Employability Training

Curriculum Vitae

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Name: EGP Volunteer

Date of Birth: 1990

Email: egpitsec@gmail.com

Address: Pleasance, Edinburgh

Teamwork

The ability to work well with others - basic but essential

Question examples:

Effective Time and Planning Management

Being able to prioritise and organise different tasks

• Tell me about a team project you worked on
• Share a rewarding team experience
• Give an example of a team project that failed, and what you learnt from it
• Give an example of a time when you played an important role as a member of a team
• Describe a situation when you actively challenged someone about a decision or an action you felt was wrong for the wider team's success

Question Examples:

Why they ask

EGP Career Prospects Training

• Give an example of when you've had to meet multiple deadlines
• Describe a situation that required you to do a number of things at the same time. How did you handle it? What was the result?
• How do you prioritise projects and tasks when scheduling your time?
• Tell me about a project that you planned. How did you organise and schedule the tasks? What was the action plan?

• To see if you can collaborate well with others
• To see you can effectively communicate with other personalities
• To see if they can handle seeing you everyday without wanting to strangle you!

Why they ask

• Making sure you can meet deadlines and are reliable to do so.
• Trying to figure out how organised you are
• To see if you are capable of managing a team (linking with teamwork)

Communication Skills

Question examples:

Ability to transfer information effectively

More specific questions

Home events

Coffee mornings

Bingo nights

Pub quizzes

Afternoon tea

Day at the races

Bag packs - start contacting now

YAY Easter Fundraising !

Showing Initiative

Fundraising

Budgeting and Accounting

• Tell us about a time when your ability to effectively communicate to a group or individual led to a successful result
• Give an example of a time where you felt that you had not communicated effectively. How did you deal with this situation?
• Tell me about the most significant presentation that you've ever had to do

Why they ask

Tricky Questions

Push VMG - sponsored events

• Edinburgh half marathon 27/27th may (Sign up by 11th April). Half or full marathon
• Live below the line
• Get creative - use resources at home
• Selling tshirts at home
• Brainstorm and present home fundraising by pre-departure - send to committee members

• To see if you can present information in a clear, concise manner
• Crucial to any job
• Contributes to all other kinds of skills - teamwork, planning etc.

2011-2015

Undergrad Law Student

2011-12

EGP Volunteer

2013-14

EGP Committee - Project Researcher

Summer intern at at CSM Cameron McKenna

2014-15

EGP Committee - President

2015-16

Postgrad diploma in professional legal practice

2016-17

Legal traineeship with CMS Cameron McKenna

Alumni Speaker: Jenny McHattie

• Explain what self-development opportunities you've taken advantage of during your university years to make yourself more employable in the job market
• Detail three non-academic achievements/extracurricular activities you are particularly proud of and give your reasons why?
• Tell us about a time when you invited or encouraged others to offer a different perspective or opinion in order to deliver a better solution.