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Job Hunting in a Recession
JCI-BLT-AIESEC Networking Event
Tuesday 14th July 2009
Don Leslie
Founder Director, BLT
©Don Leslie 2009
BLT, Quality House, Quality Court, Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1HP
Tel: 020 7419 0909 Fax: 020 7405 3310
www.blt.co.uk

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Recession 3
• Lehman Brothers: 15th Sept
• October to December: turnover down 50%
• January to June: turnover down 50% again
• KPMG: retention strategy
• Redundancies amongst strategy houses
• Temps go first
• 500+ CVs per week
• Redundancies at BLT

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Recruitment Agencies & Headhunters 6
How to cope if you’re out of work
a) Admit it
b) Keep to a routine
c) Network

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Facts & Figures 8
How many agencies in the UK?
c17,000
Number of firms by size
12000
10000
Number of firms
8000
6000
4000
2000
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0-4 5-19 20-99 100-249 250+
Employees

Recruitment Agencies & Headhunters 9
Getting On The Radar

Recruitment Agencies & Headhunters 10
Similarities
– The employer is the client (not you)
– The employer pays (not you)
Differences
– You find the agency
– Headhunter finds you

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Salary Coverage
– Agency: up to £150,000
– Headhunter: from £100,000

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UK Bodies
– REC: www.rec.uk.com
– APSCO: www.atsco.org (sic!)

Recruitment Agencies & Headhunters 13
Working with a Headhunter
– Get Introduced
– Message + Messenger

Places to look for jobs 14
• Internship/Placement

Places to look for jobs 15
• Friends, neighbours and alumni
• Print ads
• Websites

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Unconventional Ads 18

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Good Luck!
Any Questions? Any Comments? Verbal Abuse?
dfl@blt.co.uk
subject line “JCI-BLT-AIESEC Networking Event”
© Don Leslie 2009
BLT, Quality House, Quality Court, Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1HP
Tel: + 44 (0) 20 7419 0909 Fax: +44 (0) 20 7405 3310
www.blt.co.uk