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Future Careers Manual – The definitive guide for professional cricketers seeking new career direction or development of a dual career.
Contents
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Introduction 4/ Career Research
5 Introduction 64 Career researching skills
7 Reflection 65 Network diagram
8 Who am I now? 68 Social media
10 Where am I now? 70 Gap & needs analysis
14 Career development model 71 Education (formal & informal)
1/ Self Awareness 5/ Finding Work
18 Self awareness 74 Searching for work and work experience
19 Values & beliefs 76 Job readiness check list
20 Self reflection 78 CV guidance & template
23 Personal values 80 Example CV
30 Attitudes 81 General CV tips
32 Habits, choices and behaviours 82 Cover letters
34 Understanding personality preferences 84 Interview skills
37 Passions, likes and dislikes 87 Before your interview
40 Strengths
43 Motivation 6/ Self Reflection & action planning
46 Section reflections
90 Time for self reflection
2/ Skills & Abilities 95 Action planning
96 Long term vision
48 Skills, abilities & transferrable skills
52 Examples of employability skills A closing thought
54 Skills passions & practicalities
98 A closing thought
3/ Knowledge & Experience 99 PCA Personal Development Managers
58 Type of employment and sources of income
59 Aligning financial aspirations with career aspirations
61 Exploring career options
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FUTURE CAREERS MANUAL
Introduction
The PCA Personal Development Programme
has a talented network of Personal Development
Managers (PDMs) who coach and mentor current
and former players to help them create satisfying
lives for themselves, during and after their
cricketing career. This “Future Careers Manual” has
been designed to provide both personal insight and
practical guidance to our members during their
career journey into and out of cricket. No matter
what age or stage of your cricketing or working
career you are in, this resource will be able to make
a difference.
IAN THOMAS,
DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND WELFARE
4FUTURE CAREERS MANUAL INTRODUCTION
Introduction Reflection
– –
A CYCLE FOR
PERSONAL GROWTH
AND CAREER
THE PURPOSE OF THIS GUIDE IS TWO-FOLD: Where am DEVELOPMENT
i now?
1. To support you during your cricket career to develop your
self-awareness and personal skill set to better equip you to
manage the challenges of the elite performance environment.
Taking
2. To provide a framework, tools and resources to enable you Action
to learn about the career exploration and development process, Where do i
and guide what action you need to take to support a successful want to be?
career transition.
A Starting
THE GUIDE CHALLENGES YOU TO CONSIDER:
Thought…
Where am I now, where do I want to be and Each person’s career
how do I get there? exploration journey is What support
unique to them. We all do i need? How do i
begin in different places
It then offers advice and guidance on what you can do yourself and so choose how best to get there?
what support you can access to help you achieve your goals and use this guide - dip in and
ambitions. You can choose to work through this guide independently or out or work through the
with support from a PCA Personal Development Manager. guide cover to cover! Just
remember that it takes
Reflection informs direction
The guide will encourage you to reflect, identify passions, values and time and effort to grow.
motivations, and develop awareness of current strengths and areas for Growth demands a
and future action
development. It will support you in your research and assessment of commitment to new
which career areas and specific roles are best suited to your individual thought and new
interests, needs and circumstances. It will also encourage you to behaviours and above all
access and grow your support network. a willingness to change Creating time to honestly reflect on where you are in each aspect of your life,
and do something new. recognising what is going well, what is not going well, and what you need or want to
change is a vital ingredient to personal and professional growth. Reflection is a skill
you need to practice. At its heart reflection is a commitment to behaviour change.
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Who am I now? Follow-up questions:
–
–
1. What makes you feel good?
In the space below, describe as fully as possible (as if to a stranger) who
you currently are.
Consider how you are defined by yourself and others, how you consider
yourself to be and behave as a person, your values, motivations, interests,
strengths and focus.
Consider people and areas you are involved with formally and informally
in your current life and how that plays into who you are now. 2 What do you enjoy?
3. What makes you anxious and gives you doubts?
4. Describe your best qualities as a human being…
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Where am I now? Follow-up questions:
–
–
1. What do you notice about your ratings in each area?
WHICH STAGE OF YOUR CRICKET CAREER ARE YOU IN? (TICK)
Early career e.g. 0-3 years
Mid-career e.g. 3-6 years
Late career e.g. 6 years + plus
2. What areas are currently most important to you and why?
5 • Family
4 • Finances
ACTIVITY:
Highlight on the model 3
• Freetime
where you consider
2
yourself to be currently • Relationships
in each of the different
1
areas of your life, with • W ork
1 representing no experience
satisfaction through 3. List each area below in order of importance to you
to 5 representing • Qualifications
complete satisfaction.
• H ealth &
wellbeing
• Faith/
spirituality
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Career development:
Follow-up question:
Where am I now?
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1. I have a clear idea of what I want to achieve
in my career after cricket ACTIVITY:
What barriers, if any,
currently or potentially
2. I know what I want to achieve in my personal life limit your Career
Development?
3. I allow myself enough time to plan my future and
regularly set short-term learning and career
development goals
4. I have examined how my current skills and
experience could be applied to different career options
5. I know what level and balance of skills and
knowledge will be required in future career
opportunities
6. I recognize the benefits and limitations of pursing
particular career paths
EXAMPLES OF COMMON BARRIERS ARE BELOW:
7. I make the most of my network and contacts for • Laziness • Lack of resources
advice and guidance on future career plans • Fear of failure • Finances
• Rejection • Health / disability
• Lack of self confidence • Other (state
Limiting beliefs
8. I have made an informed decision on my future career • Low motivation • below)
based on a realistic assessment of my core strengths, • Poor time management
motivations, experiences, opportunities and constraints • Familyofcommitments
Lack relevant experience
•
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Career development
model
–
The diagram below identifies 6 key aspects of personal and career
development. Each aspect will be explained, you’ll then be encouraged
to complete a self-assessment to identify your current level of
competency in the area. The guide then offers a range of activities and
links for information and ideas of how to further develop in the area.
