Looking to change career or restart work in the office and professional sectors?
Open Programme Outline
This two-day interactive workshop is designed to help those who are considering a change of career or restarting employment. The course covers managing personal and career change, developing an effective work search campaign, understanding where and how to find jobs, effective personal networking techniques, understanding personal career motivators through psychometrics, developing your CV, preparing for and managing interviews.
Who Should Attend?
Anyone considering a change of job or looking to return to work. The course content is designed to help people who are in office based roles and work as managers. The programme is led by experienced commercial HR consultants who have operated in both the private and public sectors.
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- How to develop your personal network and use technology to help create job leads
- In our CV Surgery, understand what's hot, what's not in CV's and how to use Workthing + to optimise your CV and ensure covering letters have impact and promote the transferable skills you have to offer
- How to establish which work path is potentially best for you, using career planning tools to help guide choices and ensure you focus on a career path of genuine interest
- Strategies to manage yourself and time to best effect when searching for work and track your personal progress
- Techniques for building personal confidence and self esteem
- About personal impact skills that really count, including attitude, motivation and body language
- How to make the right first impressions, projecting confidence and a successful image
- What employers are really looking for from candidates, understanding job advertisements, descriptions and competencies
- About competency based interview techniques
- How to answer competency based interview questions effectively
- About responding to and answer "killer" questions
- How to make a personal pitch to help get an interview or gain commitment towards an interview or job offer
- Knowing when to say no, the occasions when a job may not be right for you
- How to highlight your transferable skills and experience in person
- How to ask for the job
- How to follow up on job applications and interviews
At the end of this course participants will:
- Understand the different types of work opportunity that exist and make an informed choice on a work path that suits their skills and motivation
- Know how to put together an impact-full CV and covering letter using the Workthing + templates provided which highlight transferable skills that count
- Know how to manage a personal search for work
- Understand which resources are available to help you and how to make the most of these
- Be able to make a pitch that explains in 3 minutes why they are right for a job
- Understand the open and hidden jobs market and how to most effectively access both
- Know how to fully prepare for an interview
- Be prepared to attend informal and formal interviews and know how to most effectively manage these opportunities
- Understand how to answer core interview questions and be prepared to handle difficult questions
- Be able to ask for the job
To discuss how Prohr could assist you, contact us on: +44 (0) 208 755 5380
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