INDEX

achievements

listing of in CV

using Story of Your Job table to catalogue achievements

advertisements see job advertisements

agencies see recruitment agencies

anger

application form, 2^nd, 3^rd

applications, job

and covering letter, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

and CV see CV

online, 2^nd

submitting of by email

 

Baker, Michelle, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Bolles, Dick

Bond, Jo, 2^nd, 3^rd

Brett, Marie, 2^nd

Broomer, Simon

Buckingham, Marcus

Now, Discover Your Strengths

Busfield, Keith, 2^nd, 3^rd

business libraries

 

career change, 2^nd

and CV

new sector, new role

same role, new sector

same sector, new role

same sector, same role

cataloguing of your strengths, 2^nd, 3^rd

Chamber of Commerce

checklists

job advertisements

job offer

and Level 3 conversations

referral

speculative approaches

Childs, Julian, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

chronological CV, 2^nd

Clarke, Stephanie

Clarke-Jervoise, Angella, 2^nd

clichés, CV, 2^nd

Coldwell, Claire, 2^nd, 3^rd

company reports

compartment game

computers, job seeking using

connecting evidence, keeping note of

contacts, records of, 2^nd

conversations (Level 1), 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

agenda and outline script

beginning

benefits of working with Level 1 contacts, 2^nd

catching up with friends

fear of networking

learning from

length of

starting with the right people and elements of potential contacts

taking things to Level 2

who to talk to

conversations (Level 2), 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

benefits of meeting in person

by email

getting without Level 1 introductions

people you want to talk to

planting messages

reasons for pushing job hunting into a new gear

Referral Checklist

suspicions about networking

conversations (Level 3), 2^nd

asking the right questions

checklist for whether you are ready for

definition

reaching decision makers

reasons for decision makers wanting to see you

and timing

covering letter, 2^nd, 3^rd

essentials of

CV, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

analysis on how online CVs are read

and career change

chronological, 2^nd

clichés, 2^nd

as a conversation stopper

drafting

essentials of

and experience databank, 2^nd

feedback on

formats, 2^nd

front-loaded

functional, 2^nd

gaps and problems

impact of

length

listing key achievements in

non-use circumstances

points that recruiters will focus on

problems of selling yourself

profile-led, 2^nd

profile writing

reasons for rejection of

and recruitment agencies, 2^nd

refining

rushing

selective use of information

sending out at random and without adapting to individual job

submitting with job application

using key phrases from job advertisements

using Story of Your Job table to catalogue achievements

when to get it ready

work experience presentation

 

deadlines, job advertisements

delivery

and interviews

desk research

direct approach see speculative approach

directories, local employer

Downes, Jane, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

 

email

and Level 2 conversations

submitting applications by

employer expectations

and interviews

employer shopping list

and interviews

Everett, Zena, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Experience Databank, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

extroverts

 

face-to-face meetings, 2^nd, 3^rd

Facebook, 2^nd

feedback, 2^nd, 3^rd

Feist, Matthias

flow, sense of

follow up, after a meeting

friends

and Level 1 conversations

front-loaded CV

functional CV, 2^nd

 

gatekeepers

Godley, Pauline, 2^nd, 3^rd

graduate entry programme

Gumtree.com, 2^nd

 

Harrop, Dudley, 2^nd

headline phrases, LinkedIn page

Hendra, Leon, 2^nd

hidden job market, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

improving your visibility in

Howlett, Kate, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th

 

Internet, 2^nd

online job applications, 2^nd

registering on job boards

see also emails; social media

Interview Expert, The

interviews, job, 2^nd

and delivery

and employer expectations

and employer shopping list

language used

and motivation

practice

questions about your job hunting and impact of your job hunting activity on decision makers

questions at close of

and self control

introverts

 

job advertisements, 2^nd, 3^rd

analysing

applying for see applications, job

checklist

contacting advertising organisations

deadlines

issuing of by recruitment agencies

negative effect of poorly targeted applications

questions to ask

step by step strategy for responding to

as tool for organisational research

job applications see applications, job

job hunt/hunting

activities likely to extend

activities likely to shorten

amount of time dedicated to, 2^nd

barriers to effective

elements of above average performance

feedback from decision makers on candidates style of

first days of

interview questions on and impact of on decision makers

keeping things to yourself

recording your activity on

rushing of

job hunting plan

overview, 2^nd

job hunting record sheet

job hunting timesheet, 2^nd

job interviews see interviews, job

Job Offer Checklist

job offer roulette

job offers, interrogating of, 2^nd

Job Search Preferences, 2^nd

job titles, 2^nd

Jobsite.co.uk

jobsites

 

