Giving the right first impression at an interview can be a make or break situation. With the competition rife in the graduate job market this year, it's important to get ahead and understand what employers will be looking for in you.
The latest post from our corporate team at Right Management discusses some simple do's and don'ts...
Your non-verbal communication can make all the difference between securing a new job – or not. Knowing how to manage body language for your first face-to-face interview is as crucial as perfecting your CV(written, visual, or video).
Employers look for certain cues relating to
1) status: authority, confidence, and competence
2) warmth: empathy, approachability, and likeability.
If you learn how to balance and unconsciously display these traits, you will have mastered the ability to have a positive influence on others’ business decisions.
As important, don’t forget about managing your image in the virtual world of social media. Best advice: do not post hostile or politically incorrect comments on Facebook, Twitter, or any other social media sites. Smart phones are privacy-invasion culprits as well. Apparently, iPhones and iPads 3Gs continuously collect information about their users’ whereabouts. Do you want your boss – or mom – to know that last evening you visited an after-hours gentlemen’s club?
These days, when it comes to privacy, all bets are off.
For more information on how best to present yourself at an interview, contact us for a FREE copy of the GradGuide2010. Additionally we are now collating information to make our 2011 guide bigger and better, have you some experiences you would care to share? Get in touch with Beth who'd love to talk more to you.
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Showing posts with label networking. Show all posts
A crucial job search strategy
We've said it before... And we'll say it again... Network, network, network!!!
Do you want to work for a certain company? One approach – what most employers expect these days – is to submit your CV online. But, no surprise, it will fall into an applicant pool of thousands. You also can try contacting the hiring manager. However, if you do not already have a personal connection, this dramatically reduces the odds of actually speaking with him or her. “Who you know is as important as what you know” is a particularly powerful truism in our current market. Building – and leveraging – your network can mean all the difference between finding your next job and becoming a perpetual candidate.
For more information on building a CV and being professional, contact us for a FREE copy of the GradGuide2010.
Do you want to work for a certain company? One approach – what most employers expect these days – is to submit your CV online. But, no surprise, it will fall into an applicant pool of thousands. You also can try contacting the hiring manager. However, if you do not already have a personal connection, this dramatically reduces the odds of actually speaking with him or her. “Who you know is as important as what you know” is a particularly powerful truism in our current market. Building – and leveraging – your network can mean all the difference between finding your next job and becoming a perpetual candidate.
For more information on building a CV and being professional, contact us for a FREE copy of the GradGuide2010.
In the spotlight: LinkedIn
It's a firm favourite of Right Management's and our individual clients come to us for advice on how best to make the most it... For you, we give you a streamlined version of the practical steps to get started.
Why use LinkedIn? It's simple, online networking (as we have discussed here many times!) has become an important tool for any job seeker. There are currently hundreds of millions of active users of online networking sites so, despite some sites hyping themselves up as being the total answer to your job seeking problems, it should be a vital part of your overall strategy.
Ten steps to LinkedIn success.
To summarise, make online networking part of your overall strategy and don't forget that whilst this along with other's is a fabulous tool, it can never replace going out and talking to people - face to face!
Get networking, enjoy and good luck!
For more practical tips on job searching, contact us for a FREE copy of the GradGuide2010.
Why use LinkedIn? It's simple, online networking (as we have discussed here many times!) has become an important tool for any job seeker. There are currently hundreds of millions of active users of online networking sites so, despite some sites hyping themselves up as being the total answer to your job seeking problems, it should be a vital part of your overall strategy.
Ten steps to LinkedIn success.
- Let's start with the obvious - create an account!
- You need a comprehensive profile. Tips include: publish your 30-second commercial, upload information about your skills and experiences, add key words to grab attention, change the public profile URL to your name so that you appear in Google searches, add a photo (but not one of you with your mates on a night out! Keep it professional) and remember that privacy is still important so be careful not to divulge too much personal information, except maybe for a business phone number.
- Invite people to join your network - think more along the lines of building professional contacts, this should not be an extension of your Facebook profile.
- Ask for recommendations - this is valuable as it can help validate your authenticity.
- Search LinkedIn's job postings.
- Join groups - this can range from professional associations or past (or future) employers.
- Be proactive - approach potential networking contacts by using the search facility to find people in your area of work who you may need to know!
- Check out applications, accounts and settings - you can add a blog to your profile, connect your Twitter feed and even share presentations... Just make sure it is all interesting and relevant.
- Use LinkedIn for company research.
To summarise, make online networking part of your overall strategy and don't forget that whilst this along with other's is a fabulous tool, it can never replace going out and talking to people - face to face!
Get networking, enjoy and good luck!
For more practical tips on job searching, contact us for a FREE copy of the GradGuide2010.
"The Graduate"
For you film buffs out there, no we are not in fact refering to the 1967 film with Dustin Hoffman.... Today we'll tell you about a little radio programme we stumbled upon aired on BBC Radio 4 (which of course you all wake up to in the morning!) This two part programme tracks a year in the life of four students, from Leeds Universities, post graduation.
In this first programme we hear about the trials, tribulations and successes of their first 6 months. They discuss the approaches they are taking, and review the effectiveness.
Hopefully you can take some ideas away from this and maybe try some of the approaches for yourself.
Quick recap, we see three key ideas for applications and speculative aproaches:
In this first programme we hear about the trials, tribulations and successes of their first 6 months. They discuss the approaches they are taking, and review the effectiveness.
Hopefully you can take some ideas away from this and maybe try some of the approaches for yourself.
Quick recap, we see three key ideas for applications and speculative aproaches:
- Twitter - one grad finds success in landing unique positions posted only online for a dream role
- Face-to-face - an aspirational theatre technician shares her approach
- Contacts - 'it's not what you know but who you know' for one budding sales executive
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