Study Skills for Higher Education Essay - Foundation Year, CCCU

This essay delves into the crucial role of study skills in higher education, emphasizing their importance in enhancing knowledge and boosting student confidence. The essay begins with an introduction to study skills and their impact on academic success, followed by a detailed discussion of four ...Read More

Study Skills for
Higher Education

Table of Contents
Introduction...........................................................................................................................................3
Main body.............................................................................................................................................3
1. Choose four of the suggestions mentioned in the article and discuss them in more detail.........3
1. Personal experience: Are you happy with your CV? Why/ why not?.......................................4
Conclusion.............................................................................................................................................6
Reference list:........................................................................................................................................7

Introduction
Study skills are important for students and help them to enhance their knowledge. It
includes those skills that help the students to carry on the studies effectively (Bailey and
Holman, 2020). There is key role of study skills as they enhance the level of confidence in
the students and develop the competence level to attain success. This essay includes
discussion related to suggestions that help to give answer in interview. Afterwards evaluation
related to own CV is part of the essay.
Main body
1. Choose four of the suggestions mentioned in the article and discuss them in
more detail.
Start with a skills audit: It is important for every student to know about own strengths
and weaknesses. Skill audit helps to evaluate self and know effectively about the good and
bad areas of the students. By checking the vacancies in the job market one is able to know
about the skills required by them (Banik and Kumar, 2019). There is need of knowing about
the trending skills that are important to get a good job. After knowing about the weaknesses
one must take necessary actions to improvise the same. A person that has relevant skills gets
more chances of getting a good job. So skills audit helps to give rating own self and analyse
the requirement to taking actions that will help to develop the particular skill. Skill audit is
important to know the weakness and improvise the same. Also the strengths must also be
noted so that they are also polished.
Get online experience: There are certain opportunities that are present for the
students on online channels. Nowadays, there are so many learning platforms that help the
students to learn and develop themselves (Drysdale and et.al., 2022). The option of online
learning is provided to the students where they are able to learn new skills that are required.
They provide employment skills and help the students to get ready for employment in
effective manner. It is analysed that these online courses are free or at affordable prices and
provide opportunity to learn for the students. At the same time, there are various other
projects that are also available online and provide work experience to the students. The
students are able to get practical exposure to the students and they are able to develop
themselves (Ismunandar and et.al., 2020). The virtual internship is also paid and let the

students develop themselves and learn. The experience also helps them to carry on the job
effectively.
Connect with peers: The peers help to build network and in today’s time having
connection is important. It is necessary to maintain the relationship with peers so that all the
updates in the job market are known. The job and training opportunities can be explored with
the peers. They help to know about the necessary skills required to carry on the job. They
help to connect with the people who help to get a better job (Riadil, 2020). It is analysed that
peers explore the opportunities for self and for others as swell. This enhances the chances of
getting a good job.
Make own experience: It is necessary to have own experience in the job opportunity.
By exploring small and big opportunities and grabbing them one is able to make their own
experience. This help the students to present overall experience in front of the interviewer
and they select the candidate (Akhtar, Shaker and Kashif, 2019). At the time of lockdown,
various small online projects were available and participating in them help to enhance
knowledge and skills. There is need of experience and practical work that will make the
working effective. This is beneficial for the students to work at the time of lockdown and
grab all the opportunities. Every small step must be counted so that the real success can be
attained.
These are the following suggestions that will help a student. Every one must be aware
about the necessary skills that are required to get a good job (Nirmala, Maulina and Yulianti,
2022). It will help to manage the work and carry on all the activities that are necessary.
1. Personal experience: Are you happy with your CV? Why/ why not?
Yes, I am happy with my CV. At the time of formulating my CV are explored various
things data required to be written in the CV. Having good research skills, I was able to form
an informative and creative cv. I am satisfied because I have included first of all my
education requirements. The qualification is to criteria to get a good job and is being checked
by the employer. Afterwards I have included me both experience and internships undertaken
by me. These are the chances of getting job over the others. Having experience in mentioning
the same creates a good impression on the interviewer. I have also included all the skills that
will help me to get a job. According to the job position, I make some amendments in those
skills so that the employer finds my CV best suitable for the job. Having a good CV that is
creative and informative enhances the chances of getting job. My level of confidence also

gets enhanced while presenting the CV because I know it’s best suitable and better than
others. Having a good CV is important in today’s time so that more chances of getting
selection are there. It helps me to explore more and more opportunities and get better jobs.
Conclusion
It is concluded that study skills play a critical role in success of the students. It is necessary to
know about the necessary activities that must be undertaken to enhance the experience. It also
helps to grab more opportunities. Also, the evaluation regarding CV and good points in the
same are mentioned. It is important to include the skills, experience as well as qualifications
in the CV.

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