{"id":1819,"date":"2023-08-04T10:19:41","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T09:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/artshumsemployability\/?page_id=1819"},"modified":"2023-08-04T10:29:21","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T09:29:21","slug":"get-it-right","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/artshumsemployability\/get-it-right\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Employability &amp; How to Improve it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>What is Employability?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cA set of achievements \u2013 skills, understandings and personal attributes \u2013 that make graduates more likely to gain employment and be successful in their chosen occupations, which benefits themselves, the workforce, the community and the economy\u201d Professor Mantz Yorke<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Why improve your employability?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The proportion of students getting a First or a 2:1 from a UK University continues to rise. You need more than just a good degree to stand out from the competition.\u00a0 Employers are looking for a broad range of experience and the ability to demonstrate a wide range of employability skills. Developing employability is an ongoing process so start early!<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to improve your Employability:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/artshumsemployability\/2023\/08\/04\/first-year-students\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">First Year Students<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/artshumsemployability\/2023\/08\/04\/second-year-students\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Second Year Students<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/artshumsemployability\/2023\/08\/04\/final-year-students\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Final Year Students<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Graduate Recruitment Timeline:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1838\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/artshumsemployability\/files\/2023\/08\/Graduate-Recruitment-Timeline.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is Employability? \u201cA set of achievements \u2013 skills, understandings and personal attributes \u2013 that make graduates more likely to gain employment and be successful &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/artshumsemployability\/get-it-right\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":73455,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/artshumsemployability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1819"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/artshumsemployability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/artshumsemployability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/artshumsemployability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/73455"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/artshumsemployability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1819"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/artshumsemployability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1840,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/artshumsemployability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1819\/revisions\/1840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/artshumsemployability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}