Would You Reject a Job Seeker Because They Werent on LinkedIn

Would You Reject a Job Seeker Because They Werent on LinkedIn I was recently asked to manage a piece of recruitment for a company as they needed a Business Development Manager. They were flexible with their requirements in terms of industry background, as long as the individual had a successful track record in sales. After presenting my shortlist of four individuals, three of whom I already knew and rated professionally, I was certain all four would be interviewed. However, one of the ladies I presented wasn’t actually on LinkedIn and my client wouldn’t see her on this basis. He just wouldn’t contemplate interviewing someone for a business development role who hadn’t yet utilised and seen the benefit of LinkedIn. I agreed it was his company and clearly he should be comfortable with the way his team are representing the business and building relationships, but I pushed him to meet her. Anyway, it went well and he thanked me for challenging his thoughts, but it has left me wondering how many other hiring managers would feel the same? Each person is different; some hold things dear that others wouldn’t value and I expect it would be a different matter if the role weren’t within sales. I know some people are more judgmental than others and here is a little list of just some of the things my clients have been put off by recently: Photos that dont match the personal brand your CV is promoting. For example, an image of someone with his colleagues in what looked like the back of a limo with a bottle of champagne in his hand. Oh and the guy who was leaning against a Ferrari with a pair of sunglasses on…my client really didn’t like that. The candidate who used the summary section to describe what she was looking for in a perfect job and what an employer could offer her, rather than selling the benefits she could bring. It sounds obvious, but people with incomplete career history, or dates that don’t match the CV. Unfortunately these profiles are extremely common. Finally, it isnt just the profile that can harm an application. The way people communicate on LinkedIn can be quite sloppy and hurried at times. A hiring manager, after receiving an application where the job seeker had expressed how much they wanted to work for her, sent the job seeker a connection request. The job seeker responded with ‘Excuse me, but who are you and how exactly do I know you?’ I’m actually quite forgiving when it comes to LinkedIn profiles, but even I have refused to meet people due to their LinkedIn conduct (the hiring manager in that last example was actually me!)..but to initially reject a candidate because they werent on it at all? Im not so sure about that. Would you do that? Let us know in the comments below! RELATED:  Top 5 Reasons Recruiters Won’t Click on Your LinkedIn Profile

Ad School this summer in London University of Manchester Careers Blog

Ad School this summer in London University of Manchester Careers Blog The Ad School is an 8 week summer placement programme where students experience agency life, working alongside some of adland’s brightest and best in one of London’s top agencies. Alongside this, they also attend weekly evening sessions with senior industry folk who offer them advice and insights, as well as a great chance to network. Finally, the students work in small teams on a group project which is then pitched at graduation. The culmination of these three elements is what really makes the Ad School unique â€" a fantastic opportunity for both learning and doing. There are three streams: Client Services/Planning, Creative and Search. Students who successfully complete the programme win a prize sum of money and travel expenses within zones 1-2 in London will be paid for. The programme runs from 1st July â€" 23rd August 2013. Applications are open now at http://www.ipa.co.uk/adschool. Deadline is 29th March. Students are also encouraged to join the ad school Facebook group at http://www.facebook.co.uk/IPAAdSchool, and to follow updates on the IPAs careers blog, AdMISSION (www.theadmission.co.uk). All Media

How to Be a Class Act

How to Be a Class Act In a world where stressed out and boorish job candidates are the norm, you can really stand out as a job candidate by exhibiting classy behavior.   Here are some ways to prove that your mama raised you well.  Write a gracious thank you letter even when you don’t get the job.   Going through a long interview process and then finding out you weren’t selected can be discouraging.   Many candidates react with bitterness, at least privately.   (I have actually received nasty emails from candidates who weren’t hired.   Gratifying to have my choice confirmed so early in the process.) Writing   gracious letter or calling to thank the interviewer for considering you will position you as a missed opportunity, maybe worth another look.   Candidates using this technique have been offered other positions in the company or even a second chance at the job if the new hire doesn’t work out.   You may start a relationship with the recruiter, increasing the odds that you’ll get another look when a new job opens up. Send notes of congratulations when you see news about promotions or hires.   If you’re keeping up with news or social networking sites like LinkedIn, you’ll see information on new contracts, promotions, hires or board appointments.   It takes just a few minutes to send an email with a link to the story or a personal note with the clipping.   Congratulate them on their success and offer to help with future projects.   It can also be a great “soft” reminder that you’re still in the market and would welcome referrals: “I look forward to a successful conclusion to my current job search as well.” Offer your services to a good cause.   Volunteering is a great way to expand your network and fill gaps in your experience while you’re out of work.     Offering your skills for a good cause is a great way to give back to the community â€" something you might not have had time to do while working full time.   When asked about current activities in an interview, you’ll be able to talk about this layoff as a chance to help others, instead of sounding bitter and bored.  

