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, 2nd, 3rd
applications, job
and covering letter, 2nd, 3rd, 4th
and CV see CV
online, 2nd
submitting of by email
Baker, Michelle, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
Bolles, Dick
Bond, Jo, 2nd, 3rd
Brett, Marie, 2nd
Broomer, Simon
Buckingham, Marcus
Now, Discover Your Strengths
Busfield, Keith, 2nd, 3rd
business libraries
career change, 2nd
and CV
new sector, new role
same role, new sector
same sector, new role
same sector, same role
cataloguing of your strengths, 2nd, 3rd
Chamber of Commerce
checklists
job advertisements
job offer
and Level 3 conversations
referral
speculative approaches
Childs, Julian, 2nd, 3rd, 4th
chronological CV, 2nd
Clarke, Stephanie
Clarke-Jervoise, Angella, 2nd
clichés, CV, 2nd
Coldwell, Claire, 2nd, 3rd
company reports
compartment game
computers, job seeking using
connecting evidence, keeping note of
contacts, records of, 2nd
conversations (Level 1), 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th
agenda and outline script
beginning
benefits of working with Level 1 contacts, 2nd
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), 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th
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), 2nd
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, 2nd, 3rd
essentials of
CV, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th
analysis on how online CVs are read
and career change
chronological, 2nd
clichés, 2nd
as a conversation stopper
drafting
essentials of
and experience databank, 2nd
feedback on
formats, 2nd
front-loaded
functional, 2nd
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, 2nd
profile writing
reasons for rejection of
and recruitment agencies, 2nd
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, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th
email
and Level 2 conversations
submitting applications by
employer expectations
and interviews
employer shopping list
and interviews
Everett, Zena, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th
Experience Databank, 2nd, 3rd, 4th
extroverts
face-to-face meetings, 2nd, 3rd
Facebook, 2nd
feedback, 2nd, 3rd
Feist, Matthias
flow, sense of
follow up, after a meeting
friends
and Level 1 conversations
front-loaded CV
functional CV, 2nd
gatekeepers
Godley, Pauline, 2nd, 3rd
graduate entry programme
Gumtree.com, 2nd
Harrop, Dudley, 2nd
headline phrases, LinkedIn page
Hendra, Leon, 2nd
hidden job market, 2nd, 3rd, 4th
improving your visibility in
Howlett, Kate, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th
Internet, 2nd
online job applications, 2nd
registering on job boards
see also emails; social media
Interview Expert, The
interviews, job, 2nd
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, 2nd, 3rd
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, 2nd
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, 2nd
job hunting record sheet
job hunting timesheet, 2nd
job interviews see interviews, job
Job Offer Checklist
job offer roulette
job offers, interrogating of, 2nd
Job Search Preferences, 2nd
job titles, 2nd
Jobsite.co.uk
jobsites
Kay, Cathy
Kompass
language, used by organisations
letter, speculative, 2nd, 3rd
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, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th
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, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th
McIvor, Brian
Mint
motivated skills
motivation
Nathan, Rob
negative thinking
and early rejection, 2nd
networking
circumstances where not the answer
fear and suspicions of, 2nd
see also conversations
new sector, new role career change
newspapers, local
OneSource
online job applications, 2nd
opportunities
discovering and decoding, 2nd, 3rd
organisational research, 2nd, 3rd, 4th
benefits of
company reports and press releases, 2nd
desk research
job advertisements
job sites
live enquiry
organisation websites
record sheet, 2nd
Owens, Al
passive behaviour
photographs, and LinkedIn page
Pierson, Orville
The Unwritten Rules of the Highly Effective Job Search, 2nd
Plan B, 2nd
practice interviews
press releases, 2nd
Preston, Steve, 2nd
profile, writing CV
profile-led CV, 2nd
public sector jobs, 2nd
questions
at close of an interview
and job advertisements
Level 3 conversations and asking the right
record sheets
contacts, 2nd
job hunting
organisational research
recruitment agencies, 2nd, 3rd
avoiding offers of repeat experience
and CV, 2nd
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, 2nd
types of
recruitment consultancies see recruitment agencies
Recruitment & Employment Confederation
Referral Checklist
rejection, 2nd
and compartment game
of CVs
don’t take ‘no’ personally
and feedback, 2nd
fishing for ‘no’
getting over
keeping your spirits up
negative thinking and early, 2nd
reasons for
relationships, 2nd
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, 2nd
flaws
one step visibility
parallels between offline activities and
top tips
see also LinkedIn
speculative approaches, 2nd
advantages, 2nd
checklist
and letter see letter, speculative
spirits, keeping up
‘spray and pray’ approach
Story of your Job table
strengths
cataloguing of, 2nd, 3rd
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, 2nd
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, 2nd, 3rd
university careers services
Watt, Malcolm, 2nd
websites, organisation’s, 2nd
Whapham, John, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th
What Do You Enjoy? online inventory
Winden, Ruth, 2nd, 3rd, 4th
word of mouth, 2nd, 3rd
work experience
approach to presenting of in CV/application form