{"id":192,"date":"2024-02-23T14:28:07","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T14:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/careers\/?p=192"},"modified":"2024-02-23T14:28:07","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T14:28:07","slug":"i-learnt-a-lot-and-have-changed-my-attitude-to-the-job-search-significantly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/careers\/2024\/02\/23\/i-learnt-a-lot-and-have-changed-my-attitude-to-the-job-search-significantly\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;I learnt a lot and have changed my attitude to the job search significantly.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Alex Ellwood graduated from The University of Kent in 2021 with a BSC in Financial Mathematics and has secured a role as a Data Entry Clerk. <\/p>\n<p>Alex was connected to the SafetyNet+ Scheme by the Careers and Employability Service.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-193 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/careers\/files\/2024\/02\/Alex-Ellwood-.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"504\" height=\"378\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Original Status: Alex sought coaching support to help him build confidence and motivation to apply for graduate level jobs.<\/p>\n<p>Support Provided: Alex&#8217;s coach provided a detailed CV review, assisted with sourcing suitable roles, and provided interview coaching, particularly around structuring answers with the STAR technique.<\/p>\n<p>What Alex Found Most Valuable: &#8220;The encouragement to actually start applying and thinking about my experience in STAR form for future interviews&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>How did the Support Help Alex with Confidence: &#8220;I&#8217;m more likely to apply for jobs that I didn&#8217;t think I&#8217;d get because I am able to present myself better and understand what they are looking for as well as using key words better&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>What Alex said about the Support: &#8220;I&#8217;m glad to have had the extra support and feel more valued by my University. I learnt a lot and have changed my attitude to the job search significantly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alex Ellwood graduated from The University of Kent in 2021 with a BSC in Financial Mathematics and has secured a role as a Data Entry &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/careers\/2024\/02\/23\/i-learnt-a-lot-and-have-changed-my-attitude-to-the-job-search-significantly\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80470,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[149528],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/80470"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":194,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192\/revisions\/194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}