Careers talk to sixth formers

1. Skipton Girls High School-Careers event for year 13 by Fluid June 2010

2. Page 2 Contents 2 Contents Page 3-4 Introduction to Fluid 5-9 CVs 10-13 Speculative approaches 14-19 Interview skills 20-29 Social networking 30-32 Blogs 33-35 Job sites 36-38 Forums 39-40 Conclusion and Questions

3. Page 3 Introduction

4. Page 4 Introduction to Fluid Fluid Consulting Limited (Fluid) is a specialist human resources consultancy headed by Tim Holden MCIPD. Starting out in banking, Tim worked for a leading human resources & recruitment consultancy for eleven years based in both Leeds and London. This role required him to understand the detailed workings of employers across all sectors and to travel throughout the UK and Europe to meet clients and interview senior candidates. To capitalise on this experience, Tim set up Fluid in 2006 to offer a new but related service to clients. Fluid provides consultancy advice and delivers training to private and public sector organisations across the UK. We are NOT a recruitment company, and pride ourselves on our extensive research capability which allows us to remain at the cutting edge of both best practice and creative initiatives that genuinely deliver in terms of Human Resources. Effective benchmarking with high-performing organisations, coupled with detailed surveys and questionnaires, ensures that a service exceeding clients’ expectations can be delivered. The core services provided by Fluid are: - Attraction & Selection - Retention - Remuneration & Reward - Outplacement - Training & HR consultancy

5. Page 5 CVs

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7. Page 7 Why a CV? What’s it for? Formats Power words Microsoft Word CVs Other CVs CVs (1 of 3)

8. Page 8 Work experience and part-time job CVs Standing out from the crowd Email CVs CVs (2 of 3)

9. Page 9 Useful pointers Quiz - true or false CVs (3 of 3)

10. Page 10 Speculative approaches

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13. UK Border Agency-Government-approved shortage occupation list for Tier 2 of the Points Based System

15. Research the target job

16. Go through previous experience (if any)

17. Consider personality & teamwork

18. Add in most recent experience

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21. Page 16 PREPARATION Qualifications Achievements Work experience Looking and behaving the part Interview skills (1 of 4)

22. Page 17 What are interviewers looking for? Questions and answers Interview skills (2 of 4)

23. Page 18 DIFFERENT TYPES OF INTERVIEW Screening Telephone Video Panel Serial Informal Interview skills (3 of 4)

24. Page 19 WHAT TO DO AFTER THE INTERVIEW Whilst waiting for a decision If an offer is not made If an offer is made Interview skills (4 of 4)

25. Page 20 Social networking

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27. Page 22 Social networking (1 of 8) Bebo (no need to sign in) www.bebo.com GROUPS “Auckland Jobs” 779 members

28. Page 23 Social networking (2 of 8) Facebook (need to sign in) www.facebook.com GROUPS “Airline employees of Facebook” 31, 573 members “Television freelance jobs” 12, 880 members

35. Page 30 Blogs

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38. Contributing to blogs

39. Own website

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42. Page 35 careerbuilder.co.uk cv-library.co.uk get.hobsons.co.uk gumtree.com jobseekers.direct.gov.uk jobrapido.co.uk notgoingtouni.co.uk prospects.ac.uk Job sites

43. Page 36 Forums

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46. Contributing about a subject

47. COMPUTER GAMES www.mcvuk.com

48. MUSIC www.uk-musicjobs.com/forum

49. PRINT www.jobsinprint.comForums

50. Page 39 Conclusion & questions

51. Page 40 Conclusion Summary Questions