HOW TO GET THE JOB YOU WANT

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HOW TO GET THE JOBYOU WANT

• Chris Goulding Regional Director

May 22nd 2012 AAT
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ABOUT US

• CHRIS GOULDING
• DIRECTOR
• Graduate from Nottingham University in History
• 13 years recruitment experience working for Hays
• Recruited permanent and interim roles during that
  period
• Currently manage 30 consultants in Reading,
  covering Procurement, Senior
• Finance, Non-Qualified Finance, HR, Office
  Support, PA and Secretarial, Tax, Treasury,
  Accountancy Firms, Corporate Governance and Legal
• Spent 12 years out of the 13 purely recruiting or
  managing consultants covering finance positions

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AGENDA

• Getting Started
• CV Writing
• Interviews
• Offer Management
• Interim Work The benefits
• QA Both on presentation and other
  recruitment focused questions

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GETTING STARTED

• Prepare before hand.. Think about
• Why do I want a new job?
• What do I want from my next job?
• What do I actually want to do?
• Understand your financial worth the market
  has changed
• Practical considerations such as location
• Not every job is the right job!

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WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF A CV?
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THE PURPOSE OF YOUR CV IS TO SHOWCASE YOUR
EXPERIENCE IN ORDER TO GAIN AN INTERVIEW

• This is your opportunity to sell yourself and
  make the employer see you as a well qualified,
  professional, concise and thoughtful individual
  who is taking your career seriously.

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CV WRITING

• How do you put a CV together?
• Common Questions We Face
• What structure / order should my CV be?
• How long should it be?
• Where should education be written /
  qualifications?
• How much detail on experience?
• Should I put date of birth / marital status /
  dependents?
• How much focus on my achievements?
• Should I put a synopsis on my employers?
• How much detail on reasons for leaving?
• What is a good personal profile?
• Should I write hobbies / interests?

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DOS

• DO keep personal data short and sweet, and dont
  space it out too much
• DO include your academic and professional
  qualifications and which stage youre at put if
  you have first time passes, it will help separate
  you from the competition
• DO put your current role first and bullet point
  your duties and achievements clearly, not lengthy
  paragraphs
• DO write in the 3rd person no I did or I
  have
• DO explain any gaps people assume the worst
• DO send a covering letter and draw attention to
  the reasons you feel you are a strong candidate

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DONTS

• DONT mention marital status or dependents,
  people can use it to discriminate
• DONT write date of birth on the CV
• DONT list hundreds of duties and
  responsibilities use headings and bullet
  points. Part of assessing a CV is how well you
  are communicating information about yourself,
  getting the message across in a succinct and
  precise manner
• DONT include a picture
• DONT write in capitals it makes the reader
  feel like theyre being shouted at!
• DONT write in a too large or too small font,
  10-12 is perfect

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CV KILLERS

• Different fonts, colours and clip art
• Spellin an grammer mistukes
• You cant claim attention to detail if there is
  even one mistake on your CV
• Poor reasons for leaving
• Gaps on CV employers will consider the worst
  (e.g Jail!!)

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AND THE BIGGEST CV KILLER OF ALL.

• PHOTOS.
• JUST DONT.
• EVER...

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TAILOR YOUR CV

• Once the basic template is in place, target your
  CV to specific jobs
• What qualities have been specified in the job
  spec?
• Does your CV clearly highlight these
  requirements?
• Research the company and industry
• - Internet
• - Use your recruitment consultant to gain inside
  knowledge

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JOB SPECIFICATION

• Business partnering with specific part of BP in
  order to ensure their HR data requirements are
  satisfied through GPD
• Developing functional and non-functional
  specifications for new reports/dashboards
  required by each business.
• Testing reports produced by offshore onshore
  team to ensure adherence to reporting strategy
  and business requirements.
• Providing training and assistance on use of GPD
  portal and subsequent new reporting outputs and
  new look feel increase utilisation of portal
  self-service.
• Migrating existing segment/local reports to
  Business Objects as and when available
• Development of additional reporting functionality
  as part of the GPD Expansion and Cross-Country
  Reporting
• Accountable for the submission of all segmental
  headcount KPIs/dashboards to the business within
  agreed timescale
• Responsible for developing and maintaining a
  reporting forum of GPD data stakeholders
  sharing common reporting challenges and
  resolutions
• Working closely with the Data lead to expose and
  communicate data discrepancies
• Responsible for developing, maintaining and
  delivering best practices for managing reporting
  stakeholder
• Managing the satisfaction of ad-hoc reports for
  Segment and Function teams
• Accountable for measurement of customer
  satisfaction

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YOURINTERVIEW

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BE PREPARED

• Research
• Visit their company website for more information
  on the firm
• Look committed and find out as much as possible
  about the firm
• Ask your recruitment consultant what the company
  wants. A good consultant will know!
• Job Description
• Read the job description carefully
• Ensure you can discuss all the points on the job
  description. You may not have all the experience,
  but they have chosen to meet you for a reason.
• Be confident that you are technically qualified
  to do the job
• Have examples from your previous role to
  demonstrate your ability to do this job.

