Jobs in UK
...Tricks of the Game

True, the UK job market is becoming increasingly more competitive. Jobs in UK are more more in supply than there are in most other European countries. To land yourself with a job in the UK, learn the tricks of the game from the recruitment pros. See how to get ahead of the flow.

What The Pros Advice

The mighty does not always win the battle nor the swift the race; or as the Awake! Journal of July 2005 puts it; the best candidate does not always get the best jobs in UK, just as much as elsewhere in the world.

Quoting Brian, an employment consultant in the United States; "the job often goes to the most effective job seeker" Yes. You need to be effective in all you do. Not how much you need a job in UK or how much applications you throw in.

To illustrate, my flat mate Celestine had to put in at least seven hundred applications in seven months in search of a job here in the UK, and got three interviews. Alarmed? No. That is the average number of applications and time spent in getting jobs in some highly competitive specialised job sectors these days. You need not go through such a horror. Walk through these guides:

Preparation

Preparation is king. To do otherwise is to plan to be ineffective. From the day I decided to get a job, my first reaction was to ask myself; what type of jobs in the UK do I need?

Where do I want to work? Am I willing to travel? What are my strategies to get the job? I actually put these thoughts to paper and work my way through them.Make no mistake. Each of these questions are relevant

To be able to get that job in UK in record time, the book, Get a Job in 30 days or Less advices that the very first step to succeeding in a job hunt is to be organised.

Being organised involves a lot. It includes physical, mental, emotional and spiritual organisation. You also need to clearly define your career plan, be clear on the strategy to adopt and plan B, if you must win this war. What are your weak points, strength and adaptability? To be organised is to be prepared.

Get ready in the morning as if you are going to work. Get dressed. Dress smart. This, according to leading job psychology experts, sets you in the right frame of mind.

In the book Get a Job in 30 days or Less, dressing as if for work even helps to improve your confidence when talking through on the telephone to prospective employers. This will beam through your discussion and leave an impression of a very confident prospective employee in their mind.

Reach Out As Wide As Possible

Call at your local employment office or job centre, and get telephone numbers of ALL the local employers.

Send your CV to all the companies you know, even though they may not be advertising a vacancy yet; employers like very assertive persons.

A word of caution: Online resume posting is ever becoming popular. Do not become a victim. Always check to see the privacy policy of an agency before sending in your resume. You may become a victim of identity theft or even have your details sold to mass-marketing company.

Be Flexible

Life will be easier if you have already settled in a profession or job type. That means you have decided the type of job you want. If getting jobs in UK in your chosen field is difficult, then you must consider career change

The average person today will have done at least three different types of jobs and could change up to ten employers in a lifetime. Be adaptable. Be willing to re-train or totally change career. Before changing your career, be satisfied that you are toeing a path that will be acceptable to you in the long run.

Before I got a job in my field of expertise, I did different kinds of jobs in UK; as a carer or nursing assistant, office clerk, and even cleaned. So it is different if you are out just to do anything. If you are on the other hand thinking of a job to settle in, think carefully. You may spend the rest of your life doing that job.

Take a couple of short tests to see what type of jobs in UK really fits you. A popular and important career test is the:

occupational interest test

It assesses your actual career interest. You will be presented with various occupations, some you have definitely not thought about. Score your self and see what the right occupation is for you.

Being willing to travel or actually move location is another issue in flexibility. Consider all the pros and cons, and then decide for yourself. For single young men or women, this is a relatively easy decision to make. For families, all involved needs to be considered.

See more career assessment tests at our

Career choice page

Networking

Let Your CV Sell You

Your CV should truly be the “story of your life” compressed. It should stand out. It should let your potential employer know what you can do, even if those skills where learnt informally. Never mind about this. We shall go through this in detail in the section, Let Your CV shine

A common problem for foreign job seekers is that they sometimes send off their CV to employers without conforming to the UK pattern. You need to see examples of CV for various fields and then draw the perfect CV for jobs in UK hunt.

Interview Skills

If your CV and hard work has landed you a short listing, well-done! This is the time to prepare even more than you have ever done. Remember: Getting a job is your job. You must prepare very hard. Know all you need to know. Again, we shall take an extensive look at interview preparation tips for jobs in UK at the interview burster section.

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