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How to increase your employability ?

Learn how to boost your employability at the Career Center UiO, connecting students with employers through workshops, events, and networking opportunities. Discover what employers seek in candidates, improve your job search skills, and optimize your LinkedIn profile for success.

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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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