The time is fast approaching when you (that eager student) will be leaving university/school/college and entering the world of business (unless you are taking a year off). You will be keen to show your brilliance through your CV which is perfectly natural and exciting. Just think, your CV is only ever about you and no one else, so you can say exactly what you want!
Strangely given so much freedom to say so much there are some students (and people in business everywhere) that just go too far and their CV becomes very close to being a work of fiction. Hard to believe I know but it’s true.
Over recent months I have become concerned that there are some people that seem to view competition as being somehow negative and that participation is more important. But I am here to share my belief that competition is not only good, it’s expected. I am not talking about becoming obsessed with competition in everything you do, but just to the point of understanding that not everything in this world is about being just a participant.
Traveling around and speaking at a number of Universities I am often struck by the number of students that leave the actual business of finding a job right to the last minute, as secondary to all things academic. Whilst I understand this, there is a danger that you (the student) leave with your qualification but then you have to scramble very quickly to find that job. But I know that you can already handle a number of different tasks simultaneously. After all, life at University isn’t one project and then another, but more a series of projects all at the same time. With that in mind you can add in another project whilst studying which is namely, building your contact database.
As a student eager to start and develop your career in the events industry you will have lots to learn. In fact, the learning never stops. I continue to learn something new every day and I left University a number of years ago. Your final academic qualification is not the end of your learning; it’s really just the start. Armed with your qualification you will be keen to really understand the industry. If you are not then your fellow students may leave you in the dust.
You are all set. The questions in your research questionnaire look just fine and there are enough of them so all is well but is that it? What happens when your intended respondent receives the questionnaire? What will their reaction be and will they even complete the set of questions for you?
A research project/dissertation is going to be one piece of work that will occupy an awful lot of your time and energy. At times you will love it and at other times it will be that project that you really couldn’t care less about. Your research is a very similar to a ‘marathon’ and it will test your mental reserves especially at those times when you feel like giving up and starting a new subject.