• Self Awareness
• S kills & Ability
• K&nowledge
Experience
Your visions will
• Career Research become clear only
when you can look
• F inding Work into your own heart.
• SAction
elf Reflection &
Planning
Who looks outside,
dreams; who looks
inside, awakes.
CARL JUNG
14 1516
1 Self awareness
At the center of your being
you have the answer;
you know who you are
and you know what you want.
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Self awareness 1. Values & beliefs
– –
Ever stopped to think ‘Why do I do what I do’?
Emotional Self-Awareness includes recognizing and understanding one’s own
emotions. This includes the ability to differentiate between subtleties in one’s own By spending some time in this section exploring your values & beliefs and how
emotions while understanding the cause of these emotions and the impact they they impact your behaviour you will benefit from:
have on one’s own thoughts and actions and those of others.
• Greater self-awareness by knowing what makes you tick.
• Increased awareness and understanding of others
and a respect of differences.
• A solid foundation to set meaningful goals.
Values
‘The quality DEFINITIONS:
The greatest
5. 1. of being
Motivation Values & A belief is an internal feeling that something is true, even though that belief may importance
Beliefs conscious of be unproven or irrational. e.g. I believe that walking under a ladder brings bad
luck, or I believe that there is life after death.
and highest
one’s own
priority in
feelings, A value is a measure of the worth or importance a person attaches to something;
our values are often reflected in the way we live our lives. e.g. I value freedom of
our lives.
character,
speech, or I value my family.
Self etc.’
awareness Values and beliefs interact - Values are stable long-lasting beliefs about what is
4. 2. important to a person.
Personality/
Strengths Preferences ‘An awareness They become standards by which people order their lives and make their choices.
A belief will develop into a value when the person’s commitment to it grows and
of one’s own they see it as being important.
personality or
3.
Likes & individuality.’ Exploring Values
Dislikes
Investing time to identify and explore your personal values will help you to discover
what’s most important to you within both your personal and professional life.
An easy way to start identifying values is to look back on your life and notice
times when you felt really good, were confident and made good choices.
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The importance of knowing yourself as a
Self-reflection sportsmen should never be underestimated.
Until you know how you react under pressure it
– is difficult to understanding how you will best
deal with it.
To know what makes you feel good and what
REFLECT ON YOUR HAPPIEST MEMORIES… makes you anxious are fundamentals to play at
What were you doing? Were you with other people? Who?
What other factors contributed to your happiness? your very best. Handling failure and not taking the PETER MOORES,
worries of the day home at night are key skills to NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
create balance both as a player and a person. All CCC HEAD COACH
these are crucial skills to unlock the full potential & TWO-TIME
in all of us. ENGLAND HEAD
COACH
THINK OF A TIME WHEN YOU WERE VERY PROUD OF YOURSELF… All this falls under the banner of self awareness or simply
Why were you proud? Did other people share your pride? Who?
the ability to know yourself better. This doesn’t make the
What other factors contributed to your feelings of pride?
challenges go away though it does make them easier to manage.
Most people finish their careers saying
if only I knew at twenty one what I know
REFLECT ON TIMES WHEN YOU FELT FULFILLED…
What need or desire was fulfilled? How and why did the experience give your now I would have been so much better.
My advice is be prepared to study
life meaning? What other factors contributed to your feelings of fulfillment?
yourself as well as your game, be open
and listen to others views and be brave
enough to make your own decision.
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Personal values
–
Drawing on your responses, select your top 10 values, based on your
experiences of happiness, pride and fulfillment.
If stuck, then review the list of common personal values in the table over the
page to help you get started – feel free to add your own words.
List your top 10 values, not in any particular order.
Key Points
Having a real understanding Identifying and
understanding your
of yourself and your My top 10 personal values are: values is a challenging
personality is paramount to 1. and important exercise.
Your personal values are
your personal development. a central part of who you
2.
Being aware how you learn, are – and who you want to
be. By becoming more
interact and reflect on 3.
aware of these important
personal experiences can factors in your life, you
4.
can use them as a guide
have a real bearing on to make the best choice
5.
success. Learning from in any situation.
others is a great skill but so 6. Some of life’s decisions
is embracing your own are really about
7. determining what you
individual unique methods. value most. When many
8.
ANTHONY MCGRATH, options seem reasonable,
it’s helpful and
ESSEX CCC HEAD COACH 9. comforting to rely on
your values – and use
10. them as a strong guiding
force to point you in the
right direction.
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ADVENTURE AUTHORITY AUTONOMY BALANCE BEAUTY BOLDNESS
Rank order your values in terms of importance to you i.e. differentiate between
COMPASSION CHALLENGE CITIZENSHIP COMMUNITY COMPETENCY values that are desirable and those which are essential or non-negotiable with
regards to your happiness, pride and satisfaction.
CONTRIBUTION CREATIVITY CURIOSITY DETERMINATION FAIRNESS FAITH
FAME FRIENDSHIPS FUN GROWTH HAPPINESS My top 10 ranked personal values are:
1.
HONESTY HUMOR INFLUENCE INNER HARMONY 2.
TIP To help you do this
review your 10 values
3.
JUSTICE KINDNESS two at a time and ask
Values
yourself, “If I could
4.
have only one of these
KNOWLEDGE LEADERSHIP values, which would I
5.
choose?” Or consider,
“If I lost this value
how would it make me 6.
LEARNING LOVE
feel?” Keep working
through the list, by 7.
MEANINGFUL comparing each value
LOYALTY OPENNESS
WORK 8.
with each other value,
until you can put your
OPTIMISM PEACE PLEASURE list in order. 9.
10.
POISE POPULARITY RECOGNITION
RELIGION REPUTATION RESPECT RESPONSIBILITY SECURITY
FINALLY CHECK YOUR VALUES
SELF-RESPECT SERVICE SPIRITUALITY STABILITY SUCCESS STATUS
• Do your top-priority values fit with your life and your vision for yourself?
• Do they make you feel good about yourself?
TRUSTWORTHINESS WEALTH WISDOM
• Would you be proud to tell your values to people you respect and admire?
