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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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