Professional Documents
Culture Documents
OVERVIEW
The organizational context:
jobs changes + employability
career management: how to find a job
the interview
performance evaluation
JOBS - CHANGE
a much greater percentage of the work force
entering higher education
greater diversity in of graduate workforce - age,
gender ethnicity etc.
Graduate jobs are also diversifying
40 yrs ago most graduates would have entered
the professions or worked for a large corporation.
Today many graduates will work for SMEs.
future jobs are likely to be free-lance + careers
will change with greater frequency.
Most jobs will be changed by new technology.
Graduates will need to continually up-date their
skills to stay ahead of the game
MACJOBS
EMPLOYABLE
the new job environment is likely to bring a
change in what we think of as work with
many people having a work portfolio rather
than one job. (Charles Handy)
TECHNICAL
CONCEPTUAL
Ability to work with ideas, concepts
Ability to articulate goals, principles, vision,
mission
INTERPERSONAL
Through an advertisement
By approaching or registering with the
recruitment industry
Networking
Tapping the hidden job market
Luck
THE INTERVIEW
Either meet one interviewer (perhaps supported
by someone from Personnel); or
Interviewed by a panel
THE INTERVIEW
An interview resembles dating is two people
trying to decide if they want to go steady.
An interview is not to be thought of as marketing
yourself it is part of your research.
An interview is not to be thought of as a test. Its a
data-collecting process for the employer too.
An interview is a chance for you to present yourself
not as a job-beggar but as a resource person.
Richard Bolles WHAT COLOUR IS YOUR PARACHUTE? 2007
HTTP://WWW.JOBHUNTERSBIBLE.COM/
THE INTERVIEW
ASSESSMENT CENTRES
ASSESSMENT CENTRES
In-tray exercises
On-line testing
Presentations (prepared before or on the spot)
Group exercises
Role plays
PERFORMANCE EVALUATION