Transition to Tertiary Studies Kings College Tuesday 8 August 2017 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Transition to Tertiary Studies

King’s College Tuesday 8 August 2017 Liz Medford and Jane Fletcher Careers and Employment

• Making subject choices
• Course and degree planning
• What’s it really like at Uni?
• What I wish I’d known….
• Developing your career capital
• Managing your future employability
• Graduate success

Subject/degree choices

• New or what you know?
• Why?
• Have you done your research?

But I still can’t decide!

Course and degree planning

• Look at each Uni and the courses
• Work backwards
• Undergrad and postgrad
• Study what you enjoy = Academic success

Myths about choosing courses

True or False?

• My major will determine my career
• I must decide on a major when I first enrol
• Commerce/business and engineering courses are more

employable and make higher salaries than arts courses

• My major will limit my choices for postgraduate study
• My academic grade is the most important criteria

employers look for when hiring graduates

Postgraduate Study

• Essential for high level

analysis and research

• Policy development and

social science research

• Market research and

financial investment

• Most scientific research

positions

What’s it really like

• Independent learning
• Lectures
• Tutorials/Labs
• Assessment
• Exams

What’s ‘Mandatory’ Good work habits

Lectures – first year

• Big lectures/basic grounding
• Terminology for studying
• Note-taking tips

Time Management

Good work needs time for:

• Preparation and Research
• Assessment and improvements before submitting

Writing a pile of lists and timetables is no good if you don't implement them.

Learning Advice

Peer support - mentoring

Many Universities have the Peer Assisted Study Support (PASS)Programme or academic mentoring

Keep connected

Phone home!

Source.ncsu.edu

Who do you want to be known as?

Before you arrive ….

• Set up professional email and voicemail,

think about social media activity

• Read about the services and

programmes available

In First Year

• Get to know tutors, lecturers, staff
• Connect with Careers Service
• Get involved!

Career Counselling Appointments Career Resources CareerHub

• Graduate Jobs!

Labour Market Information Website Online tools Workshops & Seminars Graduate Recruitment Events Mentoring and networking Extracurricular volunteer and leadership programmes

• CVs
• Interviews
• Careers Expos
• Employer

Presentations

• Graduate

Destinations

University Careers Service

What I wish I’d known

• I didn’t know there were free services and how much

help they could give me

• I didn’t realise I should read and

understand the course outlines and requirements

• I realise now it’s fines to make mistakes and you

certainly won’t know everything those first few weeks

• I should have checked in about my career

plans (or lack of) earlier ASK!

Developing Career Capital

• Employability Skills
• Confirming what employers are

looking for in graduates

• Preparing and getting involved

Future Of Work

• Economic development under pressure, populations are

aging and work environments affected by new technologies

• Shifting focus from jobs to skills and capabilities
• Millennial survey

Managing your future

What skills are employers looking for?

What are the Top 10?

EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS & ATTRIBUTES: COMPARISON

SKILLS & ATTRIBUTES MEAN Work ethic 8.6 Written communication skills 8.1 Problem solving 7.6 Team work 7.4 Analytical & critical thinking 7.2 Initiative & enterprise 7.2 Self-management 7.1 Interpersonal skills 7.0 Verbal communication 6.5 Energy & enthusiasm*

• Table 3 Skills & attributes overall means for expected competency levels

*Energy & enthusiasm were not broken into competencies

Expected competency levels

Employer satisfaction with Victoria Students/Graduates

• 83% indicated that they are either satisfied or

very satisfied with students’ and graduates’ Degree-related knowledge & skills

• 80% with their verbal communication skills
• 76% with level of energy and enthusiasm
• 75% with written communication skills
• 64% with the ability to work both

independently and collaboratively intellectual integrity and understanding of ethics

Employers’ Comments

Work ethic and resilience - we need people who can fail well, learn from the experience and develop a better

• utcome as a result. This requires working hard when there

is no immediate gold star in sight and having the ability to leverage own weaknesses and take on board constructive criticism. A key thing we look for is part-time work experience and/or involvement/leadership in other areas. We want to know that the student has done something outside of purely completing their degree and understand how the work environment

• perates.

What do employers expect

Source: Human Capital Institute Source: CBC Radio

E-Factor Tool – Awareness & Research 4000 students ranked skills, rated their employability and self assessed their behaviours.

Boosting the E-Factor

SHOW

Grow

Know

Students reflecting on employability

A set of…

• SKILLS
• COMPETENCIES
• UNDERSTANDINGS
• EXPERIENCES

ACHIEVEMENTS

• PERSONAL

ATTRIBUTES

…that enable an individual to…

gain employment in their chosen field

EMPLOYABILITY

be successful in their chosen occupation benefit themselves, the workforce, the community, the economy…

(Yorke, 2006, 8)

Managing your future Employability

So much on offer at University – you have to take the initiative! Victoria Leadership Programmes (international and service based) Otago Volunteer Centre AUT Edge Award Canterbury Student Volunteer Army Study Abroad for a Trimester or year Clubs

Why is getting involved important?

Source: informativepost.com Source: younggov.org Source: NZ Tourism guide

Managing your future Employability

Work experience Internships Work Integrated learning Part-time work Volunteer work Summer research Scholarships

Why is experience important?

Graduate Success

• What Can I do with my degree?

http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/careers/documents/Graduate%20Destination%20Surrvey%202016%20_CRIN5913.pdf http://www.aut.ac.nz/being-a-student/student-surveys/aut-graduate-survey http://www.victoria.ac.nz/st_services/careers/resources/degree_options/graduate_destinations/index.aspx

• Profiles– read CareerView and look on the

University’s websites – each department will feature graduate stories

Victoria Graduate Destinations Survey 2015 - 2016

Graduate Starting Salaries: 1st full-time job after graduation Bachelor & Honours $42,000 – $57,000 Master’s $50,000 - $80,000 PhD $60,000 - $100,000

Top tips for successful transition

• TALK - about options for study & employment; hopes &

visions; activities; skills you observe

• DON’T PANIC – if majoring in a ‘non-vocational’ area
• r if the course of study changes/needs to change
• PARTICIPATE – use all services, visit Careers, attend

Career Expos and Employer Presentation events

• GET INVOLVED - take advantage of wider university
• fferings: clubs, community work, volunteering on

campus, student associations