• Do these values represent who you are?
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Career-specific
values EXAMPLE STATUS ADVANCEMENT INFLUENCE
PEOPLE
HELP
OTHERS SUPERVISION
– ALWAYS OFTEN NEVER ALWAYS OFTEN NEVER ALWAYS OFTEN NEVER ALWAYS OFTEN NEVER ALWAYS OFTEN NEVER ALWAYS OFTEN NEVER
EXPLORE WHAT’S IMPORTANT
TO YOU IN THE WORKPLACE, EXERCISE MAKE
SECURITY AESTHETIC INDEPENDENCE RECOGNITION
USING THE VALUES LISTED COMPETENCE DECISIONS
OPPOSITE. ALWAYS OFTEN NEVER ALWAYS OFTEN NEVER ALWAYS OFTEN NEVER ALWAYS OFTEN NEVER ALWAYS OFTEN NEVER ALWAYS OFTEN NEVER
As with the previous exercise put each
value under a heading that represents it’s
importance to you ranging from ALWAYS CREATIVE PRECISION WORK
EXCITEMENT AFFILIATION COMMUNITY
VALUE, OFTEN VALUE and NEVER VALUE. EXPRESSION WORK WITH OTHERS
ALWAYS OFTEN NEVER ALWAYS OFTEN NEVER ALWAYS OFTEN NEVER ALWAYS OFTEN NEVER ALWAYS OFTEN NEVER ALWAYS OFTEN NEVER
Values that fail to meet these categories
should be discarded.
WORK ON
Aim as before to have no more than 10 CHALLENGING INTELLECTUAL FRONTIERS OF HELP OTHERS LOCATION ADVENTURE
PROBLEMS STATUS
ALWAYS value and no more than 5 OFTEN KNOWLEDGE
and 5 NEVER values. ALWAYS OFTEN NEVER ALWAYS OFTEN NEVER ALWAYS OFTEN NEVER ALWAYS OFTEN NEVER ALWAYS OFTEN NEVER ALWAYS OFTEN NEVER
Being aware of what you never value can
provide useful insight and inform life and
career satisfaction as it indicates JOB CHANGE AND POWER AND MORAL
WORK ALONE PROFIT, GAIN
activities, places, behaviours or people TRANQUILITY VARIETY AUTHORITY FULFILLMENT
you may want to avoid to maximise ALWAYS OFTEN NEVER ALWAYS OFTEN NEVER ALWAYS OFTEN NEVER ALWAYS OFTEN NEVER ALWAYS OFTEN NEVER ALWAYS OFTEN NEVER
happiness, pride and satisfaction.
WORK UNDER TIME HIGH EARNING
KNOWLEDGE FRIENDSHIP COMPETITION
PRESSURE FREEDOM ANTICIPATED
ALWAYS OFTEN NEVER ALWAYS OFTEN NEVER ALWAYS OFTEN NEVER ALWAYS OFTEN NEVER ALWAYS OFTEN NEVER ALWAYS OFTEN NEVER
E S
LU E N
LU E R
LU AY
E
E
VA EV
VA FT
VA W
AL
N
O
PHYSICAL PUBLIC ARTISTIC ADD YOUR OWN
FAST PACE STABILITY
CHALLENGE CONTACT CREATIVITY VALUE HERE
ALWAYS OFTEN NEVER ALWAYS OFTEN NEVER ALWAYS OFTEN NEVER ALWAYS OFTEN NEVER ALWAYS OFTEN NEVER ALWAYS OFTEN NEVER
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1. 1.
2. 2.
3. 3.
ALWAYS NEVER
List your top career 4. List career values you 4.
values ALWAYS value NEVER value (max 5).
(max 10). 5. 5.
6.
7.
Prioritising
8.
9.
10.
1.
2.
1. As with the Personal 3.
Values exercise – focus
2. on your list of 10 4.
ALWAYS values and
3. see if you can prioritise 5.
OFTEN this to gain clarity on
List career values you 4. your biggest areas that 6.
OFTEN value (max 5). illicit happiness,
5. pride and fulfillment 7.
and list here.
8.
CHECK Are you sure that none of these are essential to your 9.
happiness, pride and fulfillment in the workplace?
Move to ALWAYS if needed. 10.
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Attitudes
Your VALUES are unlikely to change yet you choose your ATTITUDE and what you
believe daily.
An attitude is an evaluative position you hold about a thing, a person, an idea or
perhaps an organisation. Attitudes inform the way a person expresses or applies When you know exactly
their beliefs and values through their words and behaviour. For example:
what you want, your decision
• II get really upset when I hear about cruelty to children and animals. making becomes simple.
• hate people being late.
MATTHEW WOOD,
EX-YORKSHIRE CCC
I am…
My work is…
ACTIVITY
Complete these
sentences by writing Life is…
the first thing that
comes up for you.
Money is…
Age is…
Attitudes affect outcome
Think about your attitudes and beliefs, consider are they helpful or do any hold you
back? Do you have any habits or behaviours that on reflection you would benefit
from changing?
If so, you may find the Change Recording Sheet overleaf helpful.
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Habits, choices START State what NEW HABITS you will start:
and behaviours
–
CONTINUE State what NEW HABITS you will continue:
Change Recording Sheet
State YOUR Change of Behaviour Goal:
STOP State what OLD HABITS you will stop:
State who you WILL become below:
CHANGE/HABIT IMPLEMENTED ACTION
1. 1.
2. 2.
3. 3.
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2. Understanding
personality preferences
– All of us have blind spots. The MBTI report helps you
become more aware of what your potential pitfalls and
areas for development are and importantly how to
combat them.
From a broad life perspective, the better we understand ourselves and other people around us,
the more successful we’ll be in dealing with people and situations and making good decisions.
Understanding personality is about using psychology to your advantage in everyday situations, SUPPORTING YOUR CRICKET DEVELOPMENT
such as:
• to better understand people. If you’d like to have better relationships with your
• to influence, help and support. teammates and coaches then taking the time to
• to get your point across in a way that’s right for you. understand the different ways they see the world as
• to better understand and shape decision-making. The MBTI well as your own viewpoint will be one of the best
• to motivate and manage people and to deal with conflict.
