ICAEW Advance your CareerCVs, Networking and Social Media Know-How

Vanessa Moon, Director Moon Consulting Limited

Tuesday 11th November 2014 Bristol

About Moon Consulting

Moon Consulting is an Executive Recruitment company for Senior Management & Board Level roles from Listed Companies to Start-Ups across all Sectors

We source exceptional candidates for demanding leadership and board-level positions such as MD, FD, SD & HRD

Portfolio positions include: NED, Consultant, Interim & MBI

We provide a range of consultancy services: Finance, HR, Sales, Strategic Leadership and Professional Development

Strong relationship with ICAEW, regional focus, national presence

About Vanessa Moon

25 years senior management and board level recruitment experience.

Broad portfolio of clients both in the UK and internationally; significant experience in the not for profit and charity sectors. She recruits mainly board level roles; covering Non Exec, Chairman, CEO/ MD, FD, Sales, Operations and HR.

CBI South West Council member, Trustee of Spike Island and City of Bristol College, Guild of Guardians, affiliate member CIPD

Board 2020 founder member

About Samantha Bunn15 years of experience working in the global financial services market and for boutique recruitment companies.Operates across a variety of sectors, within Professional Services, Legal and Financial ServicesVolunteer Committee member with Penny Brohn, working on the Long Table Lunch which each year raises valuable funds for cancer care.Awarded the Certificate in Recruitment Practice (CertRP) by the REC in 2014

Workshop Schedule Registration and coffee

Welcome and introduction VM and ICAEW

First session, with time for questions

CABA Presentation

Coffee / networking

Final session with time for questions

Close

Workshop Content Your CV: Enhance your CV to get a

competitive edge in the job market

Your Network: How to build a network of

contacts to support your career goals

Your Platform: Using Social Media to

improve your job search

The Current Job Market

• An overview of the job market• Interim / permanent roles• Salaries / day rates• Benefits packages • How to judge market conditions• Can I move from practice to industry? • Can I move from industry to practice? • Thinking of a complete change?

Your CV• CV is a ‘seller’ introduction, with a clear, concise message (2

pages max)• Always summarise purpose, USPs and benefits in a covering

letter or email• What kind of finance professional are you?• Tailor to a specific reader or role, review for relevance and interest

• Highlight key skills, achievements, strengths and interests• Support your key achievements with relevant data (but not too

much!) • Emphasise recent track record and future potential• Summarise earlier career, omit past detail, save current detail for

later• Explain any gaps in your work history

• Make sure all your details are correct!

Your CV

• Covering Letters

• Hobbies and Interests

• CPD• LinkedIn / CV

• “Clangers”

Where to Apply• Applications and process

• Visible vs. hidden markets

• Web sites to search

• Web alerts – how to search for jobs online

• Online submissions

Job Boards – Exec Appointments

Sector Specific Job Boards – GAAPweb, ICAEW jobs

Your Network• Why Network? Raises your profile, improves market

knowledge, increases your contacts

• Learn to choose the right network opportunities for you

• Preparation and research: the topic, speaker and host company

• Ice breaker / working the room

• Using the guest list and targeting your contacts

• Challenges and common mistakes

• Assessing connection value, develop rapport, building a reciprocal relationship

• Following up

Institute of Directors Events

ICAEW Events

Eventbrite Business Section

Your Social Media Platform

• LinkedIn / Twitter

• Making an engaging professional profile, be clear what you offer

• How to expand and manage your connections

• Who you should follow: companies, thought leaders, recruiters, news outlets

• Finding jobs on social media: Linked In job pages and Twitter advanced search

• Engaging with others: Linked In groups, commenting on updates and Tweets

• Build an audience by creating your own content

Linked In and Twitter Profiles

Linked In People Search – Head Hunter’s Paradise!

Linked In Connections, Twitter People Search for FCs

Linked In Groups, Commenting on Tweets and updates

Job Search on Linked In and Advanced Twitter Search for Audit roles in SW

Creating Content – Moon Consulting Linked In Company Page and Twitter

Interviews

• How to give the best impression possible at interviews

• Techniques for in person and telephone interviews

• Research to conduct beforehand: company information, key people

• Anticipating difficult questions: ones related to your CV and common ‘killer questions’

• The all-important etiquette of interviews

• Feedback and following up

ICAEW Refresher Courses

Moon Consulting Executive Recruitmentfor Senior Management & Board Level roles

from Listed Companies to Start-Ups across all Sectors

recruit@moonconsulting.co.ukwww.moonconsulting.co.uktwitter: @moonconsultinglinkedin: Moon Consulting

facebook: Moon Consulting Limited01275 371200