Dive into your Career
Are you a student or new graduate early on your career journey? A bit stressed trying to work out your next steps? You're in the right place. Hosted by qualified careers guidance professional Gina Visram from Your Career And Future, The Dive into your Career podcast is the hub for all things "early careers" and is created with secondary (high) school and university (college) students in mind. Gina's supports students and new graduates on their journey from education to employment in a spirit of fun and optimism not fear and overwhelm.
Want to write a powerful CV and cover letter? Keen to understand why networking is important and the best ways to do it? Curious about how your application can stand out in the graduate or apprenticeship recruitment process? Ready to know more about what employers are looking for in candidates? Interested in learning about what you can do now to be an appealing candidate in the present and future? Keen to start your career on solid financial footing? Want to demystify how to make the most of LinkedIn? Stay tuned for solo and interview episodes which answer the questions you are asking, as a determined and driven person in the early days of your career development. Welcome to the Dive into your Career podcast.
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Dive into your Career
057: How do I find work experience? (10 top tips!)
How do I find a work experience placement?
How do I secure work experience in Year 10? Year 12?
How about work experience placements and internships at university?
Surveys around this topic typically show two thirds of employers "look for graduates with relevant work experience because it helps them prepare for work and develop general business awareness. "
In this episode of the Dive Into Your Career podcast, Gina Visram discusses 10 ways you can find work experience.
This is not an exhaustive list of what you can do, but is a great place to start. Don't use the excuse that you can't do all therefore you are not making progress. .. start somewhere... and keep going from there.
The 10 ways include:
- Decide you are going to!
- Be open with your areas of interest
- Be open to virtual and in person work experiences
... and so much more.
This episode does not specifically refer to internships and placements for university students (that will be in a future episode - and there are some nuggets of information in previous episodes too) however many of the recommendations apply, so it's worth a listen.
Finding this episode useful?
- Share it with a friend (and you can be accountability buddies and support each other with the work experience search too!)
- Take 2 or 3 minutes to leave a review for the podcast here
As ever, do connect with Gina on her socials and feedback about how you progressed.
Let's have a further chat about this on any of these platforms:
- Follow Your Career And Future on Instagram and TikTok
- Sign up for the mailing list (being consistent with this is one of my goals for 2022!)
- E-mail me on gina@yourcareerandfuture.com with any questions you have or suggestions for future podcast topics
Do feel free to engage with this topic (or indeed with me) at any of the below:
- The Dive Into Your Career podcast page of the Your Career And Future website where you can also leave me a message suggesting a careers-related topic for a future episode
- Follow Your Career And Future on Instagram and TikTok
- Via "Gina Visram" on LinkedIn (where they may be a post with a link to this episode where you can contribute some wisdom / reflections)
- Sign up for the mailing list (for students and graduates... a list for their supporters will follow)
- E-mail me on gina@yourcareerandfuture.com with any queries
Also - are you a job seeker early in your career?
Download the checklist: 25 UNMISSABLE TIPS TO SKYROCKET YOUR JOB APPLICATION SUCCESS RATE
You've got this!