Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
This course was aimed at students and graduates who are keen to enhance their employability and turn their degrees into careers. Over the course of three weeks, the course covered the importance of employability skills, understanding the graduate job market, identifying suitable roles, discovering your graduate career typology, writing CVs, cover letters and LinkedIn profile, interview confidence and more.
3 weeks, 2 hours per week
Chris Davies
Head Coach & Founder
Graduate Coach
Transcript
Syllabus
This course will walk you through how to nail each stage of the graduate job application process.
Week 1 - Understanding yourself and the job market
- Analysing the graduate job market.
- Learning the importance of employability skills.
- Identifying your skills and competencies.
- Making informed career decisions such as determining which jobs are suitable for you.
Week 2 - How to master the job application process
- Creating achievement-based CVs.
- Crafting cover letters that will be read.
- Optimising your LinkedIn profile.
- Smart searching for graduate jobs online.
Week 3 - How to become interview confident
- Online tests.
- Phone and video interviews.
- Assessment centres.
- Face-to-face interviews. Conquering your nerves.
- Understanding the difference between competency and strength-based interviews.
- Understanding the need to interview more than once - practice makes perfect!
- Interviewing for jobs you do not want.
- Following up after interviews.
Issued on 10th September 2020
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