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Andy says
Finding a new job or taking on a new career often features at the top of a new year's resolution list. Many of us vow to start the New Year with a fresh challenge that provides us with a high level of job satisfaction and the chance to learn new skills. But people that simply move from job to job often find the cycle repeats itself after any given number of years and yet again they find themselves looking for a new role that offers those fresh career challenges.

It isn't easy to take a step back and really analyse your career aspirations and how you might get there. Career management is more than just finding a new job, it's about having the determination to realise your full potential by ascertaining your key skills sets and how they will be effectively utilised.

More than just careers advisers, Sprint Outplacement works with clients as individuals in order to tailor a career management service according to their career objectives. The career management team take time to really understand your career history to date, your strengths and weaknesses, your aspirations and goals for the future, your learning and need for continuous improvement and, above all, what career path would suit you best. They then work together with you to devise an action plan of how the key findings can be put into practice for the benefit of your career development.

If your career needs some attention this new year - and beyond - or you feel like you're stuck in a rut, talk to the team today. Telephone 0121 308 7193 or email info@sprintoutplacement.co.uk.

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top tips

Some of the hardest interview questions to answer are competency based.
Questions targeting a specific skill or competency used within the working environment.
Try and develop answers using the "STAR" method.
Situation: give an example of a situation you were involved in that resulted in a positive outcome.
Task: describe the tasks involved in that situation.
Action: talk about the various actions involved in the situation’s task.
Results: what positive results directly followed because of your actions.
Selecting key examples to use during an interview can pay dividends and convince the interviewer you really are an achiever!

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“Thoughts lead on to purposes; purposes go forth in action; actions form habits; habits decide character; and character fixes our destiny. Anon”

Outplacement and Career Transition Top Tips

Turned down after 2nd interview, what to do next?

We've all been there, reached 2nd interview, all goes well and then the dreaded "no thank you letter".
So what do you do next?
Firstly don’t take it personally!
Learn from the interview and re-evaluate what was said and how you presented your skills and personality.
Secondly write back expressing your disappointment, but thanking them for their interest and asking to be considered for future posts.
Our experience shows that many offers get turned down, people withdraw acceptances before start date, and sometimes even fail to show up on commencement date!
When this happens companies often refer to their second choice, the very person that wrote back, and that could well be you!

Social Networking

Social Networking Tips!
Sign up to Linked-In.
Ensure you post a full profile to let people get to know you.
Connect to people who can help your job search.
Join interest groups which match your skills.
Post strong content relevant to your career search.
Say yes to invitations aimed at building strategic relationships.
Be truthful as past employers and colleagues can see your profile!
Track potential employers and recruitment consultancies on Twitter.
Above all a well crafted entry will ensure you feature in searches to reach those unadvertised posts!

Photo on your CV..good or bad?

Should you put a photo on your CV?!
Pick a photo out of a magazine, then ask yourself, what type of school did this person go to, what is their favourite drink, and do they prefer pubs or expensive restaurants? You will already have formed an opinion without even meeting the person!
Let your experience and skills speak for themselves, unless specifically requested dont let others form an opinion from a photo without even meeting you!

Competency based questions

Some of the hardest interview questions to answer are competency based.
Questions targeting a specific skill or competency used within the working environment.
Try and develop answers using the "STAR" method.
Situation: give an example of a situation you were involved in that resulted in a positive outcome.
Task: describe the tasks involved in that situation.
Action: talk about the various actions involved in the situation’s task.
Results: what positive results directly followed because of your actions.
Selecting key examples to use during an interview can pay dividends and convince the interviewer you really are an achiever!

Knowing your transferable skills

Vital to success at interview is knowing the transferable skills you can bring to your potential employer.
These are the skills that are not specific to a "type" of work and can be used in all jobs you undertake, as a benefit to your employer.
Such skills include:
- Customer Service Skills: Ability to work and help others.
- Communication Skills: Ability to train, negotiate, present and articulate professionally with others.
- Thinking and Analysing Skills: Planning, time management, researching, problem solving and innovating skills are all key strengths in this area.
- Numerical and Aptitude Skills: Ability to look at statistics, figures, graphs, presentations and designs and assimilate the information presented.
- Management Skills: Ability to lead, manage, appraise, target, coach, mentor and develop both people and projects.
Conveying these skills with examples of how they have benefited past or current employers is key to convincing the interviewer you are the best person for the role!

Build a Success File!

Build an interview “success” file.
Never show up to interview empty handed, it shows lack of planning, complacency and sets the meeting off on a negative start.
Build a portfolio of your skills to show the interview you have a proven track record, include driving licence, past pay slips, awards and commendations, performance figures, league tables, evidence of the work carried out, past successes, industry articles in which you appear, references, any evidence to support your CV and past career experience. Every Candidate will say they are the best person for the job, stand out from the crowd by proving it with real evidence!

 
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