{"id":2328,"date":"2021-10-06T10:01:49","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T09:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/?page_id=2328"},"modified":"2022-03-29T14:46:01","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T13:46:01","slug":"online-career-tools","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/online-career-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"Online Career Tools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following online tools are available to students as part of the university&#8217;s central Careers &amp; Employability Service. Students must use their Kent email address when logging in.<\/p>\n<h4><u>CareerSet<\/u><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/ces\/student\/cvs.html\">https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/ces\/student\/cvs.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Use Kent email address to access the tool<\/li>\n<li>You will get a new link each time you log in with your Kent email; links are live for 30 minutes<\/li>\n<li>Score your CV and get advice on how to improve it<\/li>\n<li>You must upload your CV in a pdf format, you can easily convert a Word to pdf and then edit the word document afterwards based on feedback<\/li>\n<li>You can also measure how well your CV scores against a target job description<\/li>\n<li>A score of 70+ is good but please do not just look at the score alone; look at all the feedback using the links on the left hand side<\/li>\n<li>You can upload as many CVs as you like and use different versions for different roles<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><u>Student Circus<\/u><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kent.studentcircus.com\/\">https:\/\/kent.studentcircus.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Jobs Platform for International students<\/li>\n<li>Jobs &amp; placements for students on graduate route visa<\/li>\n<li>Student Circus only advertises vacancies from companies that have recruited international students in the past<\/li>\n<li>The tool allows you to search by job sectors \u2013 e.g. Banking &amp; Finance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><u>GoinGlobal<\/u><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/ces\/protected\/GoinGlobal.html\">https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/ces\/protected\/GoinGlobal.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Need to use Kent email address for free access<\/li>\n<li>Specific, local information on job hunting and behaviours in various countries<\/li>\n<li>Provides good support for international students returning to home countries who may not have any job\/networking contacts there<\/li>\n<li>Internship advice &amp; remote internships<\/li>\n<li>H1B Plus Visa info<\/li>\n<li>Focus on country \/ city \/ US cities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><u>Graduates First<\/u><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.graduatesfirst.com\/university-career-services\/kent\">https:\/\/www.graduatesfirst.com\/university-career-services\/kent<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Use Kent email address for free access<\/li>\n<li>Ability test practice &#8211; numerical, verbal, logical, abstract, spatial<\/li>\n<li>Insight help videos<\/li>\n<li>Video interview practice<\/li>\n<li>Resources relevant to specific employers (especially for management consulting and banking &amp; finance)<\/li>\n<li>You can do a warmup exercise to get a flavour of the different types of tests<\/li>\n<li>Ability tests \u2013 analysis of how you did and what you did right\/wrong<\/li>\n<li>There are information videos to answer specific question types<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><u>ShortlistMe<\/u><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/ces\/protected\/ShortlistMe.html\">https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/ces\/protected\/ShortlistMe.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Practice interviews online<\/li>\n<li>Video interview practice<\/li>\n<li>Provides analysis and feedback on your answers and presentation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><u>How to get a graduate job<\/u><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurelearn.com\/courses\/graduate-job\">https:\/\/www.futurelearn.com\/courses\/graduate-job<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Online course<\/li>\n<li>Join with Limited Access &#8211; free version gives you three weeks to complete the course<\/li>\n<li>Understand the graduate recruitment process<\/li>\n<li>Prepare for the world of work<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"kent-social-links\"><li><a href='http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/online-career-tools\/&amp;t=Online Career Tools' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-facebook' title='Share via Facebook'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=Online Career Tools%20https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/online-career-tools\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-twitter' title='Share via Twitter'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/online-career-tools\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-google-plus' title='Share via Google Plus'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/online-career-tools\/&amp;title=Online Career Tools' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-linkedin' title='Share via Linked In'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='mailto:content=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/online-career-tools\/&amp;title=Online Career Tools' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-email' title='Share via Email'><\/i><\/a><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following online tools are available to students as part of the university&#8217;s central Careers &amp; Employability Service. 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