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Professional Awareness-14th November
The professional awareness session was completed by Becky Cape, who establishes young peoples skills for employment. The presentation and workshop focused upon how to present yourself as a professional, and factors that employers like to see/dislike to see.
People judge you in the first 10 seconds, be friendly, smile, look presentable.
Skills you need no talent for:
-Being on time
-Work Ethic
-Effort
-Positive Body Language
-Energy
-Positive Attitude
-Passion
-Being Approachable
Should do:
-Show you are committed to your chosen career
-Carry out research into your chosen career, and discuss this with the employer
-Enthusiastic about there work
-Desmonstrate technical skills
-Employ strong career goals-where do I want to go-what do I want to do?
Employers pet peeves
-Dont be late!! make sure you are early
-Communicate well
-Be self aware, dont promote negative body language
-Dont have an attitude
-They will search for you on social media
Things I need to do from this :
- alter my social media settings
- make sure my time management is impeccable
- do research into a company before applying
- show enthusiasm
Workshop-
During the session, a mock interview was competed with myself volunteering. This put me on the spot as I did not previously study any questions. Although nervous, this task made me realise that interview preparation is key, as it is embarrassing when you are unsure upon how to respond.
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