Employability Resources

At Leeds Met the development of employability skills is central to all programmes and therefore is embedded within each course

Employability refers to more than to simply being employed. For a student to have developed their employability to an appropriate level we expect that they will have:

developed: a range of subject specific and transferable skills;
have accessed a range of experiences and learning opportunities, including work based learning;
are motivated and enthusiastic
have the requisite knowledge to enter the graduate world of work and progress through a flexible career.
as an extra at Leeds Met we also expect our graduates to have developed the specific graduate attributes of being enterprising; digitally literate and having a global outlook.

The course validation process ensures that each programme contains the appropriate range of learning opportunities for that area. When you are developing your programme there are a range of resources that can help you to plan and later when you are looking to source Open Educational Resources there are a range either developed by Leeds Met or quality checked available in the University Repository. These can be found by using the search term ‘employability resources.’ and the accordion below offers access to many employability resources

The Centre for Learning and Teaching provides a focus within the University for activities relating to graduate employability and work related learning and supports the embedding of employability and career management skills in the curriculum

Examples of using e portfolios

Click on the links for an overview of using e portfolios

Three perspectives on e-portfolios, staff, student and employer:

Staff use of e portfolios: Nick Halafihi , looks at the use togther with students

Student use of e portfolios Ben Cotton: offers a graduate perspective

Employer perspective on e portfolios, Charlotte Britton , from the company Go ahead Go Digital

What employers are looking for in graduates

Soundbites from employers in different job sectors, giving hints and tips for students to increase their chances at success in today's job market.

Getting a job in the Public Sector

Getting a job in the Creative and Digital Industries

Employability Fair for Sports Business Management Students

Reusable Learning Objects

Welcome to these interactive resources. Each title will take you to a self contained ‘chunk’ of learning which should take you about two hours to complete. They contain interactive exercises and you will generate material which would be useful to include in your Personal Development Plan or Progress File.

Please follow the link below to take you to Learning Objects for:

Assessing Your Skills, Decision Making, Action Planning, Building a CV, Preparing for Work Experience, Networking, Application Forms and an Intray Exercise for Assessment Centres.

http://www.leedsmet.ac.uk/metoffice/employability/resources/learning_objects/index.htm

We welcome your feedback on these Learning Objects, please email us at:

CLT@leedsmet.ac.uk