Career advice for Graduates – not boring!
It’s the season for people to start thinking about their careers again, and I found something useful in my inbox this morning.
I subscribe to Garr Reynolds’ posterous blog (that’s a scrapbook type blog) Garr is the author of @PresentationZen a brilliant book about how not to give your audience ‘Death by Powerpoint’. Two years ago he wrote a book review I think is an excellent motivator for up and coming graduates (and come to think of it, other people thinking about their careers).
It’s a slide presentation, so grab a cup of coffee and click away…
And if you like that, why not buy the book he reviews, visit the websites and check out Garr Reynolds blog all about presentation techniques. And to prove you can do it too, here are some slide decks which I did inspired by Garr’s fantastic book.
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I loved the presentation – and will show it to my daughter who is about to start her third (final) year at university without a clear idea of what career she's aiming for.
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hi Jane
assure your dughter not to worry much about where she goes after graduating. we all know that first degree is only a base or a stepping stone that helps us start our careers… i am sure she will be able to focus more once she has her degree and she might do different jobs till she finds herself in one and build on it.. good luck for her….
Suhad
thanks for this Su. I personally enjoy adults careers advising, when i was qualifiying a a careers advisor i did many placements in schools and vocational colleges but didnt enjoy it to the maximum till i worked in higher education in the middle east… one can tell the difference
ps. for some reason i cant loginin under my name…..so i am a guest now
Thanks Suhad. My advice to her has been to gain lots of experience in different areas. She is studying Aid in Africa for her dissertation, and will be doing work experience at the London office of an African charity this summer before going out there to see how it works in practice. After she has finished her degree next year she plans on an internship in New York. I suspect she will take her (in my opinion) considerable talents through a “portfolio” career, learning and contributing as she goes.
There are more opportunities in some ways now, and it's less common for people to have a job for life in the same industry.
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