done (your work history)
Example personal specification for a job in retail
Relating your work history to the job requirements
Questions about your skills
1. Clarify the question
2. Ask yourself – Why are they asking me that?
3. Answer the question
4. Edit your answer
Some good and bad examples of answers
The STAR method of proving your skills
Questions about your commitment
Some good and bad examples
Personal statements
What’s required
Structuring your statement
Some examples
Your referees
Online applications
Getting your work checked
Useful links
CHAPTER 16: Cover letters that open doors
What are cover letters?
When to use cover letters
What to include
Formatting your letters
Speculative letters
Example cover letters
A poor cover letter
A better cover letter
Another good cover letter
A good speculative letter
Useful links
CHAPTER 17: Impressing at interviews
So, you have an interview
Why employers use interviews
What’s in it for you?
Types of interview
Telephone interviews
Video interviews
One-to-one interviews
Group interviews
Panel interviews
How questions are structured
The different types of question
What employers want to know
Preparing for questions on your skills
1. Do your homework
2. Practise your answers
Some example questions and answers
Example 1: Questions on your ability to translate technical documents
Example 2: Questions on your ability to solve problems
Try it yourself
Preparing for questions on your commitment
What they want to know
Doing your homework
Preparing for questions on your knowledge
Multifaceted questions
Some examples
Questions about your weaknesses
Off-the-wall questions
Quick case questions
Questions for them
Looking good and sounding sharp
Your body language
How you say things
A typical interview structure
Planning for the big day
Dealing with nerves
After the interview
Useful links
CHAPTER 18: Psychometric tests
What they are
Who uses them, when and why
Verbal reasoning tests
Example of verbal reasoning question and answer
A sample verbal reasoning test
Numeric reasoning tests
A sample numeric reasoning test
Your answers
Abstract reasoning tests
Example question
Verbal/numeric logical reasoning tests
Example question
Situational judgement tests
Personality profiles
Example questions
What’s the pass mark?
Common problems and mistakes
The five personality traits typically measured in a personality profile
Improving your performance
Ability/Reasoning tests
Personality profiles
Situational judgement tests
On the day
If you have a disability
Useful links
CHAPTER 19: Succeeding at assessment centres
What they are
Learning the ropes
Group exercises
What’s involved
What they’re looking for
An example
How to prepare
During the exercise
Group discussions
Presentations
What’s involved
What they’re looking for
Planning and delivering your talk
Your slides
Dealing with nerves
In-tray exercises
Social occasions
Case studies
On the big day
Useful links
CHAPTER 20: Dealing with job offers
What’s in a job offer?
Your response
Negotiating the deal
Balancing multiple offers
Preparing for the big day
Day one and induction
Useful links
PART VI: AN INTRODUCTION TO SELF-EMPLOYMENT
CHAPTER 21: Becoming an entrepreneur
Gig-worker, one-man band or corporate titan?
Enterprise and entrepreneurship
The pros and cons of entrepreneurship
Pros
Cons
The skills you’ll need
Is it right for you?
Coming up with ideas
Focus on your skills, study and experience
Research growth markets
Look at common business start-ups
Use new technology
Find niche organisations
Look overseas
Solve your own problems
Useful links
CHAPTER 22: Getting your business started
Defining your customer
Finding your market
Product
Promotion
Price
Place
Testing your market
Market research
Choosing a business structure
Some popular business structures for new entrepreneurs
Legal/tax issues
Intellectual property
Tax
Licences
Insurance
Financial planning and forecasts
Set-up costs
Ongoing costs
Forecasts
Finding the funds
Business plans
What you should include
A one-page business plan
Glossary of terms used in the sector
Initialisms and acronyms
Useful links
PART VII: DOWN THE LINE
CHAPTER 23: Moving your career forward
Succeeding
Moving on up
Moving on?
Keeping your eyes open
Getting back in the game
Useful links
CHAPTER 24: Frequently asked questions
Some common concerns
I still don’t have a clue what to do next because everything’s got on top of me!
How can I have more fun in life?
Help! I lack direction
Why can’t I find any fulfilling occupations?
What if I haven’t got a 2.1?
Help, I don’t have the skills I need!
How can I find a job in my chosen field?
I apply for loads of jobs but no one wants me!
Help, I’ve had a break and have nothing on my CV!
What if I don’t know anyone who can help?
I think I need to take up some further study but what should I do?
I’ve been doing nothing for a few years; does this mean I’m on the scrap heap forever?
References
1 Graduate employment and recruitment
2 Career planning
4 Identifying your options
6 Boosting your employability
8 Managing your networks and social media
11 Taking time out
13 Promoting yourself effectively
18 Psychometric tests
19 Succeeding at assessment centres
Part VI
23 Down the line

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