How might you get yourself noticed and then successfully transition into work?
Microsoft TEAMS Tutorial for Companies
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BT PLC one of the world’s leading communication services companies selling services integral to modern life have kindly shared their really useful resources to help you get work ready. |
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AWS re/Start is a free 12 week boot camp to kick-start your career in tech as a Cloud Support Practitioner. Run in collaboration with Generation and the Prince’s Trust, the program’s mission is to build local talent by providing AWS Cloud skills development and job opportunities to unemployed or underemployed people. |
| Thank you to SRS Recruitment, a leading provider of student assessment centres and candidate screening who would welcome you making use of their video and webinar resources |
| Prospects - guide millions of students to make the right choice |
| TARGET jobs - has all the latest vacancies and up-to-the-minute careers information and resources |
| Reed - the popular job website has a free CV template generator that can be used to apply for jobs. |
| Quick fun video on the importance of a professional sounding email address |
| Top 10 Tips for Interview Presentation Perfection - Brand Recruitment - A quick video on presentations. Whilst its aimed at those in the applying for jobs in marketing, this can be helpful if you need to have deliver a presentation when applying for jobs. |
| TED Talk – Little risks you can take to increase your luck, Tina Seelig - Tina Seeling shares three unexpected ways to increase your luck and your ability to see and seize opportunities. |
| TED Talk – Career advice you probably didn’t get, Susan Colantuono - This talk was aimed at women, but has universal takeaways for men and women. Susan Colantuono shares a simple surprising piece of advice you might not have heard before so plainly. |
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Arnold Schwarzenegger - Gives his 5 tip to success - Sharing how he went from a poor kid in Austria, to 7 times world body building champion, to highest paid Hollywood actor, to U.S governor. |
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TED Talk - Angela Lee Duckworth – the power of passion and perseverance . Leaving a high-flying job in consulting, Angela Lee Duckworth took a job teaching math to seventh graders in a New York public school. She quickly realized that IQ wasn't the only thing separating the successful students from those who struggled. Here, she explains her theory of "grit" as a predictor of success. |
| BOOKS | |
| From Learner to Earn£r | Sophie Milliken |
| 7 Habits of Highly Effective People | Stephen R Covey |
| My Awesome Guide to Getting Good at Stuff | Matthew Syed |
| Bounce | Matthew Syed |
| The Greatest | Matthew Syed |
| Black Box Thinking | Matthew Syed |
| Rebel Ideas | Matthew Syed |
| Emotional Agility | Susan David |
| Fear Less | Pippa Grange |
| The Little Book Of Emotional Intelligence |
Andy Cope and Amy Bradley |
| The Art of Being Brilliant |
Andy Cope and Andy Whittaker |
| The Chimp Paradox | Prof Steve Peters |
| How to Have a Good Day | Caroline Webb |
| Drive | Daniel Pink |
| The One Thing |
Gary Keller and Jay Papasan |
| How to Win Friends & Influence People | Dale Carnegie |
| Essentialism. The Disciplined Pursuit of Less | Greg McKeown |
| Invisible Women | Carolin Criado Perez |
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