• to understand and manage our own impact on other people.
Preferences investments you can ever make.
EXTRAVERSION (E) AND In the same way players have specialties in batting and
There are numerous personality assessment tools out there that you can use. Indeed, knowing your INTROVERSION (I) bowling, you will have preferred ways of living your life
personality type can inform the type of careers most suited to you, and as such employers can use Where you prefer to get and focus and interacting with others that come naturally to you.
these tools as part of their recruitment process. your energy/attention. These preferences will influence how you speak to
teammates, react to feedback from coaches, deal with
SENSING (S) AND INTUITION (N) change and uncertainty and will even affect your
The Myer-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
The kind of information you prefer decision making on and off the field.
to gather and trust.
Knowing how other people think, feel and act is
Created by Katherine Briggs and daughter Isabel Myers, MBTI is described as the world’s leading THINKING (T) AND FEELING (F) important if you are to be a good communicator
questionnaire for measuring personality type. It is used in professional cricket as well as in the The process you prefer in evaluating and essential if you have aspirations to be an
business world helping individuals and teams function more effectively. information and decision making. effective captain.
Typically, you’ll be asked to complete an online questionnaire requiring you to make selections JUDGING (J) AND PERCEIVING (P) Read any biography on captains, coaches and
between pairs of opposing words and statements that best reflect how you think, feel and act. How you prefer to deal with the managers within professional sport and you’ll see a big
MBTI is a ‘self-reported’ questionnaire which means you are the best judge of your type rather world around you. part of their success was down to their ability to get
than someone else deciding your type for you. the best out of each player by knowing what makes
them tick.
Your responses help to assess your preferences for four pairs of opposite styles. These styles are
not the same as abilities or skills, they are all of equal value and importance and we use all eight of
them some of the time. As the word ‘preference’ suggests, MBTI aims to help you understand what
comes naturally to you.
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3. Passions, likes and dislikes
MBTI AS A CAREER EXPLORATION TOOL.
–
Over the year’s significant research has been done to correlate the
career areas people choose to go into with their MBTI type. As a result
Finish this sentence…
of this research, MBTI is a useful tool to generate a CAREERS REPORT,
highlighting a % ranking of specific sectors and roles you are most What does ’I am passionate about /
likely to be compatible with based on your reported preferences.
Although it is impossible to accurately determine the right career for
passion mean What do you I love to……’?
someone given the complex number of contributing factors beyond to you? love doing in your
personality, this tool is particularly useful in generating focus in the If you are
early stages of career exploration when an individual has very little spare time?
interested in
idea about what they want to do.
taking the What do you love
MBTI type about playing
WHAT’S THE IMPACT OF USING IT WELL?
questionnaire cricket?
Below are some of the key benefits for understanding the use of MBTI
please
in yourself and those around you:
• Build better relationships. contact your
• Develop a deeper understanding of others’ point of view.
regional
• Expand your own perspective on life and cricket.
• Develop an understanding of different career areas and types PDM.
of roles that are most likely to suit your preferences.
• Ability to adapt your style of communication to suit others’
personality types.
• Consciously use your preferences for greater impact
combined with an increased awareness of your areas
for development.
• Recognise and value the qualities your teammates and LIKES AND DISLIKES
friends have to offer.
Alongside identifying clear passions, taking time to work out what specifically you
like and dislike off the field is important when it comes to life satisfaction and
To find out more about the MBTI Step 1 questionnaire maintaining positive energy levels.
check out the OPP website:
opp.com/en/tools/MBTI/MBTI-Step-I From a recovery perspective, knowing what you don’t like or who you prefer to avoid
is just as important as knowing what you like doing and who you like to be around.
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Consider your answers to the following
–
1. How do you prefer to spend your time 3. What type of environment do you find 5. Who, if anyone, do you choose to be
away from cricket? most energizing to be in after a long day in around when you need to take your mind
the field? off your game?
Spend time to work
out what you really
want, once you find
your passion and
something that will
excite you your
decisions become
2. What activities do you try to avoid 4. What environments do you find more 6. What activities would you like to start or
whenever possible? challenging/stressful, and try to avoid do more of if time was no object? easier to make.”
where possible? STEVE PATTERSON,
YORKSHIRE CCC
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4. Strengths HAPPY CAUTIOUS SUPPORTIVE COURTEOUS
– HUMOUROUS SENSIBLE COURAGEOUS THOUGHTFUL COMPETENT
WARM ASSERTIVE COOPERATIVE CHEERFUL CAPABLE TALENTED
What do you consider to be your top 5 strengths
1. as a person?
THRIFTY RELAXED RELIABLE RESOURCEFUL SKILFUL
2. as a performer?
List them below: HARDWORKING ADVENTUROUS EFFICIENT DEMOCRATIC
RESILIENT ORGANISED
A PERSON A PERFORMER
INDEPENDENT ENERGETIC
1. 1.
SOCIAL FORGIVING
2. 2.
LOVING CREATIVE POWERFUL
3. 3.
4. 4.
OPEN
Strengths RESPONSIBLE
DETERMINED ENTHUSIASTIC FRIENDLY
5. 5.
HELPFUL PATIENT HONEST ADAPATABLE SENSITIVE
ATTENTION TO
PROTECTIVE CARING AWARE PASSIONATE COLOURFUL
DETAIL
If you are unsure use the list over the page of common strengths
to guide you, or follow the link to see common clusters of strengths
POSITIVE THINKING BIG
viacharacter.org/www/Character-Strengths
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Activity
5. Motivation
As people are often blind to their strengths, now ask either:
–
1. a family member
2. a close friend What is your EXTRINSIC MOTIVATION INTRINSIC MOTIVATION
3. a teammate or coach
motivation?
what they consider your top 5 strengths to be as: • Money • Personal growth
Broadly speaking there are two types
of motivations – Extrinsic and
• Having power • Pursuit of
A PERSON A PERFORMER Intrinsic. • Having a title excellence/mastery
• Public recognition • Satisfaction of doing
1. 1. Extrinsic motivations, these are a good job
measured by the external world. • Social status • Helping others develop
2. 2.
