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A PORTAL DESIGNED TO ASSIST IMMIGRANTS LOOKING TO RESIDE

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InteGrant: Online Information Portal

This portal is designed to assist immigrants who are legally entitled to reside or considering living and working in a country within the European Union.

The information contained is drawn from items assimilated from individual European States both in a formal and informal context. Each interactive section describes considerations for finding employment

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IntroductionEach section looks at the issues, challenges and considerations when looking for employment.

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Section 1 - Visas and work permitsSection 2 - Employment Section 3 - Effective working and time managementSection 4 - Starting Your Own BusinessSection 5 - Social and cultural integration in new societySection 6 - Housing & accommodationInformation

Section 1: Visas & work permits

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Section 1 VISAS & WORK PERMITS

With Europe at its doorstep and a large domestic market the UK immigration program offers a gateway for thousands of applicants seeking a European experience.

Many UK Work visa categories allow for extended visa options which can lead to permanent residence.

With all political changes come variations in the system to check your eligibility visit www.ukvisas.gov.en/en/howtoapply or www.migrationexpert.com

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Section 1:2 Taxes & governmental levies

Section 2: Employment

Nearly all workers in the UK have to pay tax & national Insurance contributions. The Government uses tax to run the country, National insurance are deducted for benefits when people retire or are sick or unemployed.

Visit www.hmrc.gov.uk & www.dwp.gov.uk for more information

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Section 2:1 Interview Techniques

If you are from a European Union country, you will almost certainly have permission to work in the UK, although you may have had to register on the Workers Registration Scheme first. The rules about your rights might be different if you come from Bulgaria or Romania.

For more information about the rights of Bulgarian and Romanian migrant workers, visit the UK Border Agency website; www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk

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The interview usually addresses the issue of the three main areas:

- your education/training, - motivation - personality.

In addition to standard questions,

The employer might ask you how you would resolve a specific problem that you may come across in the job. Think carefully before giving you answer, speaking slowly and clearly. If you are unsure of the question, ask for clarity. Never tell lies or discredit former employers. Avoid talking about your own shortcoming and avoid professional jargon. And keep smiling

Section 2:2 Interview presentation

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Section 2: 2 - The rhythm and speed of your speech has hidden advantages

Listen carefully to the question and then be calm and clear when responding. You will be perceived as more confident by applying this lesson. The attitude of our bodies can say a lot about us. Avoid crossing hands, arms or feet. All of these can indicate that you are not being receptive. Excessive gestures and taking notes can also have a negative impact as well as distracting you from what people are talking about. Try to remember to lean slightly towards the interviewer, smile naturally and use gestures sparingly.

Visual contact is a sign of courtesy and attention. To maximize making the right impression specialists recommend visual contact for at least 30% -60% of the time during interview. Less than this and the interviewer may assume that you are hiding something or introducing elements of distrust. People who avoid eye contact can be perceived as feeling stressed, nervous or even untrustworthy

During the interview the employer wants to know as much about you, the candidate, as possible. So be prepared with appropriate responses.This includes your skills, experience, motivation for work, and how you spend your leisure time. Offer any additional attributes you may have, such as language skills, working in the voluntary sector, your position within your close community, helping others and mention any courses you might be taking to improve your skills.

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Section 3: Effective working and time management Time management refers to a range of skills, tools, and techniques used to manage time when accomplishing specific tasks, projects and goals. It encompass a wide scope of activities, including planning, allocating, setting goals, delegation, analysis of time spent, monitoring, organising, scheduling, and prioritising. Time management strategies are often associated with the recommendation to set goals. These may be broken down into a project, an action plan, or a simple task list. For individual tasks or for goals, an importance rating may be established, deadlines may be set, and priorities assigned. This process results in a plan with a task list or a schedule or calendar of activities. Authors may recommend a daily, weekly, monthly or other planning periods, usually fixed, but sometimes variable. Different planning periods may be associated with different scope of planning or review. Authors may or may not emphasize reviews of performance against plan.