Speech Pathologist Job Description - Algrim.co

Speech Pathologist Job Description - Algrim.co Speech Pathologist Job Description Template Download our job description template in Word or PDF format. Instant download. No email required. Download Template Using Your Template Follow these instructions to use your new job description template Step one: Fill out all details in your job description template using the provided sample on this page. Step two: Customize your requirements or duties to anything special to your workplace. Be sure to speak with team members and managers to gauge what's required of the position. Step three: When the census of the team has agreed on the description of the work, add in a Equal Employment Opportunity statement to the bottom of your job description. Step four: Check with your legal department, management team, and other team members to ensure the job description looks correct before creating a job advertisement. Choose a job board that's specific to your needs.

Debut 2017 The year of content

Debut 2017 The year of content Well Debutants we’re here again. Another 12 months have absolutely flown by and now we’re at the end of 2017, ready to start 2018 stronger than ever. And we really mean it when we say that. We’ve been busy at Debut HQ concocting new features and dreaming up new ideas for the app to make it bigger and better for the years to come. The proof? Well, going by what we’ve achieved in 2017 from some amazing new app features to a number of incredible moments for us as a business the momentum doesn’t look set to slow anytime soon. But as well as adding new features to the app, hosting events and winning awards (no big deal), we’ve also been evolving and improving one of our most popular and important elements: our exclusive career insights and advice, tailor-made for you. With the launch of our amazing new website earlier this year, weve been able to share the most in-depth, useful and relevant content in a way that is pretty swish, if we do say so ourselves.  Let’s take a look over what we’ve achieved in 2017 to whet your appetite for the upcoming year New guides section We launched a whole new section of advice this year: Guides. We know that everyone needs a helping hand now and then, and even though our Insight articles are always written with the aim of providing new and you guessed it insightful information, we felt the need to go a little bit further That’s where the Guides come in. We know our Debutants are always hungry for knowledge and so we asked ourselves: What else do our Debutants want to know more about? After a lot of research and some serious strategising, we whipped up a total of 42 guides (yes, 42!), covering a whole range of subjects from everything you need to know about dealing with rejection, to the Marketing Media industry, to moving to London as a student or recent graduate. Our Guides are divided into a number of sub-sections, including: Job Applications, Job Interviews, Assessment Centres, Graduate Schemes, Internships, Personal Development, Psychometric Tests, Sectors and Locations. You asked for it, and so we took the time to research the ins and outs of the topics you want to know most about,  to help you out along the sometimes bumpy, sometimes scary but always exciting road to graduate life and the working world. Our most popular guide so far? Common interview questions. New research We’ve also been busy behind the scenes conducting research and making the news. Let’s start with our acclaimed ‘The Careers Conversation’ guide, which provided readers with an in depth look at the current state of careers advice in UK schools. We questioned hundreds of students aged 16-25 on their opinions and experiences of careers advice, and discovered that a shocking 46% of respondents said they did not receive any careers advice before making important educational choices. Of those who did receive guidance, 39% said they didn’t trust that it was relevant and up-to-date. More recently, we also released an in depth research into the sleeping habits of students. We discovered that 84% of students have university or stress related nightmares, having a significant impact on their health and