Although reluctant to admit it, people
enjoy the feeling of success,
• Winning over others • Finding meaning
recognition and status that come with from efforts
3. 3.
promotions and financial rewards.
• Being true to your beliefs
Intrinsic motivations come from • Making a difference
within you and are aligned with what in the world
4. 4. some people call your True North.
5. 5.
Review your thoughts
alongside other Consider what your
peoples – are main motivations
strengths listed are for:
similar or different? 1) playing cricket
Share any thoughts 2) life outside of cricket
you have here:
Note your thoughts.
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What is the direction Setting goals
of your motivation? Use this SMARTER template to capture career development goals.
State the goal: Date:
There are 2 directions of motivation – TOWARDS and State how the goal will benefit you /
AWAY from. why it is important to you:
AWAY motivations are usually fear or avoidance based,
e.g. ‘I don’t want to be poor’ or ‘I don’t want to work in AWAY motivations
an office.’ ‘I don’t want to…’
TOWARDS motivations usually have a specific goal/
target e.g. ‘I would like to earn £4k per month Use the SMARTER framework below to outline the specific details
minimum’, ‘I want to become a lawyer‘. of the goal and steps needed to ensure you can achieve the goal.
Although people can display equal levels of motivation in CONCEPT DESCRIPTION
TOWARDS motivations
either direction, and achieve their desired goals,
‘I want to…’
S
generally speaking AWAY motivations are less desirable Specific statement
due to them being vague and without focus. Where of your goal.
possible you should aim to GET SPECIFIC and create
M
some towards motivation. This can be achieved by giving Measurable – how will you know
yourself clear positive commands e.g. I would like to… you achieved your goal?
A Agreed – who needs to be aware of your goal/
support you in achieving your goal?
R Realistic – is your goal
practical / achievable?
ACTIVITY
Can you identify the
T Time-Bound – what time constraints
will you apply to your goal?
E
direction of your Ethical – are there any broader considerations
motivation in different to consider?
aspects of your life?
R Recorded – how will you record
progress and attainment?
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Section reflections
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DO YOU NOW HAVE…
Skills &
• A clearer idea of who you are (self-identity)?
• Better awareness of your personality preferences?
abilities
• A greater understanding of your core values and beliefs?
• A clear idea of your main interests, passions and strengths?
• Greater awareness of what motivates you?
Working in a commercial
business over the winter
opened my eyes to how
many transferable skills we have as
ACTIVITY cricketers. It is only when we use
What actions do you
have for further
them in a different environment that
development of your we see how valuable they are.
self-awareness?
List ideas below.
ROB KEOGH,
NORTHANTS CCC
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21 Skills Definition
1. Team work Can work effectively with a group
The following table provides a list of 21 transferable skills that you may have of people to complete tasks
acquired during your time as a player, while doing work experience, or through
other experiences.
2. Written Can communicate ideas and
For each of the skills in the table, give yourself a score, ranging from 1 (low) to 5 communication information effectively by writing
(high), indicating what your level of competence is for that skill.
3. Spoken Can communicate ideas and
Look at 5 of the skills that are your strongest. Try to think of an occasion when you communication information effectively by speech
have acquired that skill, or put it into practice. Don’t limit yourself to cricket based
skills – try to think of other activities and interests – e.g. being involved in the
running of a society or travelling abroad. If you can think of any other skills, add 4. Listening Can pick out important information
them to the table, using the blank boxes. when others are speaking and be
seen to be listening with care
5. Logical argument Can get a point across in a logical,
ordered and concise manner
6. Problem solving Can identify obstacles to the
completion of tasks and devise
THE KEY FOUNDATIONS THAT MADE ME INTO solutions to overcome them
A SPORTING PROFESSIONAL, HAVE FOLLOWED
ME INTO LIFE AFTER THE GAME, IN MY CASE 7. Analytical skills Can analyse and critically
COACHING. COMMUNICATION, ADAPTABILITY evaluate information
AND WORKING UNDER PRESSURE ARE JUST
A FEW. THESE SKILLS HAVE HELPED ENSURE
8. Creativity Can create/design objects or
THAT ALL STUDENTS AND CLIENTS I WORK systems using originality,
WITH GET THE BEST POSSIBLE CHANCE TO imagination and inventiveness
IMPROVE AS CRICKETERS.
9. Flexibility Can adjust and adapt to changing
JAIK MICKLEBURGH, situations, and turn easily from
EX-ESSEX CCC one subject to another
10. Leadership Can get other people to work
together to accomplish an
objective
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21 Skills Definition From this list pick out 4 skills in which you feel you are most competent and give
evidence to support this claim:
11. Organisation Can structure/arrange resources
and time to accomplish objective
Skill Evidence for possessing this skill
12. Decision making Can make a calculated decision 1.
between two or more alternatives
2.
13. Numeracy Can work with figures, make
calculations, and pick out
important numerical information
3.
14. Physical Can undertake physically
demanding tasks involving
muscular co-ordination 4.
15. Practical Can use hands, tools and
machinery, can solve problems by
practical approaches
16. Time management Can perform several tasks at the WHAT COULD I DO TO IMPROVE MY TRANSFERABLE SKILLS?
same time and achieve goals
within the allotted period Select 4 of your lowest scores, and use this table to try to work out what you could
do to improve those skills on your placement (i.e. write the skills in the left hand box
17. Self confidence Can express own ideas clearly
and the method of improvement in the right hand box):
and diplomatically when working
with a range of other people
18. Commercial Knows how organisations work, Skill What could I do?
awareness and can work within systems and
constraints operated by employers 1.
19. Self-development Can evaluate own performance
and take action to improve/learn 2.
new things
20. Information Can use IT to create, present and
3.
technology organise data
21. Tact Can identify and handle sensitive 4.
situations, showing tact, diplomacy
and honesty appropriately
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Examples of employability skills 3) SUBJECT-SPECIFIC SKILLS
• CComputer literacy: ability to use a range of software.
