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RECRUITMENT PROCEDURE

LOOKING FOR A JOB

Looking for a job is a full-time occupation in itself, so it's important to get yourself self-assessed. Look at yourself realistically, at your experience, your strengths and weaknesses, likes and dislikes and decide. What you are good at, not so good at, what sort of things you want to do and can do. Use all possible sources to help you get careers advice:

- employment agency;

- job center;

- private employment agencies;

- national and local newspapers;

- professional or trade newspapers and journals;

- applications to possible employers;

- local radio stations;

- friends and relatives.

If you feel you like the job being advertised or being offered to you make an application. The aim of your application is to get you an interview; the aim of interview is to get you the job. The first thing to do is to draw up a personal information chart or curriculum vitae (CV). This should contain such sections as:

- personal detail – full name, address, phone number, date of birth, marital status;

- your work experience;

- your educational background;

- details of any training;

- personal particularities which are relevant (foreign languages, voluntary work, interests and so on).

Many of the jobs that are advertised in newspapers give a telephone number for applicants to ring. When you ring up about a job you must know what you want to say and how to say it:

- be confident on the telephone;

- know your facts;

- give the facts in a straightforward manner;

- try to make a good impression on the person to whom you are talking.

RECRUITMENT PROCEDURE

Personnel departments are usually involved in finding new staff and recruiting (hiring, AmE) them.

Recruitment is the process of employing new people. This process will vary from one organization to another.

When a company needs to recruit or employ new staff, it may advertise the vacancy in newspapers, or may contact an employment (recruitment) agency, a private company that matches jobseekers with jobs. Companies looking for senior staff may approach people working for another company, a practice known as headhunting. Headhunters are specialist consultants who search for high-level executives and try to persuade them to leave their current job in order to go to work in another company. Executives may be persuaded to move company by the promise of a golden hello: a large sum of money or some other financial enticement offered by the company they move to.

If you are a jobseeker (a person who is looking for a job) and you are interested in a particular post, you may decide to apply for the job. The first step is to get an application form and a job description from the company. The next step is to complete the form and return it with your curriculum vitae (CV, BrE) or resume (AmE), which is a summary of your work history, education and skills. You should also send a covering letter, supporting your CV. It will explain why you want the job and why you are the right person for it. By doing this you have become an applicant. The company's Human Resources department will select the most suitable applicants and invite them to attend an interview.



Notes: In British English, you hire a person for a job that will last only a short time, but you employ them for a permanent job. In American English, you always hire people whether it is for a short or a long period of time.

JOB HUNTING

Finding the right job does not happen overnight. It takes a while to find out what you would like to pursue, matching your qualifications to a job and finding the right location. But even with a specific list, very few job applicants will find a job that suits all of their requirements. What are some ways to go about finding a job that will be right for you?

Many people are able to find a job that they like through networking. The advantage of networking is that family or friends will be able to provide an inside knowledge of the job, the pay, daily routine and an honest opinion of what it is like to work there. They will tell you things that employers may withhold from a job interview, because they want to create the best possible impression, rather than highlight any of the flaws that the company has. An added benefit of networking is that friends and family members can inform you of a job opening soon after it becomes available and then put in a good word for you to their employer. Employers are often favourably disposed to potential employees even before they have arrived for a job interview because their friend or relative took the time to recommend them.

Job fairs are a great place to start looking for a job when you know what you would like to do. Employers will be on the lookout for capable people who can help to fill positions. If you keep up to date with when the next local job fair will be held, you may walk away with a job.

Local newspapers will advertise for jobs in their classified section. Many jobs can now be applied for online, which saves the time and effort of filling in a paper application and putting your resume in the post. Make sure you still follow through with the job application. Do not just apply for the job and then wait for a reply. Fill it in by the date that is listed and then wait a few days and call the company. It is important to be pro-active and show that you are interested in the job. The job will not come to you. It requires some effort.

It is possible to find a job by simply reading through the yellow pages and calling companies directly and asking for a job. Some companies do not put out their listings straightaway, which means you may learn of a job before it has even been advertised. That shows initiative and drive for the job.

Finding a job is daunting, but with a little forethought and preparation it need not take too long to find a suitable job.

JOB HUNTING

Getting a job is a very hard period in the life of most people. Companies choose an employee from hundreds of candidates according to special rules, that’s why there are special ‘typical’ factors, influencing on employer’s choice. Among such factors are: age, sex, experience, family background and marital status, personality and references.

Here are the steps you need to take to get a job:

- decide what you want to do;

- get the training or education you need;

- search for jobs;

- write a resume/CV and a cover letter;

- apply for jobs (send a resume/CV and a cover letter or fill out an application);

- go for an interview;

- provide references;

- send a thank you letter.

Career planning means that instead of just taking the first decent job that’s available, you develop a strategy for finding the right job that matches your individual goals and needs. If you take the time to plan your career you’ll be a lot happier with the job you get and probably make more money too.

The more skills and education that you have, the better jobs you’ll be able to get and the more money you’ll make. What level of training or education that’s right for you depends on what kind of job you want.

Here are four of the best ways to search for a job (for the most success, do as many of them as you can):

- search for jobs online;

- go to a one-stop career center;

- look in the newspaper;

- networking.


Date: 2015-04-20; view: 2124


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