Joshua Barnett

Graduate Internship

Marketing & Communications

• To have the opportunity to gain work experience and understand the requirements of the working establishment.

• To enhance key skills in a wide range of areas, to gain knowledge of strengths and weaknesses.

• To understand the opportunities or types of jobs that occur within the University sector.

Benefits

• Work Experience is essential and something that is difficult to find upon leaving University.

• Placements or voluntary work is sometimes not enough to gain that first job.

• It shows a willingness to continue learning and enhance your career post University.

• To be Professional.

Usefulness

SkillsAcademic Skills:

Ability to handle information, research, analyse, interpret,

ability to use the information.

Core Skills: Numeracy, Literacy, ICT, Communication, Speaking

to Large Groups.

Personal Characteristics: Motivation, Self-

Organisation, Creativity, Flexibility, Confidence.

Social Skills: Teamwork, Negotiation skills,

Helping and Supporting Others.

• Opened a range of avenues or pathways which I did not know existed.

• Gaining transferable skills which I can use in a considerable amount of jobs or careers in the future.

• To have built up a strong base of knowledge, experience and new contacts within the field of further and higher education.

Career

• To continue in the Marketing & Recruitment sector of Higher Education.

• At this University or another.

• Or

• To go on to do a Post Compulsory PGCE to teach Sport Science in Colleges.

Future

Thanks for Listening

Joshua Barnett

Any Questions……?