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Contents
- Introduction and guidance
- Introduction
- 1 What is a sector, industry, profession and a job?
- 2 What are the differences between these terms?
- 3 Why are these definitions important?
- 4 Identifying your sector(s)
- 5 Making time to keep up
- 6 This week’s quiz
- 7 Summary
- Introduction
- 1 What external factors affect your sector?
- 2 Describing the impact of external factors
- 3 Using a PEST analysis to identify external factors
- 4 How might these factors affect you and your organisation?
- 5 This week’s quiz
- 6 Summary
- Introduction
- 1 Identifying the different elements within your sector
- 2 Customers
- 3 Competitors and the market place
- 4 Unique selling point
- 5 Suppliers and the supply chain
- 6 This week’s quiz
- 7 Summary
- Introduction
- 1 What are professional and sector bodies and what do they do?
- 2 Professional and sector qualifications and their importance
- 3 Government information and support
- 4 Trade unions and trade associations – information and support
- 5 This week’s quiz
- 6 Summary
- Introduction
- 1 What are networks?
- 2 Effective networking
- 3 Practical networking
- 4 Using social media and presenting yourself online
- 5 This week’s quiz
- 6 Summary
- Introduction
- 1 Different types of employer
- 2 Identifying which employer is right for you
- 3 Where are jobs advertised?
- 4 Are all jobs advertised?
- 5 Self-employment
- 6 This week’s quiz
- 7 Summary
- Introduction
- 1 Conducting a SWOT analysis of your situation
- 2 Improving your performance in your current job
- 3 Training, retraining or gaining new qualifications
- 4 Progressing your career: new job or career change?
- 5 This week’s quiz
- 6 Summary
- Introduction
- 1 Reassessing your current situation
- 2 What is an action plan?
- 3 What have you learned?
- 4 Constructing an action plan
- 5 Finding support
- 6 This week’s quiz
- 7 Summary
- Tell us what you think
- References
- Acknowledgements
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