STREAMED CAREERS VIDEOS
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MAKING APPLICATIONS
Your Job's Online (29 minutes) How to make quality on-line applications to graduate jobs
Shows two major employers selecting graduates, using only their electronic applications.
INTERVIEWS
Making an impact: the graduate job interview
This consists of four parts and can be watched by clicking on the links below. It shows real students and graduates being interviewed by actual recruiters and gives you tips on how to improve your interview performance. You see extracts from each interview and hear the selectors give their verdicts and the candidates reflect on their own performance. The narration emphasises the key learning points.
- Graduate telephone interview (13 minutes). Also see our telephone interviews page
- Enterprise Rent-A-Car interview (35 minutes). Competency-based interviews.
- KPMG interview (29 minutes). Competency-based finance interviews.
- Winning Moves interview (31 minutes). Shows two graduates being interviewed for design jobs. Useful for multimedia, architecture, journalism or media interviews or any creative job where you have to show a portfolio of your work.
- First Impressions Count http://ltss.beds.ac.uk/careers/first_impressions 20-minute on-line video by the University of Bedfordshire to help students with the first stages of interview preparation. Features 4 students getting ready for graduate job interviews. An image consultant offers advice on how to dress appropriately to create a good first impression also voice training, body language and confidence boosting exercises.
ASSESSMENT CENTRES
New Assessment Centre Video
- Introduction (2 minutes)
- Icebreaker (1 minute)
- Presentation (9 minutes)
- Role Play (7 minutes)
- In-tray Exercise (4 minutes)
- Group discussion (18 minutes)
- Meal with the selectors (1 minute)
- Case study (5 minutes)
- Interview (15 minutes)
- Ten minute guide to all the key parts of an assessment centre (10 minutes)
- Credits (1 minute)
If you no longer have a Kent login, the University of Melbourne has an open access video link to these videos at http://vimeo.com/9815762
Old Assessment Centre Video (27 minutes)
Shows what happens at a typical assessment centre when a major employer selects graduates with degrees in "any discipline".
Journey to Work
- Harriet - History. Applying for Journalism (11 minutes). Placements on magazines, the value of postgraduate journalism courses, work experience on newspapers and blogging.
- Laura and Leigh - Fashion Design (23 minutes). The importance of attention to detail and quality in your portfolio, an internship with Alexander McQueen, how to create a fashion CV and the need to visit potential employers
- Martha - English Literature (13 minutes). Applying for Public Relations. The need to be versatile and adaptable for PR jobs and to have an interest in business and in making money. The need to have a good eye for a story and to be able to craft content. Teaching English as a Foreign Language.
- Arjun - Banking Internships (7 minutes) a Financial Management student finds out about the value of internships to employers.
- James - Marketing (14 minutes). Includes the importance of work placements, selling your retail experience and how to construct a CV for marketing jobs.
- David - Computer Science (7 minutes). The increasing importance of people skills in computing jobs, the value of a work placement and Duke of Edinburgh Award.
- Gemma - Psychology. Applying for Social Work (9 minutes). The great importance of voluntary work if you are trying to get into the helping careers.
Guides to Boosting your Employability
- CVs and Applications (13 minutes). Structure, content of your CV, the importance of accuracy, and selling your experience.
- Getting actively involved in Student Life (5 minutes). Stretching yourself, developing skills, doing things you enjoy, making the most of your time at university, sporting activities and developing teamwork and leadership skills
- Networking (9 minutes). How to do an information interview, creative jobhunting and building networks of contacts
- Postgraduate Study (5 minutes). Helps you decide whether to do postgraduate study or not. Includes interviews with a student doing a Masters degree in Magazine Journalism at Cardiff University and a Masters degree in Fashion Crafts in Rochester.
- Using your Careers Service (7 minutes). The help you can get from the Careers and Employability Service and the importance of starting your career planning well before your final year.
- Volunteering (8 minutes). The value of volunteering in improving your CV and to employers.
- Work Experience (9 minutes). How employers value both internships and also casual jobs in retailing and restaurants.
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Short Video Tour of the Careers and Employability Service on YouTube
These DVDs can also be viewed on a normal TV in the Careers and Employability Service: ask at reception to see any of these. There are also DVDs in the Careers Service on Paper Applications and Working for Small Businesses
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