1) PERSONAL QUALITIES • Political
ommercial awareness: understanding of business issues and priorities.
• acts accordingly.
sensitivity: appreciates how organisations actually work and
• Mcanalleable self theory: belief that attributes are not fixed and
be developed. • Ability to work cross-culturally: both within and beyond the UK.
• Saims
elf-awareness: awareness of own strengths and weaknesses, • Eactsthical sensitivity: appreciates ethical aspects of employment and
and values. accordingly.
• employment / life.confidence in dealing with the challenges in
S elf-confidence: • Planning: setting
P rioritising: ability to rank tasks according to importance.
• Acting morally: hasof achievable goals and structuring action.
• IEndependence: ability to work without supervision • Coping with ambiguity a moral code and acts accordingly.
• effect they can have. sensitivity to others’ emotions and the
motional intelligence: • ambiguous situations. and complexity: ability to handle
• Aanddaptability: ability to respond positively to changing circumstances • Ptoroblem-solving: selection and use of appropriate methods
new challenges. find solutions.
• SInitiative:
tress tolerance: ability to retain effectiveness under pressure • Ifornfluencing: convincing others of the validity of one’s point of view arguing
• Willingnessability to take action unprompted and/or justifying a point of view or a course of action.
• needs of employment.
to learn: commitment to ongoing learning to meet the • RDesolving conflict: both intra-personally and in relationship with others.
• Necision making: choice of the best option from a range of alternatives.
• Rperformance
eflectiveness: the disposition to reflect evaluatively on the • Teamwork:
egotiating: discussion to achieve mutually satisfactory resolution of issues.
of oneself. • can work constructively with others on a common task.
2) TRANSFERABLE SKILLS/ CORE SKILLS
• Reading effectiveness: the recognition and retention of key points.
• Numeracy: ability to use numbers at an appropriate level of accuracy. What comes easy: What I find challenging:
• ILnformation
retrieval: ability to access different information sources.
• Self-management:possession
anguage skills: of more than a single language.
• Critical analysis: ability
ability to work in an efficient and structured manner.
• Creativity: ability to be original
to deconstruct a problem or situation.
• Listening: focused attention in which or inventive and to apply lateral thinking. ACTIVITY
• Written communication: clear reports,keyletters, points are recognized. Circle skills/
• for the reader. etc., written specifically capabilities you
possess:
Areas I can improve: What do I avoid:
• Otorala group.
presentations: clear and confident presentation of information
• Explaining: orally and in writing.
• Global awareness: in terms of both cultures and economics.
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Skills, passions & practicalities
In the circles below list down as many examples as possible of:
1. what you love
2. what you are great at
3. what makes you money
Transition
planner: What Do I Love?
What Am I What Makes
Great At? Me Money?
I believe in finding something that you love so
that it never feels like a job. I aligned my career
to something that was never going to make me a
millionaire, more something that made me get
out of bed with a spring in my step.
IAN FISHER,
YORKSHIRE CCC S&C COACH
54 553
Knowledge
& experience
It was fantastic being able to
get the opportunity to do work
experience in investment
The Entrepreneur management. It was great to see, and be a
The main skills and abilities of the entrepreneur are: part of, the tasks that are carried out on a
day-to-day basis in a profession that really
1. CREATIVE THINKING
Entrepreneurs are known for thinking outside of the box. They often When you know interests and excites me. It was also good
see connections and possibilities where others do not.
exactly what you being in a different environment and realising
2. LEADERSHIP want, your decision that my career aspirations/ interests after
Entrepreneurs often have great ideas and are skilled at getting
making becomes cricket are definitely the route I want to go
buy-in from investors and employees.
simple. down, and I think spending time on work
3. RISK TAKING experience in an area you’re interested in is a
Entrepreneurs often seem more comfortable with risk than other MATTHEW WOOD,
business leaders. It can lead to tremendous failures, but also EX-YORKSHIRE CCC key part of that process of realising whether
stunning successes.
something is for you or not.
4. STRONG WORK ETHIC HARVEY HOSEIN,
Being an entrepreneur may seem flashy and exciting. But a lot of
DERBYSHIRE CCC
hard work and long hours are required to launch something new.
Take the entrepreneur quiz:
get2test.net/get2test.html
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Type of employment/ Aligning financial
Sources of income aspirations with
– career aspirations
Employed Own a business –
• Work for someone else. • Builds Assets. THE IDEA
• and
Value job security, steady income • Unlimited income potential. A sportsperson’s career can be relatively short, true. One of the things a
sportsperson can control is the amount in % of their salary they can save. If you
benefits.
• Money and time to enjoy it. have financial alignment and are living within your means you will be able to pay
• annum).
Money, no time to enjoy it (22-27 hols per
• Leverage teams rather than individual effort. yourself 10% of all your net earnings into a savings plan for a rainy day. Financial
worry and burden are one of the most common problems when a sportsperson
• for
Limited income potential, trading your time • Income flows whether you work or not. nears the end of their career. By paying yourself first throughout your career you
money. ensure a controlled nest egg of money guaranteed, no matter how long your career
lasts. Most people will pay themselves last after all the bills and see whatever is
• Can never stop working. left, if any by the end of the month. The idea of paying yourself first allows you to
contribute without an excuse. If you find you have not got enough for your bills, this
will serve as a good barometer that you are not living within your means.
Self-employed Investor IT’S NOT HOW MUCH YOU EARN ITS HOW MUCH YOU KEEP
It is important to remember that by paying yourself as a percentage it will allow
you to save in alignment with your salary increases. As a sportsperson climbs
• Work for yourself. • Unlimited income potential. the ladder of success this is usually rewarded with an increase of salary and the
• Value independence ‘doing things my way’. • Makes money work for money. opportunity to have a greater income. With bigger earnings come bigger
temptations. The trappings of expensive upgrades and exposure to increase in
• Trades
Money and no time to enjoy it. • Income flows whether you are there or not. liabilities (mortgages and car payments).
time for money. The more I work
the more I make’. • Invests in assets. Remember if you earn £50k+ per annum and save zero, or earn £30k per annum
• when
People who do not want to be told how or • Pay
Requires knowledge and expertise. and save zero, if you are suddenly out of the game the person on £50k could be
the broker well. more vulnerable due to the lifestyle you have created.
to work.
