CEIAG KRA – Indicators (formerly LOs) and Experiences (actions and tasks)

By the end of their degree, students will have developed skills to make and implement effective career decisions. The following indicators outline the process through which these skills will be acquired and suggest some experiences which would support that learning. A variety of methods should be used, including:

  • student self directed learning
  • web resources
  • delivery through the curriculum involving academic staff, Careers Advisers, employers or any combination of these three groups
  • individual careers guidance from a Careers Adviser

1st and 2nd year students will:

  • understand the skills and attributes that are being developed through their academic work and recognise that they have a value beyond that

This can be achieved by

active engagement with the process of PDP

alerting students to the Route to a Career process on the Careers Service website

making skill and attribute development explicit in class learning outcomes, handbook and department website

engaging in Work Related Learning tasks

  • understand the benefits of gaining work experience and the variety of experiences available

This can be achieved by

undertaking the online SORTED seminar ‘Making the Most of Your Work Experience’ and/or making use of the Getting The Right Work Experience section of the Careers Service website.

  • know about a variety of occupations and employers open to graduates, including those specific to their discipline and understand the main skills and attributes required for graduate level employment

This can be achieved by

using the relevant sections of Route to a Career on the Careers Service website

encouraging attendance at employer presentations and participation in employer events, competitions and case studies

  • be able to identify their skills and attributes and areas for development and devise a personal strategy to use course, co-curriculum and work experience opportunities to develop further

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This can be achieved by

working through Top Tips to Employability, available to download from the Careers Service website

using the appropriate sections of Route to a Career, on the Careers Service website, along with their own PDP reflection

  • be able to produce their course, work experience and co-curriculumskills and attributes in a CV format suitable for part-time jobs, summer work, internships and course placements

This can be achieved by

using the CV section of the Careers Service website

Later Years students will:

  • know about various routes into graduate employment, including post-graduate study and self employment, and sources of information about them

This can be achieved by

making use of the appropriate sections of the Careers Service website (e.g. Choosing Your Career, Looking for a Job and Finding out about Postgraduate Study)

attending Careers Service seminars

attending employer presentations

  • develop a detailed knowledge of their target occupations and employers and understand the main sources of information about these

This can be achieved by

making use of the online careers library and Careers Resource Centre

taking part in employer events and attending employer presentations

undertaking work experience, work shadowing and/or internships

networking with employers involved in any of the above and/or proactively developing and using their own network of contacts

  • continue to build up experience in their course of study and through the co-curriculum and work experience that adds value to their career planning and their understanding both of what they have to offer an employer and what they will need from an employer

This can be achieved by

continuing use of the advice in the SORTED seminar and on the Work Experience section of the Careers Service website

inclusion of Work Related Learning tasks in the curriculum

engagement with PDP

  • be able to evidence their skills and attributes from course, co-curriculum and work experience in a format and at a level suited to graduate careers or application for post-graduate study

Thiscan be achieved by

using the Making Applications section of the Careers Service website

taking advantage of the various opportunities to meet employers and/or course providers