Graduates what to learn whilst job hunting!

Getting Job-Ready After Graduation? 💼

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Your degree shows you're smart. But employers also want to see that you can work smart too. How to do this? Good news, My Careers Tutor helps hundreds of grads into great jobs each year and we’ve done the legwork for you!

 ✅ How about some - free, user-friendly, quick, online brush-up options to boost your office confidence & know how- fast? Employers seeing these on your CV and Linked In will know you are preparing for your first professional role. Big shout-out to Alison.com for their generous free courses. 🙏🏼

Which 5 areas are we covering today ?

🗂️ 1. Office Software, Tools & Platforms

🤝 2. Meeting Management

🧑🏽‍💻 3. Becoming a Professional

📈 4. Digital Marketing Techniques

📅 5. Office Project Management Tools

So get a brew, maybe some choccy biccies and find out what you know/don’t know already!

🗂️ 1. Office Software, Tools & Platforms

Think you know all these inside out already? Maybe give them a go to check….

🔹 Word (Advanced)
🔹 Google Workspace
🔹 MS Office Co-Pilot (AI Assistant)
🔹 Excel
🔹 PowerPoint
🔹 Outlook
🔹 Canva
🔹 Document Management Techniques
🔹 Salesforce CRM

🤝 2. Meeting Management- ever organised a professional meeting before? 💼

🔹 Essentials of Online Meeting Management
🔹 Zoom (Admin)
🔹 Teams (Admin)
🔹 Taking Minutes
🔹 Dropbox – File Sharing

🧑🏽‍💻 3. Becoming a Professional – learn before you start a job! 📋

🔹 Business Etiquette & Professionalism
🔹 Business Administration: Communication & Planning
🔹 PA / Executive Assistant Skills

📈 4. Digital Marketing 📱

Want to understand key marketing tools used in business like SEO, content creation & email campaigns? Brush up here:

🧠 Digital Marketing Courses (Alison)
🌐 Google Digital Garage – Fundamentals
📧 HubSpot Academy – Email, SEO, Content
🎨 Canva Design School
📸 Meta Blueprint – Facebook & Insta Ads

🔎 However if you need a full qualification check out: CIM and Digital Marketing Institute

📅 5. Project Management

These short courses are perfect for non-project managers needing to grasp basic office organisation and planning tools/platforms. Just pick one or two to get the feel. When applying or jobs see if you can spot if they use any of the below- and learn these! 👇

🔹 Intro to Project Management
🔹 Trello
🔹 Asana | Bonus: Alison’s Asana Course
🔹 Slack
🔹 Monday.com
🔹 Google PM Certificate (Coursera)

📜 However! If you need to train professionally for a Project Management role visit:
Association for Project Management

🎯 Hope you enjoy learning and using some of the above- don’t forget to pop these onto your CV under ‘Professional Learning’ or ‘Self Study Courses’ . And on your Linked In profile of course!🎓

🍀Good luck with the learning and job search- if you fancy some hands on help with career direction and graduate job search over the coming weeks/months:

👉 Graduate Support
📧 melanie@mycareerstutor.co.uk

💬 Parents – if reading, feel free to reach out if you think your graduate would benefit from 1:1 support to achieve a professional role. Always happy to help!