• working
Can never stop working. When you stop
you stop earning.
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FIGURE OUT WHAT YOUR REAL MOTIVATION IS
The real motivation has to be important to you, that way it creates a value to you. Exploring career options
–
Make your motivation an intrinsic one rather than an extrinsic one.
TO HAVE FINANCIAL GOALS
Every sportsperson is familiar with the power of goalsetting therefore this concept
will make sense. SMARTER goals in finance are crucial and will help you to be clear
on what you want and how you can achieve this.
What is your
GOOD HABITS, DISCIPLINE AND BENEFITS aspiration /
Having good discipline with your finances early in your career will allow you to
develop useful habits and allow you to appreciate the value of your money earned.
dream job?
The long-term benefits will give you well needed flexibility later in life and help you
maintain the control of your finances and could improve your investment options.
Think big – it
AUTOMATE IT
Set yourself up with a direct debit on the first day you get paid or create a doesn’t need to
monthly electronic debit to your savings a/c. You will only miss it the first couple currently exist.
of times and then you will forget about it and get used to operating on the money
in your current account.
Draw and/or describe
your dream job here.
Projections: Consider people,
places, environment
£15,000
ont
h and activities…
m
£12,000 0 per
£25
£9,000 onth
0 p er m
£20 onth
£6,000 per m
£150
£3,000
5 years 1 year 2 years 3 years 4 years 5 years
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Myself & Natalie Sciver were
lucky enough to be granted
personal development
funding last year. With this we wanted
to further our education for future plans
of running our own business together.
It is very difficult to find something you
Career
can enjoy or have fulfilment in like we
do cricket, but this has brought us one
step closer to that. We encourage
research
everyone else to do the same during
their cricket careers as it has brought
some security and eased some anxiety
towards life after cricket. Making use of my off season to
KATHERINE BRUNT, get work experience in different
ENGLAND industry is a useful short term
strategy to plan for life after cricket, and
using the PCA to help with gaining
specialised qualifications has been a great
long term strategy for life after cricket.
Attending the PCA taster session was a
great way to understand which areas I may
want to focus on outside of cricket, allowing
me to find industries and sectors I may have
an interest in. Building an awareness of my
interest away from cricket has been
invaluable in planning my winter activities.
IVAN THOMAS,
KENT CCC
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Career researching skills
–
For individuals who are unsure about what types of For individuals who have a clearer idea of the sector or types of jobs they would
careers are out there that might be of interest and prefer to do, the sites also offer specific details about careers / jobs to inform what
suitable for them then browsing career and job Below is a list of informative job profile and skills and training are required for entry into each career and where to find
profile websites, speaking and listening to people career insight websites. additional information on employers and job opportunities. The other option is to
talk about their careers/jobs, and taking simple • nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk/
National Careers Service: consider whether through your network and your networks’ network whether there
interest and skill assessment quizzes can be a good is anyone you could connect with face to face who does this specific job. This is
starting point. job-profiles/home often the most efficient and informative way to ascertain whether a job/career area
ACTIVITY
• Prospects: prospects.ac.uk/ is suitable and accessible for you.
Using the National Careers Service website link • Laps link: laps.careers/
opposite, spend 30 minutes browing careers in • Start: guest.startprofile.com/
sectors of interest and identify a maximum of 5 • Icould
Icould: icould.com/
careers of interest to you. List them below ranking YouTube site:
in order of interest and highlight key reasons for youtube.com/user/icouldstories
your choices (* you may want to repeat this process).
ACTIVITY:
Job Title Key Reasons for Interest Create your own
e.g. environment, money, tasks, people, creativity, variation… network diagram to
highlight the groups of
1. people across different
environments you are
linked with that may be
2. in a position to help
you gather career
insights and advice.
3.
4.
5.
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Network • Local Agencies • Yfriends
our own family and An email
diagram
message sent from 1
•agencies
Specialist Recruitment Any two Family & computer could reach
(e.g. marketing) people are
Friends • Aeg.ll other relations almost any other
• National Agencies
–
cousins, in-laws computer in the world,
thought to be
connected by • Nbusinesses
eighbours and after being forwarded
about 6 times
6 random in your local
community
acquaintances
THINGS TO CONSIDER
•address
Everyone in any
• Research who you would like to meet The internet book you
•explain
Introduce yourself (don’t be shy) and & your have and you have
what you do for a living. Recruitment mobile links to on Social
Media sites e.g.
•areAsk questions and explain what you agencies Facebook& LinkedIn
looking for / can offer.
• PCA Sponsors
•At school,
Everyone Else You Meet…
college, university,
You & your Professional
•viaPCA Membership Accessible
PCA Communications
Hobbies &
network •dinners,
the gym, playing other sports, Events (Business partner’s
travelling or on holiday, when Cricketers’ games, awards)
interests Association •Development
socializing, attending events etc…
PCA Rep, PCA Personal
managers
& PCA Staff
• County Board Committee
You can • All Spectators/Supporters
make things • All employees & their contacts/families • Club Sponsors
happen! • Existing Players & Ex-Professionals • Players & Families
•(i.e.Club Commercial/Marketing Department
County Club • Club Board Committee
their contacts and associations) cricket cricket • All Spectators/Supporters
• Dinners/Events
• Main Sponsors
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Social media
–
Used well, social networking sites are powerful tools GETTING STARTED…
to aid career exploration and networking. If you
haven’t already, create a LinkedIn account and start Filling out a profile isn’t difficult, but there are some important
building your profile and growing your professional best practices you should follow to make sure yours is as powerful
network by connecting with companies and groups in as possible:
areas of particular interest.
• first
Start with a professional photo. That photo may be your
impression with a potential employer.
