Steve Rook

The Graduate Career Guidebook

How to Work Out What You Want to Do - And Achieve Your Goals

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Whatever stage of career planning you are currently at, this inspiring book will help you navigate your career journey. From gaining work experience, networking effectively, conducting a job hunt, writing a knock out CV, impressing at interview to getting the job, Steve Rook divides the graduate career journey into manageable steps. Accessible, practical and motivational, The Graduate Career Guidebook includes: - Guidance-based exercises to help you reflect on personal strengths and find opportunities that are a great match - Useful and inspirational case studies from students, graduates and employers - Sections on social media, entrepreneurship, and starting your own business The third edition takes account of changing working practices, including remote and hybrid working and the increased use of AI and digital technology within the recruitment process. It also features tailored guidance for international students and postgraduate students. The Graduate Career Guidebook will help you understand your specific career planning needs and guide you towards a successful career planning strategy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
• 3rd edition
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Februar 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 25mm x 25mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781350361614
• ISBN-10: 1350361615
• Artikelnr.: 69929742

Autorenporträt

Steve Rook

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Help! Where do I start? PART I: CAREERS IN A COMPLEX WORLD 1.
Graduate employment and recruitment 2. An overview of career planning PART
II: FINDING YOUR NICHE 3. Assessing your skills, interests and motivations
4. Identifying your options 5. Choosing a role PART III: EMPLOYABILITY AND
ACTION PLANNING 6. Boosting your employability 7. Planning your next steps
PART IV: PUTTING YOUR PLAN INTO ACTION 8. Creating effective networks 9.
Securing initial experience 10. Finding professional experience 11. Further
study 12. Taking time out PART V: FINDING A JOB AFTER UNI 13. Where
graduates work 14. Giving employers what they want 15. Targeting your CV
16. Tip-top application forms 17. Cover letters that open doors 18.
Impressing at interviews 19. Psychometric tests 20. Succeeding at
assessment centres PART VI: AN INTRODUCTION TO SELF EMPLOYMENT 21. Becoming
an entrepreneur 22. Getting your business started PART VII: DOWN THE LINE
23. Dealing with job offers 24. Succeeding in work 25. If, at first, you
don't succeed