In a previous post my colleague Darcey talked about the importance of learning from conversations. While we know this is important for good career management sometimes it can be difficult to have constructive conversations with others. For many (but not all) of you as distance learners, conversations with a current employer could be an important part of successful career management.
The missing Link in your career?
What: LinkedIn – Making it work for you
A webinar from the University of Edinburgh Careers Service
LinkedIn is about making contacts/connections – but it can be much more than that. This webinar will help you to explore LinkedIn for information, insights, groups and discussions. There will be plenty of time for questions and observations – and we hope that some of you might be happy to share any expertise you have in using LinkedIn.
Where do online students go for careers support?
You may remember that the Careers Service asked you to complete a survey on careers support for online distance learning (ODL) students a few months ago. It produced a few interesting results about what you are thinking so we thought we would share an overview with you.
Who you go to for careers support
When asked who you go to for your careers support, most common choices were your professional network (70% of you said you used this frequently or occasionally), friends and family (65%) and work colleagues (62%). This is really common and rightly so.