Section 3:1 How we spend our time increases business and personal successSection 3:2 Goal settingSection 3:3 PrioritisationSection 3:4 Scheduling

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Section 3:1 How we spend our time increases business and personal success

Successful time management can help grow personal and corporate success:

Look for ways that you can utilise time management skills to save and invest time.

The method dictates a template which emphasises an average individual's immediate sense of emotional and monetary security. It suggests that by attending to one's personal responsibilities first, an individual is better positioned to shoulder collective responsibilities.

1.PRIORITISE - define your time and and your life goals.2.ORGANIZING - the things you accomplish regularly to be successful3.STREAMLINING – the things you may not want to do, but must do.4.ECONOMISING - on the things you should or may even like to do, but are not urgent. 5. CONTRIBUTING - pay attention to things that make a difference.

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Section 3:2 Goal settingIs a powerful process for thinking about your ideal future, and motivating yourself to turn a vision of the future into reality.

Setting goals helps you choose where you want to go in life. By knowing precisely what you want to achieve, you know where you have to concentrate your efforts. You'll also quickly spot the distractions that otherwise could destroy your plan.

A useful way of making goals more powerful is to use the SMART principles. While there are plenty of variants, SMART usually stands for:

Specific : Measurable : Attainable : Relevant : Timely

For example, instead of having a plan “to found a big enterprise” you should say “I will collect the money in two years and make a research in local market to estimate the possibilities of success in certain field”. You have to include all the parts of SMART goal setting plans.

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Section 3:3 Prioritisation:

Essential a skill you need to make the very best use of your own efforts, and those of your team.

With good prioritisation you can bring order to chaos, massively reduce stress, and move forwards successfully.

At a simple level, you can prioritise based on time constraints, on the potential profitability or benefit of the task you're facing, or on the pressure you're under to complete a job:

Prioritisation based on project value or profitability is probably the most commonly-used and rational basis for prioritisation.

Time constraints are important where other people are depending on you to complete a task, and particularly where this task is on the critical path of an important project. Here, a small amount of your own effort can go a very long way.

And it's a brave (and maybe foolish) person who resists his or her boss's pressure to complete a task, when that pressure is reasonable and legitimate.

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Section 3:4 Scheduling:

Scheduling is the process by which you look at the time available and plan how to achieve the goals identified. By using a schedule properly, you can:

Scheduling is then a five-step process:

1.Identify the time you have available.2.Block in the essential tasks you must carry out to succeed in your job.3.Schedule in high priority urgent tasks and vital "house-keeping" activities.4.Block in appropriate contingency time to handle unpredictable interruptions. 5.In the time that remains, schedule the activities that address your priorities and personal goals.

Remember that time management is a very important aspect, which is for sure one of the mainstays of the good job. You have to learn to prioritize the tasks.

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Section 4 : Staring your own business

There are many sources of information relating to turning good ideas into small businesses.

The government funded regional organisation Business Link can be easily located in the phone book and online. It is an organisation with dedicated personal advisors .

Visit : http://www.businesslink.gov.uk for more information

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Grants & funding

potential sources of help with starting up, running or developing your business. Support may be available in a number of forms, including financial assistance and free or subsidised services which provide advice.

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The Federation of Small Businesses is the UK's largest campaigning pressure group promoting and protecting the interests of the self-employed and owners of small firms. Formed in 1974, it now has 215,000 members across 33 regions and 230 branches

Contact the Federation of Small Business at www.fsb.org.uk

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Section 5 - Social and cultural integration in new society

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Visit: http://www.afsi.org.uk. for more information

Social Integration aims to advance social and cultural integration, social justice, inclusion, equality & diversity and to eliminate prejudice, stereotype and discrimination in relation to asylum seekers, refugees and minority ethnic communities from all ethnic backgrounds

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SECTION 6; HOUSING

If you have a National Insurance number (NINO) you have the right to be in the UK and are registered on the Workers registration Scheme you may go on the housing register and may be entitled to Housing Benefit, Council Tax Benefit and to apply as Homeless.Once you have completed 12 months uninterrupted work you will no longer be required to register as a worker and will have equal rights as others.

