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Your employability

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 done

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Your employability

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

  2. Review: • The current employment market & what is being done • How to get a job & the various methods by which to do so • Definition of work experience • CV Advice • The Interview & The Placement • What we do and how we do it • Our clients • Questions

  3. The current employment market • Total UK Unemployment – 2.68m Jan 2012 • Total Full-time jobs on offer: 400,000 • 6 unemployment applicants for every vacancy. • Thoseforced 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. Methods of obtaining a job • Directly – 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!

  7. Industry – specific methods • Marketing 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.

  8. Definition of Work Experience • Work 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!

  9. The CV

  10. The Interview • Be 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.

  11. The Placement • Write 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.

  12. What we do We source practical on-the-job work placements with established companies and market these through our website (www.getworkexperience.com), social media networks and the university job boards with which we have developed partnerships.

  13. The website – Part 1

  14. The website – Part 2

  15. Our students Our 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)

  16. Our clients • SME’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.

  17. How To Apply • Go to www.getworkexperience.com • Upload your CV. • Review the positions by industry or geographically. • Click “Apply”

  18. The Process • We receive your application & collate others. • We confirm your application. • We review all applications inline with client requirements. • We interview selected candidates and organise interviews.

  19. Questions

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