WoW, Careers and Employability

Get the WoW Factor!

This part of the website is dedicated to giving our students information on LJMU's World of Work (WoW) Programme - an exciting addition to what you can gain whilst studying at LJMU.

WoW can make you more skilled, more focused and more employable. So when you graduate, you have the best possible chance of getting that dream job. What will make you stand out?

  • Around 300,000 students graduate from UK universities every year
  • Only around 20,000 of these graduates gain jobs with the main graduate recruiters
  • 1 in 3 graduates enter employment in non-graduate job roles
  • A degree alone is not enough—over 60% of students gain a 2.1 or better
  • Average applications per job have risen to 83 in 2011, from 69 in 2010, 49 in 2009 and 31 in 2008.

One of the main reasons why students go to university is to improve their job prospects. WoW is here to help you do this. (In a recent CBI and NUS review, 79% of students said that the reason why they went to university was 'to improve my job prospects', 40% 'to develop/change my current job/career').  

The WoW Programme is made up of  inter-related parts.  Information is split up into the following areas:

    Careers Guidance and Employability

     Graduate Skills 
     e-portfolio
     WRL & 'WoW in Conversation with..'
     Careers Advice and Guidance  
     Vacancy Website & Placement Boards 
     Events Website

       WoW Skills Certifcation

      What is WoW Skills Certification
      The process
      How to get started

 

If you are not sure where to start with the above, or for any further information, contact Val Eva your Student Development Co-ordinator in the Business School (details here) or simply pop into the Employability Support  Unit  (Room G23 - John Foster Building).

The Employability Support Team    



Page last modified by Val Eva on 06 October 2011.
 
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