Usually it is left to 1 to judge the potential from a list of extracurricular adventures on a graduate's resume, but now the university of Bristol has set up an award to formalize the achievements of students who 2 time to activities outside their courses. Bristol PLuS aims to boost students in an increasingly competitive job market by helping them acquire work and life skills alongside 3 qualifications."Our students are a pretty active bunch, but we found that they didn't 4 appreciate the value of what they did outside the lecture hall." says Jeff Goodman, director of careers and employability at the university. "Employers are much more 5 than they used to be. They used to look for 6 employees and saw it as part of their job to extract the value of an applicant's skills. Now they want students to be able to explain why those skills are 7 to the job."Students who 8 the award will be expected to complete 50 hours of work experience or voluntary work, attend four workshops on employ-ability skills, take part in an intensive skills﹣related activity and, crucially, write a summary of the skills they have gained. 9 efforts will gain an Outstanding Achievement Award. Those who 10 best on the sports field can take the Sporting PLuS Award which fosters employer﹣friendly sports accomplishments.The experience does not have to be 11 organized. "We're not just interested in easily identifiable skills." says Goodman. "12, one student took the lead in dealing with a difficult landlord and so 13 negotiation skills. We try to make the experience relevant to individual lives."Goodman hopes the scheme will 14 active students to fill in any gaps in their experience and encourage their less-active peers to 15 activities outside their academic area of work.

Organized volunteering and work experience has long been a vital companion to university degree courses. Usually it is left to 1 to judge the potential from a list of extracurricular adventures on a graduate's resume, but now the university of Bristol has set up an award to formalize the achievements of students who 2 time to activities outside their courses. Bristol PLuS aims to boost students in an increasingly competitive job market by helping them acquire work and life skills alongside 3 qualifications."Our students are a pretty active bunch, but we found that they didn't 4 appreciate the value of what they did outside the lecture hall." says Jeff Goodman, director of careers and employability at the university. "Employers are much more 5 than they used to be. They used to look for 6 employees and saw it as part of their job to extract the value of an applicant's skills. Now they want students to be able to explain why those skills are 7 to the job."Students who 8 the award will be expected to complete 50 hours of work experience or voluntary work, attend four workshops on employ-ability skills, take part in an intensive skills﹣related activity and, crucially, write a summary of the skills they have gained. 9 efforts will gain an Outstanding Achievement Award. Those who 10 best on the sports field can take the Sporting PLuS Award which fosters employer﹣friendly sports accomplishments.The experience does not have to be 11 organized. "We're not just interested in easily identifiable skills." says Goodman. "12, one student took the lead in dealing with a difficult landlord and so 13 negotiation skills. We try to make the experience relevant to individual lives."Goodman hopes the scheme will 14 active students to fill in any gaps in their experience and encourage their less-active peers to 15 activities outside their academic area of work.

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