What Next

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What Next?

• Personal Development Planning
• Paul Redmond, redmonp_at_hope.ac.uk

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McDonaldization
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The Four Pillars of McDonaldization (Ritzer,
2000)

• Efficiency
• Calculability
• Predictability
• Control (via technology)

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The Surplus Society
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The surplus society has a surplus of similar
companies, employing similar people, with similar
educational backgrounds, coming up with similar
ideas, producing similar things, with similar
prices and similar quality.Kjell Nordström
and Jonas Ridderstråle, Funky Business
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While everything may be better, it is also
increasingly the same.Paul Goldberger on
retail, The Sameness of Things, The New York
Times
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If there is nothing very special about your
work, no matter how hard you apply yourself, you
wont get noticed, and that increasingly means
you wont get paid much either.Michael
Goldhaber, Wired
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Me plc
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Me plc Test1 Disagree 2 Not much 3
Neutral 4 Occasionally 5 Agree

• Im aware of the skills, knowledge, experience
  and attitudes that will make me stand out in the
  graduate market
• My CV is well written, up to date, concise and
  capable of being used NOW
• I seek regular feedback from a range of people on
  what Im good at and what I need to improve
• Im clear about what motivates me and whats
  going to be important to me in my future career
• At a party, I have sometimes lied about what job
  I want to do after graduation just to get someone
  off my back

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Me plc Test1 Disagree 2 Not much 3
Neutral 4 Occasionally 5 Agree

• I have started to research various areas of work
  available to graduates from my degree subject(s)
• I have, or am in the process or setting up, work
  experience in the type of job that Im interested
  in
• While at College Im involved in a range of extra
  curricula activities and extra responsibilities
• When competing with other students Im fairly
  confident that my extra skills, knowledge and/or
  experience will give me an advantage
• I have a clear idea about what graduates from my
  subjects can earn and how much I can expect to be
  paid in the first year of my career

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Me plc Test1 Disagree 2 Not much 3
Neutral 4 Occasionally 5 Agree

• I have a mentor with whom I discuss my future.
  This person has relevant knowledge and/or
  contacts in my chosen field
• Since joining Hope I have visited Career
  Development and attended a careers event related
  to my chosen career.
• Add scores together Maximum 60 points.

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Skills for the 21st Century Association of
Graduate Recruiters

• Self-reliance
• Self-promotion
• Exploring and creating opportunities
• Action planning
• Networking
• Political awareness
• Coping with uncertainty

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• You either think you can or you think you cant.
  Either way youre probably right.
• Henry Ford

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BEST FOR JOBS Sunday Times
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Your Options

• Employment
• Academic Study
• Vocational Study
• Work / Study Overseas
• Voluntary Community Work
• Year Off / Time Out

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What do Hope graduates do?

• 79 employed after 6 months (14 up on 2000 and
  11 higher than UK average)
• 78 in FT jobs 65 permanent contracts
• More than half were in professional or
  managerial occupations
• Wide range of jobs, sectors, industries
• 14 enrol for PG study (lt from 24 in 1999) UK
  average 19

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Postgraduate study

• Vocational
• e.g.
• PGCE
• NCTJ (Journalism)
• Marketing diplomas
• CPE (Law)
• Social Work
• Psychology-related

• Academic
• e.g.
• Taught/Research?
• Masters (M.A. M.Sc. M.Phil.)
• Postgraduate Diplomas
• Doctorate Ph.D

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What do graduates earn?
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• What is the average starting salary for 2004
  graduates?

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• What is the average starting salary for 2004
  graduates?

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• What is the average starting salary for 2004
  graduates?

a) 20,300
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• What is the average starting salary for 2004
  graduates?

a) 20,300
b) 17,986
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• What is the average starting salary for 2004
  graduates?

a) 20,300
b) 17,986
c) 13,000
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• What is the average starting salary for 2004
  graduates?

a) 20,300
b) 17,986
c) 13,000
d) 12,659
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• What is the average starting salary for 2004
  graduates?

a) 20,300 AGR
b) 17,986 Prospects
c) 13,000 BBC
d) 12,659 Nat West
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Glass ceilings

• Despite achieving consistently higher grades,
  womens salary expectations are lower than mens
  16,000 compared to 18,600
• Aged 24 a female graduate will earn 15 less than
  a male. The gap widens with age
• The gender pay gap remains the same even when
  women and men have studied the same subject,
  achieved the same grade and are employed in the
  same job!

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Percentage of employers using various selection
techniques with graduate applicants

• 1990s 2000s
• Interviews 99 99
• References 96 96
• Personality tests 35 64
• Cognitive tests 30 70
• Assessment centres 21 59

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B
C
D
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Applicants Wanted

• See overleaf for details

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Requirements

• Good team workers with excellent interpersonal
  skills
• Flexible, able to cope with frequent disruption
• Observational able to recall and record events
  accurately
• Be a skilled driver. Good at using maps
• Able to remain alert during periods of
  inactivity
• Aptitude for technical equipment
• Capable of blending in when necessary.
• STARTING SALARY 20,100 21,100.

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Employers Top 5 Interview Turn Offs Personnel
Today, 22/10/03

• 5th Poor handshake (9)
• 4th Being cynical about colleagues (11)
• 3rd Disproportionate interest in salary (15)
• 2nd Lateness (19)
• 1st Improper dress for an interview (26)

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Nearly all rich and powerful people are not
notably talented, educated, charming or good
looking.
Point 1.

• They became rich and powerful by wanting to be
  rich and powerful.

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Blame Nobody!Expect Nothing!Do Something!
Point 2.

• Dont rely on others to manage your career for
  you.

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Dont Seek Praise. Seek Criticism.
Point 3.

• Get a mentor - an honest mentor.

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Career Development

• Career consultations with qualified staff
• Job Zone full part-time paid jobs
• Outlook Student Mentoring Scheme
• Range of specialist careers fairs and events
• Opportunities for working studying overseas
• Psychometric tests and assessments
• Business Bridge
• Teacher Associatesw.hope.ac.uk/careers

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Top Career Websites

• www.hope.ac.uk/careers
• www.prospects.ac.uk
• www.gvp.org.uk
• (User vacancy Password partnership)
• www.merseyworkplace.com
• www.business-bridge.org.uk

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WWW.HOPE.AC.UK/CAREERS
Career DevelopmentFML 002
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Career prediction for 2010
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• In 1977, there were 37 Elvis Presley
  impersonators in the world. In 1993, there were
  48,000. At this rate, by the year 2010 one out of
  every three people on earth will be an Elvis
  impersonator.
• Colorado OEM Information Report, 2002

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What Next?

• Personal Development Planning
• Paul Redmond, redmonp_at_hope.ac.uk