Kay, Cathy

Kompass

 

language, used by organisations

letter, speculative, 2^nd, 3^rd

construction

problems with

Level 1 conversations see conversations (Level 1)

Level 2 conversations see conversations (Level 2)

Level 3 conversations see conversations (Level 3)

LinkedIn, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th

good practice

headline phrases

parallels between offline activities and

and photographs

summary and work history

top tips

use of to get Level 2 meetings

live enquiry

local employer directories

local newspapers

losing your job

 

McIntosh, Stuart, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

McIvor, Brian

Mint

motivated skills

motivation

 

Nathan, Rob

negative thinking

and early rejection, 2^nd

networking

circumstances where not the answer

fear and suspicions of, 2^nd

see also conversations

new sector, new role career change

newspapers, local

 

OneSource

online job applications, 2^nd

opportunities

discovering and decoding, 2^nd, 3^rd

organisational research, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

benefits of

company reports and press releases, 2^nd

desk research

job advertisements

job sites

live enquiry

organisation websites

record sheet, 2^nd

Owens, Al

 

passive behaviour

photographs, and LinkedIn page

Pierson, Orville

The Unwritten Rules of the Highly Effective Job Search, 2^nd

Plan B, 2^nd

practice interviews

press releases, 2^nd

Preston, Steve, 2^nd

profile, writing CV

profile-led CV, 2^nd

public sector jobs, 2^nd

 

questions

at close of an interview

and job advertisements

Level 3 conversations and asking the right

 

record sheets

contacts, 2^nd

job hunting

organisational research

recruitment agencies, 2^nd, 3^rd

avoiding offers of repeat experience

and CV, 2^nd

finding the right

job advertisements issued by

making an approach

persuading them to help you

pitch to

registering with before you have your message right

relationship with, 2^nd

types of

recruitment consultancies see recruitment agencies

Recruitment & Employment Confederation

Referral Checklist

rejection, 2^nd

and compartment game

of CVs

don’t take ‘no’ personally

and feedback, 2^nd

fishing for ‘no’

getting over

keeping your spirits up

negative thinking and early, 2^nd

reasons for

relationships, 2^nd

research, organisational see organisational research

Rose, Robin

Roshak, Cheryl

Rowan, Sophie

rushing, and job hunting

 

same role, new sector career change

same sector, new role career change

same sector, same role career change

self control

and interviews

self-belief

self-esteem

skill diamond

skills

identifying most important

listing key, in CV

matching of to the job

motivated

turning of into strengths

social media, 2^nd

flaws

one step visibility

parallels between offline activities and

top tips

see also LinkedIn

speculative approaches, 2^nd

advantages, 2^nd

checklist

and letter see letter, speculative

spirits, keeping up

‘spray and pray’ approach

Story of your Job table

strengths

cataloguing of, 2^nd, 3^rd

communicating in Americano and Espresso versions

getting across

getting under the skin of a

prompts to remembering use of in action

and skills list

turning skills into

under-communication of

support

 

telephone calls, 2^nd

and speculative approach

thank-you cards

timing

and CV writing

and Level 3 conversations

and making an approach to an organisation

of return to the market

Twitter, 2^nd, 3^rd

 

university careers services

 

Watt, Malcolm, 2^nd

websites, organisation’s, 2^nd

Whapham, John, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

What Do You Enjoy? online inventory

Winden, Ruth, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

word of mouth, 2^nd, 3^rd

work experience

approach to presenting of in CV/application form