Careers From Bed!

It’s 2017 and you can take significant steps towards your professional success without getting out of bed. What a time to be alive!

You may be questioning the logistics of this and thinking that your flannel pjs and ‘not so clean’ student flat might not impress employers. But don’t worry, taking steps towards  your future career take place online through our Careers E- Learning Hub!

That’s right, King’s Careers and Employability has an E-learning Hub page on KEATS!

The Careers E-Learning Hub is full of invaluable resources to help you conquer every step in your journey to securing the career of your dreams. Its the helping hand you never knew you had or needed which assists you from the very first step of exploring your options all the way to interview or assessment day practice and even after!

The page is designed to cater to those who are just starting to explore careers, to those who already have a few ideas, as well as to students who have a clear idea of what they would like to do. By selecting the stage you are at, the E-Learning Hub can provide you advice and support that you may need at that particular point in your career planning process.

Additionally, there are a range of resources which are applicable to everyone and provide information which will make the job finding and application process a less painful and lot smoother experience.

Resources include…

  • Who we are, what we do & how to use us
    • A guide to the services King’s Careers and Employability offers, including our career consultation and interview practice appointments. (For these you do have to dress up and leave the house, sorry!)
  • Employability: What it means & how to develop yours
    • A page full of tips, guides, quizzes, and videos on identifying your transferable skills, developing existing or new skills, decoding commercial awareness, and making the most of networking and social media.
  • Figuring out what to do next & exploring careers
    • This section helps you to: explore industries and careers, research employers and internships effectively, and learn about King’s Internships as well as King’s Alumni.
  • Getting to Grips with & Succeeding in the Recruitment Process
    • Use this page to take e-courses on creating successful applications, drafting killer CVs, impressing interviewers, and gather tips on completing psychometric tests and assessment days.

Our E-Learning page is full of great material! From guides to videos to e-courses there’s a range of resources to support you in every possible way.

But that’s not all! The page also features recordings of King’s Careers & Employability and other institutions’ events so you can watch them from home in case you’ve missed any. There is also a link to King’s Career Kit which contains all our career handouts.

So what are you waiting for? Get comfortable, maybe pop a pillow behind your back, enroll yourself on our module on KEATS and start exploring all that our Careers E-Learning Hub has to offer!

Happy career planning! 🙂

Written by Zsofia Menyhei, Second year student studying Law and Marketing Assistant for Careers & Employability.