UELconnect Blog

After an interesting 6 months working with the UEL Employability Team, we have recently launched a learning resource called ‘Get That Job! Four steps to successful employment’.

It was a really interesting project to work on from many angles:

• We were involved in some very interesting filming sessions with employers in Canary Wharf. Very interesting and influential people who gave up their time to share their tips and experiences on gaining successful graduate employment.
• We filmed some successful student/graduate experiences at UEL. As my job isn’t very student facing, it was interesting to see what opportunities our students & graduate have and what successes they have achieved.
• As a result of this project, some very useful discussions on the role/status of open educational resources in UEL were undertaken. As OER becomes more important in UK HE, it will be interesting to see how this is taken forward in the university.
• We have developed some interesting flash interactions to support students to ‘Test Yourself’ on different aspects of applying and getting jobs.

Working with the Employability Team has been very interesting, working with colleagues who have such an interest and passion in their work, made the creation of this learning resource enjoyable. Hopefully, with more funding we will be able to grow this resource even further.

Now – I guess after working on an employability project for 6 months, I should look at updating that CV!!