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Get Creative with your

Jobsearch

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True or False?

• Everyone here wants a job.

• It is difficult to get a job.

• Not all available jobs get advertised.

• Only approx. 20% of graduates are willing to put in the effort required to get a job.

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Where? How?

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Success

Effort

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Job Search Methods Success Rates*

2-5 %

7%5 – 24% x2

33%47%69%86%

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* Ref: Bolles, R. What Color is your parachute

Send speculative CVs to employers

-Answer local newspaper ads/-Use recruitment agencies

Answer jobs boards ads

Ask family or friends for job leadsCall to see companies

Even if no vacancy advertised

Desk/internet research on companies, then call and ask

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The Value of Networking

Advertisements/Websites

Recruitment Agencies

Professional Organisations

Networking/Word of mouth

Contacts from existing staff

Internal Promotion or Lateral Move

Employers hire in this direction

Most people start looking for jobs from here

START

START

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I know it’s good for me.

But……

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MYTH ?FACT?

You are either good at itor you are not.

MYTH ?FACT?

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You can learn how to do this stuff – it just takes practice

It’s a process, not an event

FACT?

MYTH ?

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FACT?

MYTH ?

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No-one can helpyou get what you want, if youdon’t know whatyou want

Face-to-face networking is done by people who don’t knowhow to use LinkedIn

FACT?

MYTH ?

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Get out from behind the computer.

Start a real conversation.

Neighbours

Friends/Family

Professional advisers(Accountant/Solicitor etc)

Alumni- college AND school

Sports club members

Lecturers / Careers Office

Fellow volunteers/Community groups

Ex work colleagues

Fellow students

Online networks

Where to Look

Building my Network….

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Source of contacts?

- Professional Organisations- Trade publications

- Conference Details- Start-ups

Get a plan

Contact Action Contact Log

.

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Follow Up!

It is far easier to stay passive and reactive

….if this was the easy option everyone would

be doing it.

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“If you hear of anything let me know”

….is one of the most useless phrases in the English language

Be Specific

• If you don’t have an ‘All Star’ profile - fix it – ASAP

• Key uses:–Get known –Get contacts–Get Intell.–Research your

way into a company

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Choose your attitude

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