1 Key Skills
This section covers the important area of Key Skills: What are they? Why are employers so keen on them? Do I have any? How do I develop mine? Completing the audit will help you to plan how you will move your key skills forward.

2 Background
This section allows you to record your current skills, knowledge and competence in relation to qualifications, work-experience, positions of responsibility and extracurricular activities. Here is the chance to look in detail at how you have developed as a result of all these experiences, using both your own self-reflection and feedback from objective sources. There is also an opportunity to pinpoint your key strengths and key areas for improvement.

3 Learning Style
The quiz in this section helps you recognise your learning style. A crucial step in increasing your effectiveness and reaching your potential.

4 Goals
Setting clear goals for the different areas of your life can be invaluable. This section allows you to bring into focus your aspirations in terms of your career, your academic ambitions and your personal goals.

5 Planning
Having set your goals, break each one down into manageable action points. Use this section to get a clear picture of what you need to do and when. A financial planning tool is also included.

6 Opportunities
There are so many opportunities at University, but how do you find out about them all? This section gives a comprehensive guide from voluntary work to round the world expeditions.

7 Progress
During your time at University make time to assess how you are progressing towards your goals. Even if you only take a few hours each semester, it will help to keep you on target towards achieving your goals and getting the most out of your time here. At the end of each academic year pull together all your thoughts and reassess your progress.

8 CV
The CV section contains useful tips on producing a professional CV. By completing the main sections of this guide you will have already done much of the hard work. It pays to keep track of things as you go along so that you have all the information at your fingertips when it comes to applying for your next step.

9 Reference
This section includes a link to your Reference Summary page. This is the only part of your file which will be held by your tutor and will contain the information you want to be included in your references.

Docs
The 'Docs' link on the top menu gives an index of all the Editable Word Documents included in this guide.

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