115 - Career development in the school and university holidays Dive into your Career

As a school or university student, the term time / holiday cycles mean you have multiple opportunities a year to have greater control of your time. 

Whether it's the Easter holidays, summer holidays or any others - these moments provide great opportunities to build your employability skills - skills which ultimately result in you being an increasingly appealing candidate to future employers. 

In this episode of the Dive Into Your Career podcast, career coach and consultant Gina Visram encourages you to: 


Recognise the importance of rest (let's start there!) AUDIT / self-reflect on where you are on your career development journey Make progress through (often free) ONLINE COURSES which could benefit your next steps (arguably - all online courses could but if you know you are interested in supporting a career in healthcare for example, you can do a healthcare-related short course)Sign up for and progress through ONLINE WORK EXPERIENCE TASTERS (through platforms such as Springpod, The Forage, Bright Network etc.) Update your CVAudit and progress your LinkedInHave curious conversations 
Do understand more about this and to hear some real-life examples which can inspire your action... check out this episode of the Dive Into Your Career podcast.

More information to follow on the "Sort out your summer" workshop and more.
Do feel free to engage with this topic (or indeed with me) at any of the below:
The Dive Into Your Career podcast page of the Your Career And Future website where you can also leave me a message suggesting a careers-related topic for a future episode Follow Your Career And Future on Instagram and TikTok Via "Gina Visram" on LinkedIn (where they may be a post with a link to this episode where you can contribute some wisdom / reflections) Sign up for the mailing list (for students and graduates... a list for their supporters will follow) E-mail me on gina@yourcareerandfuture.com with any queries