Embed Size (px)
DESCRIPTION
Course for careers staff at a local FE college
Citation preview
MAXIMISING THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG
PEOPLE TO FIND PAID
EMPLOYMENT
by Fluid
January 2010
Page 2
Contents3-4 Introduction to Fluid5-9 Interview Skills 10-13 CVs 14-17 Application Forms18-21 Speculative approaches22-25 Job fairs and assessment
centres26-29 Testing30-39 Social networking40-44 Blogs, forums and job boards45-46 Conclusions and Questions
Page 3
Introduction
Page 4
Introduction to Fluid• Fluid Consulting Limited (Fluid) is a specialist human
resources consultancy headed by Tim Holden MCIPD. • Fluid provides consultancy advice and delivers
training to private and public sector organisations across the UK. We are not a recruitment company and pride ourselves on our extensive research capability which allows us to remain at the cutting edge of both best practice and creative initiatives that genuinely deliver in terms of Human Resources. Effective benchmarking with high-performing organisations, coupled with detailed surveys and questionnaires, ensures that a service exceeding clients’ expectations is delivered.
• The core services provided by Fluid are:- Attraction & Selection- Retention- Remuneration & Reward - Outplacement- Training & HR consultancy
Page 5
Interview Skills
Page 6
Page 7
PREPARATION• Qualifications• Achievements• Work experience• Looking and behaving the part
Interview skills (1 of 3)
Page 8
DIFFERENT TYPES OF INTERVIEW• Screening• Telephone • Video • Panel • Serial • Informal
Interview skills (2 of 3)
Page 9
WHAT TO DO AFTER THE INTERVIEW• Whilst waiting for a decision• If an offer is not made• If an offer is made
Interview skills (3 of 3)
Page 10
CVs
Page 11
Page 12
• Why a CV?• What’s it for?• Formats• CV in a nutshell• Power words• Microsoft Word CVs• Other CVs
CVs (1 of 2)
Page 13
• Work experience and part-time job CVs
• Standing out from the crowd• Email CVs
CVs (2 of 2)
Page 14
Application Forms
Page 15
Page 16
Application forms (1 of 2)
• Education• Employment and work experience• Interests and achievements• Competency based questions• Personal statements• References• Before sending the form
Page 17
Application forms (2 of 2)
• Uses according to Smith and Robertson
• Dos and don’ts• Example
Page 18
Speculative approaches
Page 19
Page 20
Speculative approaches (1 of 2)
• What employers want, even in a recession
• Writing to third parties for assistance
Page 21
Speculative approaches (2 of 2)
• Identify your target job• Research the target job• Go through previous experience (if
any)• Consider personality & teamwork• Add in most recent experience• Compile endorsements
Page 22
Job fairs and assessment centres
Page 23
Page 24
Job fairs and assessment centres (1 of 2)
• “Speed hiring”• Bargaining position• Dress to impress• Research• “Bucking bronco”• Gathering information about target
employers
Page 25
• Role of assessment centres• Essential design criteria• A typical assessment centre• Criteria
Job fairs and assessment centres (2 of 2)
Page 26
Testing
Page 27
Page 28
Testing (1 of 2)
• 70% of employers now use some form of test (CIPD 2008)
• Basic assumptions• Psychological constructs/traits• Presentations• Inferences
Page 29
• What purpose do they serve?• Useful websites• www.bps.org.uk• Dos and don’ts• Attitude - ethics, work style, computers,
motives• Intelligence - verbal and numerical• Creativity - produce ideas, use of objects,
spotting associations, creative images
Testing (2 of 2)
Page 30
Social Networking
Page 31
Page 32
Social networking (1 of 8)
• Bebo (no need to sign in)www.bebo.comGROUPS“Auckland Jobs”783 members
Page 33
Social networking (2 of 8)
• Facebook (need to sign in)www.facebook.comGROUPS“Airline employees of Facebook” 30,212 members“Television freelance jobs”12,553 members
Page 34
Social networking (3 of 8)• Flickr (no need to sign in) www.flickr.comGROUPS“Artists job network”217 members
Page 35
Social networking (4 of 8)• Glassdoor (no need to sign in)www.glassdoor.comREVIEWS“IBM”“BT”INTERVIEWS“Deloitte”SALARIESNeed to post a salary to gain access
Page 36
Social networking (5 of 8)• LinkedIn (need to sign in) www.linkedin.comGROUPS“Game Republic”214 members“Social scientists”169 members
Page 37
Social networking (6 of 8)• Second Life (no need to sign in)www.secondlife.comSEARCH“avatar4hire”1316 members
Page 38
Social networking (7 of 8)• Twitter (no need to sign in)www.twitter.comcity of york council
Twitterjobsearch.com“software engineer yorkshire”3 results
Page 39
Social networking (8 of 8)• YouTube (no need to sign in)www.youtube.comSinger/musician/dancer/comedian/actor/
sportsperson
Page 40
Blogs, forums and jobsites
Page 41
Page 42
Blogs, forums and job boards 1 of
3 • What is a blog?• Contributing to blogs• Own website• PWC
www/pwc.co.uk/careers people blog
Page 43
• careerbuilder.co.uk• cv-library.co.uk• gumtree.com• jobcentreplus.gov.uk• jobrapido.co.uk• jobsfor.com• notgoingtouni.co.uk
Blogs, forums and job boards 2 of 3
Page 44
Blogs, forums and job boards 3 of 3
• Personal interests• Contributing about a subject• GENERAL
www.ukjobsforum.co.uk• COMPUTER GAMES
www.mcvuk.com/forum• MUSIC
www.uk-musicjobs.com/forum• PRINT
www.jobsinprint.com
Page 45
Conclusion & Questions
Page 46
Conclusion
• Summary• Questions