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AT THE INTERVIEWNo matter how well-qualified
you are for the job, your personality and
personal presentation will count greatly at
interview. What ever your confidence levels, you
can develop and work on the skills required to
make the interview process more bearable.

• Get Organised
• Basic information, who where?
• Paperwork
• - CV
• - Application Form
• - Notes / Questions
• - Job Specification
• - Journey / Travel
• Your First Impression
• Appearance
• Firm handshake
• Eye contact
• Body Language

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INTERVIEW DOS

• Punctual
• Professional
• Know your CV be clear on dates and order of
  jobs before you go in
• Take Time Over Answers
• Justify Career Moves / Decisions
• Have Examples Prepared
• Plan Questions To Ask

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INTERVIEW DONTS

• DO NOT Arrive empty handed
• DO NOT Bad mouth ex employers
• DO NOT Cover weakness by blaming others
• DO NOT Be vague
• DO NOT Be first to mention money
• DO NOT Be too opinionated or show lack of morals

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CHANGING TIMES..HOW INTERVIEWS ARE CHANGING

• OLD STYLE QUESTIONS
• Q Tell me about yourself?
• Q What are your strengths?
• Q What are your greatest weaknesses?

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THE NEW WORLD!CBI COMPENTENCY BASED INTERVIEW

• What is a Competency Based Interview?
• Competencies are defined as behavioural traits
  combined with technical knowledge and skills that
  will serve as indicators of success in specific
  jobs or positions.
• Why are they used?
• What is assessed at the competency based
  interview?
• - Skill
• - Knowledge
• - Competency

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CBI HOW TO ANSWER

• Situation
• Task
• Action
• Results

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CBI QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR ROLE

• Q1 - Persuasiveness
• Describe your most satisfying (or disappointing)
  experience in presenting to, and gaining the
  support of, top management for an idea or
  proposal.
• Q2 - Teamwork
• Tell me about a situation where you have been
  part of a group working
• toward a specific goal. What was your role in the
  group?
• Q3 - Problem Solving
• Tell me the most difficult situation you have had
  to face and how you
• tackled it?
• Q4 - Achievement Focus
• Tell me about the last time you had a lot of work
  to do within a very
• limited deadline. How did you go about it?

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CBI CONCLUSION

• Good Preparations Strong Interview
• Follow the STAR Methodology
• Always I not we or my team
• Ask questions

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QUESTIONS TO THE INTERVIEWER

• Topics to consider when asking questions
• Training delivered and courses offered?
• The wider department and internal relationships?
• Changes seen within the company / team in recent
  years?
• Scope for development or increased
  responsibility?
• What they think it takes to succeed in this
  role?

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Examples Of Negative Interview Feedback

• He asked if we had a company website
• The candidate just did not let me speak to ask
  him questions. It was more like a monologue than
  an interview
• I counted 4 questions he asked me about the role
  which were answered on the spec he had in his
  hand
• She was nice enough but seemed more interested
  in bad-mouthing her current employers than
  hearing anything about what were like
• It was all going well until he started demanding
  more than we were paying, before Id even guided
  the conversation towards remuneration
• He was pleasant enough and the interview went
  OK. However he clearly just wants a job. He did
  little to convince me why this was the job for
  him
• Well, his phone rang in the interview. He then
  answered it in front of me. Lets just say we
  ended the meeting there
• I wish hed looked me in the eyes as opposed to
  my chest!

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AFTER THE SUCCESSFUL INTERVIEW THE DREADED
TESTS.

• Verbal Reasoning Test
• Numerical Reasoning Tests
• Personality Profiling / Psychometric Testing

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OFFER STAGE

• How to deal with an offer at interview
• When does an offer become legally binding?
• Negotiating package
• When to hand your notice in
• Negotiating notice period
• Counter offer

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INTERIM WORK THE BENEFITS TO YOU

• Keeps some money coming in while you look for a
  permanent role
• Add skills (especially project skills) to your CV
  you may not acquire in a permanent role
• A way to truly add short term value to a business
• In current climate it can open doors to a
  permanent role
• Due to the recession you are no longer seen as
  jumpy if you have taken interim work

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QUESTIONS?
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Career Support

• AAT careers information https//services.aat.org.
  uk/careerhelp/
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• AAT CV builder and video case studies
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• AAT jobs http//aat-jobs.co.uk/
• Hays Recruitment http//www.hays.co.uk/