{"id":17191,"date":"2020-10-15T14:22:51","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T13:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/isnews\/?p=17191"},"modified":"2020-10-16T13:22:32","modified_gmt":"2020-10-16T12:22:32","slug":"do-your-research-and-get-one-step-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/isnews\/do-your-research-and-get-one-step-ahead\/","title":{"rendered":"Do your research and get one step ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Once you start thinking about looking for a job, these library resources will help you prepare.<\/p>\n<h2>Job-seeking and interview skills<\/h2>\n<p>Use the books listed in our <a href=\"https:\/\/rl.talis.com\/3\/kent\/lists\/FF0C2BED-2CEA-9ACC-C12F-4E2E65662E62.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">careers and employability reading list<\/a>. to help you develop a strategy to find the job you want and refine your interview techniques<\/p>\n<h2>Research your employer<\/h2>\n<p>A job interview is your opportunity to demonstrate your knowledge about the organisation and the sector. If you do some research beforehand, you will feel able to\u00a0answer questions such as &#8220;what do you know about the organisation?&#8221; with confidence.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/moodle.kent.ac.uk\/2020\/course\/view.php?id=182&amp;section=5\">Employability section of our Library Research Skills Moodle module<\/a><\/p>\n<p>will show you how to<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>find key information on companies<\/li>\n<li>explore market information by industry type and regions<\/li>\n<li>identify key companies in a given sector as potential employers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Going solo<\/h2>\n<p>You may be thinking that you want to try going it alone and set up your own business<\/p>\n<p>The <a style=\"background-color: #ffffff\" href=\"https:\/\/moodle.kent.ac.uk\/2020\/course\/view.php?id=182&amp;section=5\">Employability section of our Library Research Skills Moodle module<\/a> shows you resources, available at the University of Kent and elsewhere, that are helpful if you are setting up your own business or working freelance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once you start thinking about looking for a job, these library resources will help you prepare. Job-seeking and interview skills Use the books listed in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/isnews\/do-your-research-and-get-one-step-ahead\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41249,"featured_media":17233,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10269,140826],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/isnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17191"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/isnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/isnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/isnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41249"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/isnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17191"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/isnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17232,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/isnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17191\/revisions\/17232"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/isnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/isnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/isnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/isnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}