Author: Developing Employability
New student and educator sites will be launched within the next couple of months.
This will see an automated registration process and educator reports, and a second chart added to both student and educator reports. In the meantime, please register as before and let me know if you need any help. Dawn ([email protected])
Featured Resource: How do I develop my support networks?
‘How do I develop my support networks?‘ is the fourth and final resource in our Enhancing Resilience series. Developed by Margo Brewer and Dawn Bennett, this resource is designed to help students recognise the importance of having a sense of connection, belonging and support during their studies. This is important because students’ support networks are a key resource when their resilie...
Featured Resource – Growth mindset
The new Growth mindset resource is from our Enhancing Resilience series. Developed by Margo Brewer and Dawn Bennett, the resource helps students to recognise that they can change their mindset and that developing a growth mindset can have positive benefits across the student lifecycle. EmployABILITY resources are shared via a Creative Commons license. If you haven’t signed up yet, become a member ...
Featured Resource: How to deal with stress
It’s a good time of year to focus on stress! Many students in the Southern hemisphere are in the midst of exams, whilst Northern hemisphere students are adjusting to the new academic year. This week’s feature resource, How to deal with stress, is from our new Enhancing Resilience series. The resource will help students to manage stress and understand the positive role that stress can play in...
Featured Resource: Career Story – Finding your niche
This week’s featured resource is a career story from Dr Demelza Ireland, a biomedical scientist and educator. Ireland focuses on internal drivers and how these can be combined to create an intrinsic definition of career success. Demelza’s career story is a great resource for students to understand the importance of being open to experiences and finding a ‘career niche’ that combines al...
Featured Resource: Staying true to yourself
This week’s featured resource is a career story from female engineering academic, Sally Male, who challenges students to be true to themselves and their values, rather than trying to fit in with the norms. EmployABILITY resources are shared via a Creative Commons license. If you haven’t signed up yet, become a member here. To learn more about the Developing EmployABILITY process, join the co...
Featured Resource: Using opportunity awareness to get ahead in your career planning
This resource helps students to identify trends and challenges that could influence their future work and provides strategies to avoid ‘tunnel vision’. The strategy is known as ‘opportunity awareness’. The resource was co-developed by Andrew Johnson (Monash University) and Dawn Bennett (Curtin University, and includes an introductory video for educators. EmployABILITY resources are shared via a Cr...
New STEM resource lists
STEM employability activities and resources for students are often behind firewalls. We have created 5 lists of accessible STEM resources for secondary students, university students, career counsellors and parents. We would like to thank everyone who helped us to put this together! STEM resources for junior secondary Students (years 7-9) STEM resources for senior secondary students (years 10-12) S...
The new graduate capability: how to think for a living (employability redefined)
A new essay was shared this week in Campus Morning Mail from Developing EmployABILITY lead, Professor Dawn Bennett. The essay is titled ‘The new graduate capability: how to think for a living (employability redefined)‘. The essay forms part of Commissioning Editor Sally Kift’s series on what we need now in teaching and learning. You can find the article here.
Featured Resource: Create a high achieving group
This week’s employABILITY thinking feature helps students to Create a high achieving group and is the very first resource we have developed as an interactive form. Look out for more interactive resources for students in the coming weeks. The resource is great for students who need to form teams or undertake group assignments. It helps them to increase their self-awareness and positions teamwork as...
Calling all STEM educators – we need your help!
Developing EmployABILITY are currently leading a project to understand and better support STEM students’ thinking about their studies and their future work and we need your help! Engagement involves students completing an online tool with which they create a personalised employABILITY profile containing over 50 developmental resources. If whole cohorts are engaged, we will provide a cohort report ...
Featured Resource: Elevator Pitch
The ability to build and sustain networks can make the difference between a good career and a great career. However, many people avoid networking or feel shy when meeting new people because they do not know what to say about themselves. The elevator pitch is a short statement that summarises what we do and how we might meet the needs of other people. This tool guides students through the process o...