Employability and Career Planning
1. An explanation of why you consider yourself to be the ideal candidate for the role. Illustrate your
argument with a wide range of feedback and evidence from seminar activities (for example,
psychometric tests, tutor feedback), directed study, and other relevant sources of evidence, such as
part-time jobs, volunteering, university activities, sporting activities, hobbies and interests.
2. Give consideration of your personal strengths and weaknesses in relation to your capability to fully
carry out the main requirements of the role and / or fully meet the entry requirements.
3. Discuss the next steps to build on strengths and address weaknesses. For example, if you have
identified a need to improve an essential skill area, you need to explain why, how and when you plan
to it.
4. Outline your rationale for applying for this role within the context of your longer-term career plan.
