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Key Employability Workplace Skills - How to develop the skills employers want

Every year employers complain that new graduates lack certain basic work-ready skills needed to be effective in the workplace.

 

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Make the Next Presentation You Do, the Best You Have Ever Done

Learn on demand video provided by Pearson Business Book Club in partnership with Boost Your Skills Events.

 

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Staying Extraordinary from the Ordinary

Feeling free and lazy over the holidays, wanting to build your skills over your free time?

 

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The Importance of Networking and Networks

The world is super-connected today 24/7 and networking as a professional and social skill has never been easier nor more in demand.

 

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Understanding who you are - Part Two Skills

Understanding what skills you have will help you future - proof your career and work out the kind of roles and job tasks you would enjoy doing.

 

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Use Social Media like a Boss

Social Media is the go-to platform for businesses to connect with their customers.

 

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Use your free time to stand out from the crowd

Whether you're in your first or final year, it's important to consider how you can make the most of your university experience and have it pay off in the future.

 

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Using LinkedIn to boost your career

LinkedIn is a huge resource in your employability tool kit.

 

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Volunteering

Everyone's so time poor these days - so much competing for our attention.

 

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What can I do with my degree

Many students don't have a specific career in mind when they start university and that's OK.

 

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What do you want people to say about you when you are not in the room

That is your Personal Brand

 

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Work Placements and Internships

Having a good degree is not all it takes these days to get a job.

 

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Part time working and temping

 

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Work experience, internships and volunteering

When you really don't know what to do, getting hands-on practical experience can be the thing that nudges you forward and helps you make your mind up.

 

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Branding and Marketing for Entrepreneurs

Just like people have a personal brand, so do businesses.

 

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Personal Development - Inspiring Your Future

Advice from leading authors.

 

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Starting a New Business - Inspiring Your Future

Advice from leading authors

 

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Stand Out - with Debra Stevens

Debra Stevens shares tips on how to maximise your influence at work.

 

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Learning a New Skill - Inspiring Your Future

Advice from leading authors

 

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Boosting your employability with ease

Easy tips to follow to stand out from the crowd

 

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How to Make Working in Groups Work

Being able to collaborate with others is an essential skill - both for life and for work.

 

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Good Work Finding a Career that Makes a Difference

Busting common myths about entering the daunting world of full time employment.

 

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Make Your Own Career Map Navigating Your Working Life

What do you want to be when you grow up?

 

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Five Ways to Shape Your Future

Advice about planning for the future - highlighting areas that could lead to failure.

 

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