Take your Skills Development to the Next Level
Developing your Skills
Throughout your life and career, there will always be a need for you to learn new skills and develop yourself personally. These skills can provide you with a different outlook, present new and exciting opportunties or lead you down a new path. Below is a list of free skills development resources that will compliment your real world experiences through your University studies, paid work or your volunteering roles that will enable you to become an even more impactful volunteer, stand out from the crowd and further boost your career prospects.
LinkedIn Learning
While you are a student at ARU, you have a free membership to LinkedIn Learning (formally Lynda.com), a leading online learning company that offers engaging, top-quality online courses and video tutorials taught by recognised industry experts. These courses can help you develop a variety of soft skills, learn the skills of different career paths and can help to give you the knowledge and skills to utilise software that is used at Anglia Ruskin University and through your course.
To access LinkedIn Learning, please go to arul.ink/linkedinlearning and log in using your Full Username and your Anglia Ruskin Standard Password.
Log in to LinkedIn Learning
Employability Service Skills Courses
The Employability Service have a host of online skills courses which can enhance your skills in a variety of areas including leadership and attitude to problem solving and team work. You can also explore different industry sectors.
Skills Courses
Developing your 'Recruitability'
You may well be the perfect candidate for a job you are applying to and have all the skills that your potential future employer is looking for, but if you cannot showcase your skills and experience, or 'sell' your abilities in a job application, you may well miss out. Remember, there will be lots of candidates wanting the same job as you, but you may miss out on the job simply on an out-of-date CV, interview technique or a lack of interview preperation. These skills are often neglected, but having a great CV and being fully confident going into an interview can and will make all the difference to your 'recruitability'.
Below is a list of free resources offered by Anglia Ruskin University that can help you become more recruitable. An investment in learning these skills could be the key to landing that first graduate job after University:
CV Planning
Getting a new job often starts with the submission of your CV. It is therefore vital that you make the correct impression to your potential new employer and to sell yourself to ensure you stand out from the other applications. Learn how to plan your CV and hear from employers about what they look for in a great CV.
CV Planning
CV Builder
Interview Preperation
Once you have a job interview, it is important you prepare properly. Although you may have all the skills the job decription has asked for, the difference between you getting the job and just missing out, could just be down to your interview preperation and technique.
Interview Preperation
Interview Simulator
Practising your interview technique can be a daunting task, but understanding the kind of questions you could be asked and preparing answers that will best sell your skills and experiences is an invaluable process. The Employability Service has an online interview simulator where you can practice your interview answers and get tips on how to answer each one properly. Once you feel confident and want to practice in person, book in a mock interview with a member of the Employability Service.
Interview Simulator
Employability Service
The Employability Service also have a whole host of other resources that can prepare you for your firest graduate job and beyond including:
- Careers Appointments
- Workshops
- Tests and assessments
- Tutorials
- Action Plans
- and more...
Check out how the Employability Service can help you:
Employability Service
Logging your Hours and Skills and Downloading your Skills Transcript
Being able to identify and explain the skills and experiences you have learnt and developed whilst volunteering, in a CV or during a job interview, is key in showcasing yourself as the most suitable candidate that will make you stand out from the competition. Logging your volunteering hours and skills and subsequently downloading your Skills Transcript, is a great place to start your skills self-reflection. Make sure you log your hours and skills and download your Skills Transcript today.
Log your Hours and Skills
Download your Skills Transcript