self-efficacy
Career Story: The value of experience outside the curriculum
Degree: Double degree in Marketing and Management Completion year: 2018 Years since graduation: 1 Career story themes: Getting to know your industry, learning from experience
Music challenge: The volunteer challenge
This resource prompts students to think about volunteering work as experience that is highly valued by recruiters as well as an activity that can develop crucial employability strengths.
Plotting your preferences in music
Other resources to compliment this one include ‘How to make it as a music graduate IV: Knowing yourself‘ and ‘Music skills and attributes I: Professionalism‘.
What does it take to be great?
What does it take to be a great actor, geologist, academic, or chemist? This resource incorporates a brainstorming exercise, some research on ‘discipline role models’, and a self-assessment. It is even more effective if students have completed the ‘Finding Your Mission’ and ‘Plotting Your Preferences’ activities.
Plot your preferences and strengths
This resource prompts students to identify their likes, dislikes, strengths and weaknesses. It can be used to build effective teams and to promote self-development.
Getting what you want in music III
This tool encourages learners to consider how their likes and dislikes, strengths and weaknesses can be accommodated within their future careers. Other resources to compliment this one include ‘Career story: Following your passion‘ and ‘Reading and reflecting on musician profiles and biographies‘.
Learn positive self-talk
The positive self-talk tool introduces the concept of positive- and negative- self-talk. It includes a link to further reading and an activity to help grasp the concept.
Volunteer challenge
This tool prompts students to think about volunteering work as experience that is highly valued by recruiters as well as an activity that can develop crucial employability strengths.
Interview Preparation
This is a practical tool that prompts learners to think about what recruiters and clients might want from an interview.