Go to www.migrantworker.co.uk for a full explanation

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The Refugee Council

http://www.refugeecouncil.org.ukThe Refugee Council provides support to the wide variety of organisations, agencies and communities who work with, support and help refugees and asylum seekers

The Basis Project http://www.thebasisproject.org.uk.The Basis Project supports information for organisations wishing to setup and run community based projects. The Basis Project is a flagship project for Refugee Council and Refugee Action that aims to help strengthen and develop refugee community organisations (RCO) The project is a “new” English-wide service giving one-to-one support to hundreds of refugee community organisations to help them manage, develop and sustain their work.

Multikulti http://www.multikulti.org.ukProvides accessible accurately translated and information in community languages in the following areas: debt, employment, health, education, immigration, racism & discrimination. languages include Arabic, Albanian, Bengali, Chinese, Farsi, French, Gujarati, Somali, Portuguese, Turkish, Urdu, English

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The Migrants Helpline

http://www.migranthelpline.org.uk.Website dedicated to explaining how migrants asylum seekers and refugees; vulnerable people who come to the UK with a strong determination to rebuild their lives

Trade Union Congress (TUC)

www.tuc.org.uk/international.org.uk

(Polish) www.pracawbrytanii.eu

(Portuguese) www.trabalharnoreinonido.org

Information on employment rights for migrant workers, translated into a number of languages.

Polish & Portuguese being the two largest numbers of migrants entering the UK.

Most UK cities have self help, voluntary groups and organisations centred around immigration. The Jobcentre and Local Councils are an ideal first calling point.www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk

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Úvod Každý oddíl se zabývá problémy, problémy a úvahy při hledání zaměstnání.

Oddíly

Oddíl 1 - Víza a pracovní povoleníOddíl 2 - Zaměstnanost Oddíl 3 - Efektivní práce a řízení časuOddíl 4 - Startovní Your Own Business, Oddil 5 - Sociální a kulturní integraci do nové společnosti,Oddil 6 - Bydlení a ubytováníInformace

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IntroduzioneOgni sezione esamina i problemi, le sfide e le considerazioni quando si cerca di occupazione.

Le sezioni

Sezione 1 - Visti e permessi di lavoroSezione 2 - OccupazioneSezione 3 - effettivo funzionamento e di gestione del tempoSezione 4 - Starting Your Own BusinessSezione 5 - integrazione sociale e culturale nella nuova societàSezione 6 - Housing & alloggiInformazion

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EinführungJeder Abschnitt befasst sich mit den Fragen, Herausforderungen und Überlegungen bei der Suche nach Beschäftigung.

Die AbschnitteAbschnitt 1 - Visa und ArbeitsgenehmigungenAbschnitt 2 - BeschäftigungAbschnitt 3 - Effektive Arbeits-und Zeit-ManagementAbschnitt 4 - Starting Your Own BusinessAbschnitt 5 - Soziale und kulturelle Integration in die neue GesellschaftAbschnitt 6 - Wohnen & UnterkunftInformation

Начало, точка 1, точка 2, точка 3, точка 4, точка 5, точка 6, Информация

ВъведениеВсеки раздел е посветен на проблемите, предизвикателствата и съображения, когато търсят работа.РазделитеРаздел 1 - визи и разрешения за работаРаздел 2 - ЗаетостРаздел 3 - ефективната работа и управление на времетоРаздел 4 - започване на собствен бизнесРаздел 5 - социална и културна интеграция в новото обществоРаздел 6 - Жилищно настаняване &Информация

Główna sekcja 1 sekcja 2 selcja 3, sekcja 4, sekcja 5, sekcja6, Informacje

WstępKażda sekcja patrzy na problemy, wyzwania i rozważań przy poszukiwaniu zatrudnienia.

DziałySekcja 1 - Wizy i pozwolenia na pracęSekcja 2 - ZatrudnienieSekcja 3 - Efektywne zarządzanie czasem pracy iSekcja 4 - rozpoczęcie własnej działalnościSekcja 5 - społecznej i kulturowej integracji w nowym społeczeństwieSekcja 6 - Obudowa i zakwaterowanieInformacje