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Sinead English & Associates

Get Creative with your

Jobsearch

@sineadenglish

www.sineadenglishassociates.ie

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.



Where? How?


Success

Effort

Job Search Methods Success Rates*

2-5 %

7%5 – 24% x2

33%47%69%86%


* 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

???

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

www.sineadenglishassociates.ie

I know it’s good for me.

But……


MYTH ?FACT?

You are either good at itor you are not.

MYTH ?FACT?


You can learn how to do this stuff – it just takes practice

It’s a process, not an event

FACT?

MYTH ?


FACT?

MYTH ?


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 ?



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….


Source of contacts?

- Professional Organisations- Trade publications

- Conference Details- Start-ups

Get a plan

Contact Action Contact Log

.


Follow Up!

It is far easier to stay passive and reactive

….if this was the easy option everyone would

be doing it.



“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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