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Your employability

Get Work Experience Ltd, Hyde Park House, 5 Manfred Road, London SW15 2RS 020 8823 0605

Review:The current employment market & what is

being doneHow to get a job & the various methods by

which to do soDefinition of work experienceCV AdviceThe Interview & The Placement What we do and how we do itOur clientsQuestions

The current employment marketTotal UK Unemployment – 2.68m Jan 2012

Total Full-time jobs on offer: 400,000

6 unemployment applicants for every vacancy.

Those forced to work part-time increased to 1.31m (up from 1.16m from Jan 2011)

Youth Unemployment at highest for 20yrs: - 1m 16-24yr olds unemployed - 1/5th of the country’s eligible youth

What is being done?Are the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats ‘betraying a whole generation of young people’? – E. Millaband

Improving Welfare & Educational Systems

New reduced Minimum Wage for apprentices (£2.50 per hour and mandatory training)

£1.4bn pledge to create 100,000 apprentices by 2014

How to get a job?Up to each individual to promote themselves

Your C.V. is your key tool, often your single opportunity:

2 key areas: Education & Work History not the personal statement

Skills-based CV allows you to quickly promote and reinforce your attributes

Methods of obtaining a jobDirectly – industry average open rate 13-17% – response rate 3%

Online Applications – you can force your way to their attention with high scores

Recruitment Agency – beware hidden fees (CVs / Interview Training etc)

Internships / Work Experience Placements – show that your skills outweigh the costs of your salary!

Industry – specific methodsMarketing Communications; Marketing proposal, press

release, social media strategy, etc.

IT; Website links, draft front line action script, coding procedure, etc.

Financial Services; Paraplanner report, Investment Management Report, etc.

Property; Property Management report, Investment / Development proposal, Lettings Availability report, etc.

Definition of Work ExperienceWork experience is a period of temporary

student employment, within a framework of learning objectives and assessment, in which the student takes control of the learning experiences. (E-Skills; 2004)

Many employers see work experience placements as a free way of getting

students in to do tasks that they don’t want to ask their present

employees to do; posting mail outs and re-organising files whilst being

permanently on “tea-duty” .

We charge clients, they want a return on their money!

The

CVSection Header Suggested Content

1Personal Details

 

Current address, date of birth, telephone number, mobile number, e-mail address

2 Skills & Achievements

Two or three lines of achievements and examples of when you have demonstrated each of the following skills: Teamwork, Effective Communication, Initiative-taking, Problem Solving and Technical Skills.

3 Employment History

Starting with your most recent employment, provide the following information; Firm, Date Employed, Position, Reference contact e-mail address and bullet points of the tasks that were required of you.

4 Academic Qualifications

Write a brief review of your most recent academic qualifications, highlighting the skills that you have obtained. For all academic qualifications, from GCSE grades upwards, include the name of your School/College/ University, the dates upon which you attended the institution, the grades received and an academic reference contact e-mail address.

5 Activities and Interests

Write a very brief bullet-pointed list of a maximum of four of your activities and interests. Use these to highlight the transferable skills, if applicable.

The InterviewBe prompt and presentable; check the location

and take contact details.

Research the company; their activities, development, corporate ethos and competitors.

Questioning yourself on your characteristics and attributes; what makes you special and how can you convey this to the prospective employers.

Finally, be positive; carry out your research and head to it in a confident mood.

The PlacementWrite down clearly defined objectives; the

attributes that you hope to develop and experience.

Approach each task with a positive “can do” attitude; be memorable, professional, attentive and willing; all attractive attributes to employers.

Ask suitable questions; to ensure your work is both productive to the firm & useful to your own development.

Attend any meetings or conferences; this will help you to learn various aspects of the business and develop future contacts.

What we doWe source practical on-the-job work placements

withestablished companies and market these through

ourwebsite (www.getworkexperience.com), social medianetworks and the university job boards with which

wehave developed partnerships.

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Our studentsOur students work:

Part-time (Work Experience / Internships / Vacational) & Full-time

Freelance (Uni Enterprises Support)/ Employed (S.E.O. Skills / Sage Accountancy Software / I.T. Back end

writing software)

Paid (HMRC Legislation)

Our clientsSME’s:

We can meet the diverse needs of SMEs by providing short-term student placements to work in the office or remotely and to assist in their accounts,

undertake general day-to-day administration, win new clients by

marketing or provide talented students to SEO the website, etc.

Large Corporations:

We can undertake long-term relationships by continually sourcing,

signing up and providing graduates and undergraduates on pre -

arranged dates whilst increasing the firm’s profile through long term recruitment drives and reducing recruitment-associated administration.

How To ApplyGo to www.getworkexperience.com

Upload your CV.

Review the positions by industry or geographically.

Click “Apply”

The ProcessWe receive your application & collate others.

We confirm your application.

We review all applications inline with client requirements.

We interview selected candidates and organise interviews.

Questions