Listen "How to sell your skills when applying for jobs"
Episode Synopsis
How confident are you in selling your skills to potential employers?
In this episode, we meet Sam Merrix and Kelly Coles, both senior careers consultants at Warwick and both people who are well worth listening to if you want to give yourself the best chance of standing out to employers and kick-starting your career.
In this chat, you’ll hear tips on how to market what skills you have to potential employers, how to find out what skills those employers are looking for, as well as advice on how to prepare to talk about your skills at assessment centres and in job interviews – feel free to take notes as there’s lots of great stuff in this episode!
If you enjoy this interview, please share it with a friend and consider following the show so you don’t miss any future episodes. You can find The Skillscast on Spotify, Apple, or wherever else you get your podcasts, and you can find transcripts of our episodes on our website.
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Interview by Tom Greenaway
Hosting, mixing, editing, and artwork by Dave Musson
Theme music from Adobe Stock Music
The Skillscast is brought to you by the team behind the
Warwick Award, the University of Warwick’s employability skills award and development scheme. Find out more at warwick.ac.uk/warwickaward.
In this episode, we meet Sam Merrix and Kelly Coles, both senior careers consultants at Warwick and both people who are well worth listening to if you want to give yourself the best chance of standing out to employers and kick-starting your career.
In this chat, you’ll hear tips on how to market what skills you have to potential employers, how to find out what skills those employers are looking for, as well as advice on how to prepare to talk about your skills at assessment centres and in job interviews – feel free to take notes as there’s lots of great stuff in this episode!
If you enjoy this interview, please share it with a friend and consider following the show so you don’t miss any future episodes. You can find The Skillscast on Spotify, Apple, or wherever else you get your podcasts, and you can find transcripts of our episodes on our website.
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Interview by Tom Greenaway
Hosting, mixing, editing, and artwork by Dave Musson
Theme music from Adobe Stock Music
The Skillscast is brought to you by the team behind the
Warwick Award, the University of Warwick’s employability skills award and development scheme. Find out more at warwick.ac.uk/warwickaward.
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