Careers and Employability
Your Careers Portal
Patricia Nnadi (Careers Consultant)
([email protected])
londonmet.ac.uk/careers
Your Careers Portal - What is it?
An Employability resource rich multi media platform with
employer led information and interactive exercises.
Your Careers Portal helps you understand today’s
changing job market.
Your Careers Portal provides a professional service that is
in tune with the needs of fast moving careers and
employability requirements,...
...which is easily accessible, attractive and easy to use.
Move your Career forward with confidence.
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Session Objectives
• Overall Visual Tour of your Careers Portal
 Industry reports (15 industries: Banking, Charities,
Healthcare, Legal Media Retail, Travel and more)
 Job Hunting – Virtual tour of all the things you want to know
about looking and securing a job, job techniques with Job
search engine and much more...
 CVs and Cover Letters explained (CV and cover letter
builder) Gain information from employers insights
 How to do well at Interviews and hear tips from employers
on how to succeed
 Self development analysing your skills/ developing a plan
 Psychometric tests (online exercises)
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Careers Portal - A great tool at your disposal
“Your Careers Portal” on the Careers & Employability website:
https://intranet.londonmet.ac.uk/studentservices/careers/
Or go to your Student Zone/ Jobs and Employment/Career and
Employability Advice/Your Careers Portal
•To log in, use your normal London Met Log In
•There are many resources available on Your Careers Portal,
various topics in various formats for various needs and
preferences.
•It’s best to have particular need or goal when accessing it. E.g.
finding out more about telephone interviewing
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For latest updates on Industry Reports
The state of my Industry
Open the resource tab at the top of the page and select
Industry Reports.
Click on the tab and you will have the choice of various
industries.
Accountancy Banking Charities Consulting Consumer Goods,
Insurance, Energy, Oil & Utilities Engineering & Construction
Healthcare Insurance Legal Media (incl. Advertising & Marketing)
Mining Retail Telecommunications Travel & Tourism
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Under each sector you will find:
sections
• Trends
• SWOT Analysis
• Employment & considerations
• Recruiters + locations
• Useful websites
• Companies
• More industries
+ Annual revenues and number
of employees
(TIPS: check the companies &
Employees’ profiles on LinkedIn)
Let’s have a look now..
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Now you have an understanding of your
INDUSTRY
Select JOB HUNTING section on main page, scroll down for the various
topics available to you:
Graduate Jobs in London (graduate jobs in London 8777 found)
Job Search Engine (100’s of jobs available) by location
Careers and Employability, Student Services (tailor-made support for any
employability question/advice you may need from our team of
professionals)
E-Hireability (online footprint and social media)
Job Hunt Techniques (techniques and methods)
Research Employers
Work with Recruiters
Self-Employment
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Let’s see in more details...
Let’s explore E- Hire ability on the JOB HUNTING section
You will find employers’ videos and various resources which
will provide you with valuable and informative advice on how
to
• Manage your online footprint
• Making yourself more hireable
• Using social media in your job search
• Getting to grips with LinkedIn
• And building a virtual network
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CV and Cover Letter Tips, Advice, Guidance
You have 20-30 seconds to catch an employer’s attention
with your CV
Your CV should make it obvious where could potentially add
value to the new employer.
• The Careers Portal will allow you to gain some extremely
valuable tips and insights from employers.. Here’s how..
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In this section CV and Cover Letters
Planning your CV, Writing your CV, Checking your CV
Employers’ insights in filtering and evaluating your CV
Adding key skills to your CV
Classic CV template
Career Change CV template
Education on your CV
How to structure your CV
Positive action words database
Skills-based CV template
Including interests on your CV
Returning to work CV tutorial
Why and how to reduce the length of your CV
Work experience on your CV
Writing an effective personal profile
Writing effective achievements
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CV Builder and Cover Letter Builder
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Interview Overview
• Take an auto-generated mock interview
or browse the questions employers use
the most at interviews.
• Practise your interview technique against the clock, record
your answers as you go;
• Compare your responses against video advice from
employers,
• Hear from employers why they ask these questions and
how good answers differ from poor ones.
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Developing self awareness
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Popular Content
 Strengths quiz
 Job Search Engine
 Interview simulator
 Work Related Learning Module
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How to research a topic ... using the banner (centre top)
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Virtual tour - Your Careers Portal
Finally...
You will benefit from the latest high quality career resources, equip to
progress your career by consuming the very latest and regularly updated
topics and the support it offers, with a rich wealth of content available to
read and practice with.
Good luck from your Careers and Employability team at
London Met
Holloway: 0207 133 2094
Moorgate: 0207 320 2380
(We’re open all summer, come and see us for a 1 to 1 session
to discuss your aspirations and employability needs)
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