Improving your employability
Be confident in your profession, have generic skills as well as subject-specific skills and be self-aware to recognise your strengths and potential
Alex Molloy, graduate who now works as a Sports Participation Officer
As a future Derby graduate, we want you to be confident in your profession; have generic skills as well as subject-specific skills and be self-aware in order to recognise your strengths and potential.
Professional development is ongoing; however, setting a good foundation whilst studying for your degree is the first step to reaching your potential which is what we aim to help you to do!
Whilst studying for your sport and exercise degree here at Derby, you will also begin to develop your professional development to enhance your employability skills upon graduating. Your time at university is not only about gaining a degree but is an opportunity for personal development and to gain generic skills that employers look for in their employees.
Generic skills you'll develop include:
- communication skills,
- problem solving,
- working with others,
- self-awareness,
- working independently,
- time management,
- research skills,
- critical thinking
- presentation skills.
These skills will be enhanced throughout your degree through a professional development programme. This programme will provide you with guidance on developing these skills, opportunities to discuss your progress with a personal tutor and a scheme of sessions that form our Steps to Success scheme.
- This scheme includes specialised sessions throughout years' one, two and three helping you to focus on delivering certain employability skills such as writing CVs and attending mock interviews as well as career development workshops and visiting speaker sessions. This will provide you with an insight into potential careers and the steps you'll need to take to get there.
