Recruitment. Top Ten Tips.

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What do Steve Jobs, Karl von der Heyden and other 20 top executives at Fortune have in common? They all have been «interim managers», hired on a temporary basis to revitalize a firm and then leave. With the arrival of the New Economy, such short-term employment contracts are now becoming the norm. Highly paid projects teams created for particular assignments. Once the project is completed, the team is simply disbanded.

In the past you had a job for life. Many people used to work for the same organization which had a hierarchical structure until they reached retirement. Then along came the «re-engineered» 90s and changed that. Companies realized they were overstaffed. This could happen because there has been a decline in demand for the company’s services, or because a company was running more efficiently than it once has been. Mass redundancies followed. Workers were delayered according to a planned reduction.

Now the tables have turned. The 43 mln. jobs lost in the US along since 1979 were compensated for by the 70 mln. jobs created in the same period. With so many job opportunities, it’s now our employers who are afraid we’ll take our expertise elsewhere. Today 67% of managers put a job for life at the bottom of their list of priorities. All wanted the flexibility to work from home or even telecommute.

Mark Albion, co-founder of Students for Responsible Business advises to take a «big» job if you are offered. He says: «You might not find it satisfying as you’d hoped, but it would be a jumping-off point for what you really want to do». It’s true. If you demonstrate that you are active, dynamic and have a lot of initiative, you can progress from entry level positions of your career ladder to higher levels of pay, skill, responsibility, or authority.

Recruitment. Top Ten Tips.

If you decided to apply for a job first thing you should do is to prepare a number of documents. These documents are: a letter of application with your curriculum vitae. Enclose cover letter. And don’t forget to prepare references from your previous employers. Here are some recommendations on how to be successful at interviews.

Tip #1 seems obvious, but making a good first impression is really vital. Stay cool, put the interviewer at ease. Remember, most of them are as worried about choosing the wrong person as you are about not getting the job. Tip #2 – show you’ve done research on the company by asking informed and intelligent questions during the interview. Tip #3. The great way to sell yourself is to conduct part of the interview as a short presentation entitled «Why YOU should want to employ ME». The forth recommendation is about describing yourself. You should give concrete examples of things you’ve actually done, but try to avoid sounding self-congratulatory or using a lot of adjectives. Tip #5 is about showing loyalty to your previous employers. If you say negative things about your ex-employers, interviewer will wonder if you’re going to be as disloyal to them at the same point in the future. Talking about you strengths – you should be proud of what you’ve achieved in your career so far. If you will be too modest, the interviewer might just think you’re an under-achiever who lacks ambition. Talking about your weaknesses – don’t be afraid to admit your mistakes. But always remember to balance them with a positive outcome. Tip #8 is about covering your gaps in CV. Don’t try to lie telling that you were working for Charity in some third-world country. Tell the interviewer how these transitional periods in your career have helped you to focus on what you really want to do. Tip #9 is about suiting up! Visit the building where the interview is going to be held a few days before the interview itself. Look what kind of clothes, jewellery do people have. The final Tip is about projecting the right attitude. You SHOULD be very confident. The worst thing that can happen is that you just leave without the job.

If a worker resign voluntarily, he gives notice or hands in his resignation. But sometimes people are forced to resign. For example because of a scandal. Or if company is going through financial difficulties. If a person finds himself out of work through being laid off or being given the sack he needs to contact a recruitment agency which will keep him in touch with the latest job vacancies.

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