john

With more students than ever before graduating with a degree and more competition for graduate development programmes, a good degree is no longer an automatic ticket to getting a good graduate job - although it does help! Employers want a lot more besides in particular they want skills. The onus is on you to give yourself that missing ingredient which will set you apart from others with the same degree and A levels as you!

Whether you like it or not, once you start wading through application forms or even small ads for voluntary work, you'll find yourself being asked to provide evidence of skills in your application and at interview. These will be both your academic skills (such as research, subject specific and intellectual skills acquired whilst working for your degree) and career management skills which enable you to make the best use of your academic skills and manage your own career development, eg networking, adaptability and self-management, problem solving, teamwork and communication. You demonstrate skills by showing how having these skills has enabled you to do other things well - and that means you have to do the other stuff in the first place!


What can you do to help make yourself employable?

Do some voluntary work
Develop your skill set
Get some work experience
Get a mentor