Building a career that works for YOU
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Building a career that works for YOU Jemima Gibbons Chipping Campden School 9 June 2014
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Talk for Year 12s (16 and 17 year olds), who have another year left of school but need to start thinking about their career options - aim was to be inspiring and thought-provoking - encouraging them to think about taking a more entrepreneurial approach to career development, making full use of opportunities created by social media.
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Building a career that works for YOU
Jemima Gibbons Chipping Campden School9 June 2014
@JemimaG
Create opportunities: Be in the right place at the right time – get noticed.
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Keep ideas open – stayflexible. If things don’t go asplanned, find another way.
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Have a “slashie” or portfoliocareer approach (one sidedoesn’t necessarily have to be secret from the other).
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Use social media to positionyourself, build your brandand make great connections.
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Make the right friends: stay passionate, be authenticand true to yourself.
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“Don’t ask what the world needs.Ask what makes you come alive andgo do it. Because what the worldneeds is people who have come alive” - Howard Thurman