CV & Interview Skills

Get That JOB ! - Core Job Searching, CV Writing, Application and Interview Preparation Skills

Why miss out on another job just because someone else was better prepared ?

The old adage "Failing to prepare is preparing to fail ..." is certainly true of the recruitment process. Hiring employees through traditional interview and selection methods rarely leaves employers with an easy decision. It is often difficult, in the short space of time available at interview, for a company to really get truly convinced of someone's suitability. This is why most discerning organisations will adopt a cautious approach rather than give the benefit of the doubt.

The role of your CV is to make it abundntly clear why they absolutely must interview you. Then at interview your task is to make their decision simple by presenting evidence to demonstrate that you are right for the role. Both of these steps require diligent preparation. Fortunately there are some simple processes you can follow that will guarantee a 100% improvement in your performance. This workshop is about how to follow those processes.

Who will benefit from this workshop ?

If you answer yes to one or more of the following questions then you will benefit from attending this workshop:

• Are you currently in or about to enter the job market and recognise that you can still do more to prepare yourself ?
• Do you feel inexperienced or nervous when it comes to interviews ?
• Would you like to receive professional guidance on creating and tailoring your CV ?
• Do you think that being able to predict 60% or more of the interview questions you will be asked is a benefit ?
• Would you just like a better understanding of the recruitment process from job search to job offer ?

Get That Job ! is a course specifically designed to give you the skills and know-how to expertly navigate your way through the recruitment process and land a job you want and deserve.

Here are the understandings, skills and resources you will get in this workshop:

Personal Workplace Criteria

• Re-assessing what is most important
• The criteria TRIANGLE
• Leveraging flexibility to expand choices
• Time bound action planning
• Goal setting & contingency planning

Finding Appropriate Jobs

• Discovering job search resources
• Using the web and working with agencies
• Making an ally of a professional recruiter
• Matching your skills to more jobs
• Speculative applications

Tailoring CV's & Cover Letters

• Creating a professional quality CV
• Tailoring a CV for EACH application
• Gathering necessary and useful information
• Writing cover letters
• What to put in and what to leave out

Interview Preparation & Conduct

• Generating a positive mental interview state
• Predicting over 60% of interview questions
• Demonstrating your suitability behaviourally
• Answering the toughest questions
• What to ask the interviewers

Format of the Training

Start: 9.15am Finish: 4.30pm Group Size: Small Group (numbers limited to allow for interaction with Trainer)

The delivery of material and information will be balanced with a number of brief exercises for delegates to complete in pairs and small groups. The emphasis is on delegates leaving with a Professional Quality CV and an understanding of how to tailor it to specific vacancies, together with a comprehensive understanding of how to answer various different types of interview questions.

Lunch and Breaks

This course covers a lot of material so there will be one 15 minute break in the morning and one in the afternoon, refreshments are available FREE. Lunch will be 30 mins, a cold buffet is provided FREE.

Course Trainer

Toby Poulsom MSc is a professional Coach and Trainer with over a decade of experience coaching people in career success strategies. He has worked with people from entry level through to Company Directors operating in varied disciplines including Science, IT, Law, Financial, Sales and Marketing.

Toby is qualified as an NLP Master practitioner and Certified as an NLP Trainer (classic and new code NLP) as well as a number of Behavioural and Psychometric Profiling tools. He has expertise in motivation, communication and emotional intelligence. In the last fifteen years he has also set up and run three specialist recruitment consultancies.

He has drawn on this expertise in designing a course that ensures delegates are equipped with all the skills and know-how to navigate succesfully through the recruitment process and 'Get That JOB !'

Investment: £49 Inc VAT

Lunch: Provided FREE Parking: Provided FREE