Tuesday 4 January 2011

Alternative approaches to Graduate employment

Happy New Year everyone!

For many graduates at the moment there will not be a direct route into graduate level employment, and portfolio careers can be a realistic option. There are a series of short 5 min videos that might throw light on what is meant by a portfolio career - see link below: http://portfoliocareers.net/category/portfolio-careers/

The Planned happenstance approach can also provide a route to the type of work you want to do. Planned happenstance is about being open to opportunities that come your way and making the most of those opportunities. The link below is to an article that gives a good example of how this can work:
http://www.sgm.ac.uk/pubs/micro_today/pdf/050908.pdf

No comments:

Post a Comment