What is LinkedIn? • populates
Make your headline stand out. By default, LinkedIn
your headline with your job title and current
company – decide if this is the headline you want – if not,
More guidance…
It is a professional social network that allows you to For easy to follow details of how
change it to suit your specialty and tailor your audience.
create a professional profile that acts like a CV to to get started, watch this video:
Try to keep your headline to about 10 words.
showcase your knowledge, skills and experience to the
professional world. Once registered and you have • achievements.
Complete the “Summary” field with 5 of your biggest www.linkedin.com/learning/
uploaded your details you can connect with other Use clear fonts / bullets to make this learning-linkedin-3/set-up-a-new-
professionals, join career interest groups, look-up easy to read. linkedin-account
company profiles and also search, apply and post job
vacancies.
• add
Add images or documents to your experience. You can
media files or visuals to enhance your impact,
showcase your skills and stand out.
A good LinkedIn account allows you to broaden and
maintain your network, develop your online brand, and • facts
Complete your profile as fully as possible with all the key
research and connect with career sectors and plus any interesting information about you that
employers of interest. makes you come across as a well-rounded individual.
• career
Keep your work history relevant to your current
goals.
ACTIVITY: • recommendations
Ask for recommendations. Endorsements are great, but
Sign up to our
are the currency of the realm on
Create or update your LinkedIn
LinkedIn. Reach out to past colleagues, managers, and Professional
profile and consider how you can
increase your connections in career
associates and ask that they write you a cricketers in
areas of potential interest by following certain
recommendation. business network
individuals and companies or joining special • This
Use status updates to share industry-relevant content. Contact Charlie Mulraine
interest groups. can help show recruiters that you are focused and charlie.mulraine@thepca.co.uk
in-the-know in your industry. to be sent an invitation.
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Gap & needs analysis Education
– (formal & informal)
Following your career research via face to face networking or online information and
communications, review your 5 careers of interest and undertake a gap and needs
–
analysis to identify what, if any, action is required to increase your likelihood of There are many options for study now available to cricketers.
employability in this area e.g. further study, work experience, practical training etc...
Consider what level of education and workload you are looking for as this will
determine your options and what is best for you to do.
ACTIVITY:
Short courses
Capture the gaps in your skills, knowledge and experience and what action would be
required to meet entry requirements.
If you want to start learning in an area without too much time commitment
Job Title Gaps in Skills, Knowledge Needs/Actions Required or financial commitment then short courses may be best.
and Experience
1. FREE DISTANCE LEARNING
• Future Learn – futurelearn.com/courses
• Alison Learning – alison.com/
2.
FEE PAYING WITH ATTENDANCE PT & FT OR BLENDED LEARNING
3. • Various - College/Uni/Learning institutions
If you are looking for formal recognition of learning or professional/vocational
qualifications then you will be looking at longer, more challenging and more
4. expensive courses:
• Certificate, Diplomas, Foundation/Degrees, Masters,
Vocational Specialisms
5.
As with all study options, make sure you map out how the course will fit around your
cricket and other life commitments. Consider how long you have to complete the
course, what mode of study is best for you (distance learning, attendance or a
mixture - blended), and whether you want to complete it part-time or full-time.
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WHERE TO GO FOR MORE INFORMATION AND ADVICE:
• presence
GOOGLE search works - most good courses/providers have a strong
and can be easily found via this route.
• Degree Study: www.ucas.com
• Postgraduate Study Guide: www.prospects.ac.uk/pgstudyguide
Education funding
Contact your
Personal Development
Manager for
Finding
The PCA funds 50% of individual personal development courses up to a individualised support
maximum of £1,500 per year for current and former members (e.g. a £3,000 and guidance.
course qualifies for a reimbursement of £1,500).
On tour, I found that as much as it was
Work
intense mentally and physically there is
also downtime which I started to use a
bit differently towards the end of my
career. When I was younger, it was often
watching boxsets which was great fun, By having the backing of the PCA
but as I got older I started to use that funding scheme I changed my view on
time to brainstorm business ideas and what I could afford. The 50% support
study. I eventually completed my sports for my electrician certificates allowed
science and management degree me to get started without worrying
through the open university which gave about cost. It’s a real benefit of being
me security and allowed me to plan a member that players appreciate.
ahead for when it came to retiring. The JOSH BOHANNON,
support of the PCA helped me hugely LANCASHIRE CCC
throughout that process of studying.
LYDIA GREENWAY,
EX-ENGLAND PLAYER
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Searching for work/ The UK’s most popular
Work experience job sites 2019
– –
The average job search can take between 6-9 months, however, with a clearer 1. INDEED 6. MONSTER
understanding of where and how to look for jobs of interest you are more likely to Indeed helps companies of all sizes hire the best If you’re thinking about a new job or career,
reduce this time and also reduce the high levels of stress often associated with talent and offers the best opportunity for job Monster helps you explore the possibilities and find
finding a new job. seekers to get hired. the roles that are right for you.
2. TOTALJOBS 7. ADZUNA
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their site, helping you to find any type of job, in have to and bring together millions of ads so you
• Sectors/Job areas of interest. any industry, wherever you are based. can find every job, everywhere.
• Gained industry insight via your network. 3. REED 8. JOBS.AC.UK
• with
What additional training or learning might be required - and come up Reed features vacancies from over 25,000 recruiters Jobs.ac.uk is the leading international job board
a plan of what you can do to bridge the gaps. a year, including private and public sector for careers in academic, research, science and
employers, leading recruitment agencies and related professions.
consultants from REED’s network of 350 offices
across the UK, and around the world. 9. GUARDIAN JOBS
Dropping one place since 2018 but coming in at a
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CV-Library is the UK’s leading independent job audience comprising high-quality job seekers,
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into your wider areas of interest agencies for their millions of the latest job listings, combined with a and apply for over 280,000 live job adverts, in any
social network (e.g. and speculatively assistance in finding growing database of company reviews and more. industry, across the UK.
LinkedIin) to find enquire about work jobs of interest and/
job opportunities or opportunities using or apply directly for
work experience. a cover note and CV. advertised
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