performance. We paired up with Channel 4’s resident sleep expert, Stephanie Romiszewski, to debunk some sleeping myths and provide useful guidance for struggling students to follow. But also to illuminate the real issues behind this phenomena and educate readers. But perhaps our biggest campaign to date has been our Fight for Feedback petition. In only a few short months, our petition has been signed by over 1,000 people, been covered on prime-time TV news, been turned into a White Paper and delivered to government for consideration by the Minister of State for Employment, Damian Hinds. With 77% of 18-23 year-olds stating they think it should be a legal requirement for employers to provide feedback after a face-to-face interview, the need for swift action on this front is obvious. Thankfully, the coverage for our Fight for Feedback campaign has been incredible and we’re looking forward to seeing what developments occur during 2018 to push this forward. Overall, our guides have garnered national press coverage, being featured in the iNewspaper, The Times, The Telegraph, Sky News, BBC News, The Metro, The Guardian, Vice, Business Insider (takes a deep breath…), The Sun, the Daily Mail. the Daily Express, the Daily Mirror, Onrec, City A.M., and more. Quite the spread. New DebutLive features Finally (as if all the above wasn’t enough for one year), one of our most popular app features DebutLive has also turned into a content behemoth. As well as being able to watch, listen, learn and ask questions to employers directly, we also introduced a recap blog post after every stream. Shared on our Insight section, the DebutLive blogs answer any unanswered questions or untouched themes from every livestream hosted. So if your question wasn’t answered during the discussion on the app, you can still receive an in-depth, personalised answer straight from the employer. Simply search for DebutLive on the Insight section to check them all out. Don’t say we don’t treat you right. New contributors We’ve also been absolutely overwhelmed with enthusiasm for our Contributor Network. Carrying on from last year, we’ve had a new wave of top quality freelance writers join our midst, and theyve created some amazing features on everything from surviving a week in London on £25 (yes, really) to the lessons learnt from a social media detox.   We’ve welcomed scores of new contributors into the fold this year, and as well as creating some super useful and entertaining articles so far in 2017 (check out our successes below). We’ve also got a fantastic calendar of insights coming up in 2018.   So if you want to read more from our amazing Debut Contributors, keep checking out the Insight tab on the app and website, as well as our Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn channels. And don’t forget, if you fancy getting involved you can apply by simply filling out  this form. If you have some great ideas for new Debut features and fancy receiving £25 per published piece, get in touch Top articles shared thousands of times When we say we have the best writers in the biz, we’re not lying. The stats speak for themselves content on the Insight section has been read hundreds of thousands of times this year, with some of the best articles garnering tens of thousands of reads alone. That’s some top quality content, if we do say so ourselves. Whether it’s Bridie Pearson-Jones’ ‘Over 30 graduate jobs you can still get with a 2:2 in your degree’ or Aayushi Sharma’s article listing ‘Book recommendations from the world’s top CEOs’ (both two of our most read articles of the year *pause for applause*), our contributors know what’s of interest to our readers and always deliver. The top read article of the year thus far? The aforementioned ‘Book recommendations from the world’s top CEOs’, which even got shared by LinkedIn CEO, Jeff Weiner himself! So there you have it, one year of top quality advice and insights from Debut 42 brand-spanking new guides, hundreds upon hundreds of new Insight articles, new DebutLive posts, new contributors and one big fat HAPPY NEW YEAR from Team Debut. Bring on 2018. Connect with Debut on  Facebook,  Twitter,  and  LinkedIn  for more careers insights.

