employability

Selling your Skills: How your Degree has made you Employable
When you complete an application form for employment or a course, or write a CV, you will need to consider your skills (sometimes called employability skills, or competencies). You will need to demonstrate you have the skills required for the job by giving examples of where you have developed and practised those skills, using examples from a range of situations, such as work experience, hobbies and interests, voluntary work, your personal life, or academic study.
This handout is intended to:
1. Help you identify the employability skills you have developed and practised through your academic study and wider university life whilst at MMU.
2. Provide you with a prompt list to help you identify your own examples of your skills to use on applications and your CV.
How your academic work has given you employability skills.
MMU encourages all students to become “autonomous learners”. This means teaching is structured to encourage you to take responsibility for your own learning i.e.
 Work independently
 Prioritise
 Manage your time efficiently
 Be self-motivating
 Know how to find and use resources effectively
 Reflect on your personal development and understand the importance of continuing to develop your skills beyond university and throughout life. (PDP helps with this process)
You have developed and practised skills through the teaching methods used at MMU:
In Lectures:
 Listening and concentrating for extended periods
 Sorting, sifting and summarising information
 Recording and organising information efficiently
In Classes, Seminars and Tutorials:
 Speaking clearly and fluently
 Arguing a case in a reasoned manner
 Making presentations
 Thinking on your feet
 Considering differing viewpoints and responding appropriately
In Essay and Report Writing:
 Finding relevant information from a range of sources
 Identifying key issues
 Writing clearly and to the point
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