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How to increase your employability ?

How to increase your employability ?. The Career Center UiO. Location: Fredrikke building Contribute to a good transition from studies to work life Annual Career day every autumn Connecting students and employers. Don’t put all your eggs in one basket. Studies/ exams.

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How to increase your employability ?

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  1. How to increaseyouremployability?

  2. The Career Center UiO • Location: Fredrikke building • Contribute to a goodtransition from studies to worklife • AnnualCareerdayeveryautumn • Connecting students and employers

  3. Don’t put all your eggs in one basket Studies/exams - Part time job - Student organisations - Voluntaryorganisations - Master thesiscollaboration Experience

  4. What are employers looking for? Other skills Personal attributes Attitudes Understanding your role Industry knowledge General academic skills Results Motivation Knowledge

  5. Play your cards right • Cover letter • Motivation • Focusoncontribution • Personal characteristics • Argue – Why your knowledge and skills are relevant? • CV • Contactdetails • Education • Workexperience (relevant) • Variouscourses/workshops • Language • Goodreferences • Key qualifications? • IT? • Interests? • Picture? = WHAT+ PAST TENSE = WHY + FUTURE

  6. Standard communication.. ”Wearelooking for a hard-driven, enthusiastic and outgoing person” ”I am a hard-driven, enthusiastic and outgoing person”

  7. Use the Career Centre Workshops • Job search workshop • Job application • Job interview workshop • LinkedIn workshop Eventswithemployers • Company presentations • Career fair Drop-in and counseling • CV/jobapplication • Interview training • Careercounseling

  8. Strategic use of social media • Findinformation • Aboutbranches • Companies and positions • Follow persons, organisations and employers • Useful for your master thesis • Make yourself visible and buildnetworks • Organiseyourprofessionalcontacts • Be searchable • Joingroupswithinyourfieldofinterest

  9. Why use LinkedIn? • The business card of the future • Up to date CV • Make yourself visible • Google • Recruiters use it • Job adverts • Company and university profiles • Follow relevant groups • Networking • Personal branding

  10. Get your dream job with LinkedIn Time: Thursday – 16.02.2017 Place: SiO Kursrom, Frederikkebygningen, Blindern

  11. Don’t speak Norwegian? • Info meetingon part time jobs: 02.02.2017, Helga Engs Auditorium 2 • Job Search Workshop – 14.02.2017 • Job Search Workshop – 22.02.2017 • Job Interview Workshop – 22.03.2017

  12. www.karrieresenteret.uio.no

  13. Follow us on Facebook Facebook.com/Karrieresenteret.UiO

  14. Good luck with your Master’s!

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