Mean People Whaddyagunnadoaboudit - Pathfinder Careers

Mean People Whaddyagunnadoaboudit - Pathfinder Careers Mean People: Whaddyagunnadoaboudit? Last week, I was on the road for business and on one of my flight legs between Houston and Atlanta, I boarded the plane to find someone sitting in my aisle seat.  Long story short, somehow there was a glitch and they had the same seat assignment, and since they got there first, I was told to find any open available seat.  Greatttttttt.. I was one of the last ones on board at this point, and of course, the only ones remaining were the dreaded middle seats. But it got worse… and you probably know what is coming next. As soon as the 10,000 foot level was reached, the teenager in front of me promptly flattened her seat so all of a sudden, I had about a full-on scalp inspection right next to my face.  Boxed in, I think I had 3 inches on either side of me between passengers, and it was not sitting well with my overdeveloped sense of claustrophobia. So I asked.  Nicely. “Excuse me? Can you please lean your seat back up just a little? My aisle seat was taken and I have really bad claustrophobia.” The teenager’s mom heard me while the girl pretended not to hear. It took about a minute of Mom’s convincing, but finally the teen relented and inched her seat back up. But 30 minutes later, she leaned it all the way back again right in my face, then turned up her headphones. Wow. This story is a reminder that there really are some heartless people out there. Sometimes we encounter these folks as colleagues. Or bosses. Or within our networks. Or even during a job search. But we all know that there are many more people who are good than bad, but what is it that makes bad people so infuriating? I think it is their absolute ego-centrism and absolute disregard of others. But you know what? You cant control these people.  You cant (or rarely) ever change their mind or even enlighten them.  They are in it for themselves, and themselves only. Personally, I cant conceive of being so mean especially when someone was polite and made a simple request like that but then again, I like to think of myself on the nice team rather than the mean team. So what DO you do when you encounter someone who has no regard for others?  Or when they clearly do something that harms you with full knowledge of what they are doing? What you CAN change is your attitude about the situation.  Grinding your teeth for a few moments is ok, but dont get stuck in the well of anger or hatred it gets you nowhere.  You need to see this situation and experience, no matter how unjust it can be, as a learning opportunity on  how you can rise above the situation and be the better person.    Yes, the other person is being bad but you dont deserve to accept ugly feelings into your life as a result. In my case, as trapped in as I felt, I swallowed my fear and wedged my book into view to read during the two hour flight which took me to a whole other world. My attention diverted, the time flew past quickly and soon, we were landing. I COULD have kicked her seat in revenge. A tiny part of me wanted to accidentally bump her seat with a hand holding a full drink if you know what I mean but where would that have gotten me?  For mere moments, revenge would have tasted sweet, but the rest of the flight could have gotten really ugly. I decided to be the bigger person. Accept that which you cant change and change the things that you can (your attitude).  Think of this tactic as a bridging activity to get you through to where you need to be its the means to the end. For the mean people who have the attitude:  Whaddyagunnadoaboudit? Your response: Forgeddaboutit. And move on. Lifes too short!

How to Get a Higher Position With Resume and CV Writing Services in Australia

How to Get a Higher Position With Resume and CV Writing Services in AustraliaIf you want to get a higher position with a company, or you want to secure an interview for a potential job opening in the UK then you need to consider utilising the services of resume and CV writing services in Australia. The recruitment industry is large and multi-layered, and to get yourself noticed in this competitive environment you need to write a well-structured resume which highlights your previous work experience and gives a good overview of your future skills and qualifications. Resume and CV writing services Australia can help you by providing excellent written cover letters and the guidance and assistance that you need to complete your resume with high standard.As you will have seen in your time spent browsing job listings, the terms 'resume'CV' are often used interchangeably. In reality, they refer to the same document - the 'resume' is the actual, professionally written document which outlines your education, training and experience. The CV is the summary of all this information, and it is this which will be reviewed by the hiring manager to determine your suitability for the job.A well-written CV will include information about your employment history, educational qualification and even your language abilities. To successfully compete for a job, you must present yourself as a skilled and qualified individual. Your CV will play a vital role in determining whether or not your application will be successful.When you begin to develop your CV you should make a list of your skills and qualifications. You should also include any additional information that you feel will enhance your chances of being considered for the job. You should also make sure that your CV matches the organisation that you are applying for, as this will help to increase your chances of getting a meeting with the staff member who has the responsibility of reviewing your application.At this stage you should s end your CV via email. You can use this to introduce yourself to the staff member, and they will be able to send you an immediate response. It is important to remember that you will only be given a specific amount of time to write a CV, so if you are waiting for your response then you will lose that opportunity.Once you have sent your CV you should return it via post and follow up to ensure that the organisation accepts your CV. You should send a self-addressed stamped envelope to the address that you provided on your CV. Do not forget to include a copy of your resume, as this will ensure that the recruitment team that receives your CV are able to review the information accurately.Once you have successfully submitted your CV to the organisation, you should ensure that it is checked for accuracy. This is because your CV will play a key role in your ability to land the job, and the organisation will want to see that it is error free. You should ask the CV writing service to check the information that you have included on your CV, and if there are any inaccuracies then this is when you should contact the recruitment company directly to request that the errors be corrected.When you receive your resume and CV you should make sure that you keep it up to date and check that all your details are correct. This ensures that the organisation will receive all the necessary information that they need in order to make a decision regarding your application. This process will not take too long, and once the deadline has passed, you will have an accurate and professional resume and CV that will make a great impression upon the hiring committee.