NAA - Work experience workshop 2

Academic Year: 2014/2015

Work Experience Module

Workshop #2

Nottingham Advantage Award

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Overview

• Graduate Destination Surveys 2008 – 2013

Kevin Lim

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Work experience set you apart Do an internship (or two or three)

Work Experience Module

Aim of the Session:

To translate your placement into a meaningful work experience.

Objectives:

• Make the most out of your work experience:-

a) SWOT analysis

b) SMART action plan

• To look at how to create a good reflective portfolio

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Your journey so far of securing a

placement?

Activity… Your journey securing a

placement

In pair (10 minutes). Talk about:

• Your initiative thus far

• How you land the placement

• Challenges

• What you looking forward/ next step

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SWOT analysis

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SWOT analysis

A situation method of self-

evaluation for generating

solutions and examining

choices

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SWOT analysis • To identifying areas for development

• Analysing your strengths and weaknesses as well as the opportunities and threats that you face

• Helps you focus on your strengths, minimize your weaknesses, and take the greatest possible advantage of opportunities available to you

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Being aware of your own SWOT analysis

framework, you can pave your way on

your personal development, separate

yourself from your peers, identifying and

developing the skill sets/ abilities you

need to advance your career

SWOT analysis

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Strengths

I communicate well within in a team.

I am completely committed to my studies.

Weaknesses

Presenting makes me feel very nervous.

I focus too much on the detail and sometimes this effects how I manage

my time.

I’m doing a presentation as part of an assignment. This will help to start to build my confidence public speaking.

Apply for a part time job. This will help develop my customer service skills.

Opportunities

Stronger candidates applying for the job

Finding that the work experience not as expected

Threats

SWOT analysis

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SWOT analysis Work in group (15 minutes)

Appreciate each and everyone own strengths and how these might be built

on to achieve their aim

Identify their own weaknesses which might get in the way but could be a

focus for development

Identify and make the most of the opportunities that would help

Recognise possible threats and how with planning some might be turned to

their advantage.

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Strengths

What strengths you should consider making stronger to further enhance your ability to pursue your goals

What do I do well?

Weaknesses

What weaknesses you need to improve on, or manage, so that they don’t

impede your goal setting

What opportunities are best for you to pursue

What internal strengths you can use to enhance your pursuit of these opportunities

Opportunities

What threats you need to eliminate/ minimise

What internal strengths you can use to overcome these threats

Threats

SWOT analysis

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SMART action

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SMART action

S = Specific

M = Measurable

A = Achievable

R = Realistic

T = Timebound

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SMART action

Specific

Goal should be clear and unambiguous. A specific goal will usually answer the five "W" questions:

What: What do I want to accomplish?

Why: Specific reasons, purpose or benefits of accomplishing

the goal.

Who: Who is involved?

Where: Identify a location.

Which: Identify requirements and constraints.

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SMART action

Measurable

Making sure you :-

1. Stay on track

2. Reach your target dates, and

3. Experience the exhilaration of achievement

A measurable goal will usually answer questions such as:

How much?

How many?

How will I know when it is accomplished?

How will I measure my success?

Indicators should be quantifiable

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Achievable

Goals need to be realistic and attainable. The goals are neither

out of reach nor below standard performance, as these may be

considered meaningless.

When you identify goals that are most important to you, you begin

to figure out ways you can make them come true. You develop

the attitudes, abilities, skills, and financial capacity to reach them.

SMART action

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Realistic

Choosing goals that matter. You may need support to accomplish

a goal: e.g. resources, your superior, etc.

A realistic goal can answer yes to these questions: •Does this seem worthwhile? •Does this match my needs?

SMART action

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Time-bound (WHEN?!)

A commitment to a deadline to help you to focus your effort

on completion of a goal on or before the due date.

To prevent goals from being overtaken by the day-to-day

crises that invariably arise in your responsibilities.

To establish a sense of urgency.

SMART action

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Work individually (10 minutes)

Refer to page 13 in your Work Experience Journal.

SMART action

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How to create a good reflective

portfolio

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Your reflective portfolio • Log/ record which evidences your own learning and skills. • Not necessarily a formal ‘academic’ piece of work. • It is unique, without ‘right’ or ‘wrong’. • Lessons learned and how to use/ transfer the new skills in

future.

How to create a good reflective portfolio

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You

• Record (experiences, feelings, thoughts) • Structure • Think about and reflect upon • Plan, develop and evidence • Making conclusion

your own learning


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FAQs

• What you did • Your thoughts • Your feelings • How well (or badly) it went • What you learnt • What you will do differently next time.

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Don’t stop there. Ask yourself further,

Have I achieved anything? If so, what? If no, what happen?

What progress have I made?

Have I put any theory into practice?

How does what I have been doing lead to me becoming

better at a skill?

How can I use this to plan for the future?

How can I use this to plan new learning experiences?

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Be honest with yourself.


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Use these logs to prepare for your

interviews. Recall activities that

you had been involved.


Make the most of it!

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Completing the module

To gain accreditation for the work experience module you must complete

the following actions:

Before your work experience

• Attend the First workshop

• Submission of your Pre-work experience CV by April 15 at the latest

• Attend the Second workshop

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During your work experience

• Complete a minimum of 40 hours work experience

• Keep a reflective log or diary




After your work experience

• Create a CV, or develop an existing CV, to demonstrate your newly

acquired experience and skills

Assessment workshop:-

Present your work experience portfolio

There will be 2 wrap-up workshops in mid-October. Mobility students are

required to attend the wrap-up workshop in UoN.

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Submission of your Work Experience Journal

Please be informed that you are required to submit your journal (in hardcopy) to me (

Careers Advisory Service, Block H, Level 1, Room 18) by Oct 6, Monday by 12pm.

Highlights (please take note)

1. Please type and no handwritten

2. Please get your supervisor to sign and place the company stamp on the section 2.2,

(page 23)

3. You are required to submit your updated resume/CV (as mentioned in page 31)

together with your journey.

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Graduates with no experience (internship/ part-time/

extracurricular) will find it hard to compete

Can you hit the ground running?

Kevin Lim

Careers Adviser

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If not you, then who?

Any questions?

Contact us

Location: Careers Advisory Service, HB 18

Email: NAA [email protected]

Website: www.nottingham.edu.my/careers

www.fb.com/unmccareers

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.nottingham.edu.my/careers

http://www.fb.com/unmccareers

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Thank you

Kevin Lim Khee Leng

Careers Adviser

The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus