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Objectives of this session:
UCC Careers Service
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Landing that first job Creative Job Hunting Strategies
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Creative job hunting
What is Creative Job Hunting?
Lock and Key Theory
Define Creative Job Hunting
Identify potential employers
Identify sources of information on employment
Recognize and understand different Job Hunting
Strategies
Devise a plan of action
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JobJob-hunting is a systematic approach to the search
for work
Starts with Self / Work Preferences
Identify potential employers or sources of
information
Explore nature of work in related occupations
Deciding on the best way of making contact
Your career path...
– Talk to a Careers Adviser/visit the Careers
Service
– ComputerComputer-aided Career guidance programs
– Signpost sheets.. Your degree.. What next?
– Case study booklets/Job descriptions
– Where next? Exploring your future AGCAS
Booklet
Advertisements
Review C.V’s on file
Recruitment Agency
Recommendation from
colleagues,
Professional Associations,
Contacts
Promote from within
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How does the employer
short-list from CV’s?
Employer’s Perspective
- Who are you?
- What contribution can you make to this
organisation?
- Why are you interested in working for this
company?
- Is it evident that a link exists between you as a
potential candidate and this organisation
- Is it worth my while interviewing you?
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Works initially from a Job Description
Outlines the job content and specific skills,
experience and personal attributes required to
do the job effectively
Employer scans the CV/Covering Letter for a
MATCH
The closest MATCH is short-listed and called for
interview
Transferable Skills
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Skills acquired
acquired during any activity in your life –
that can be applied at a later stage in other
situations .
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You can acquire these skills through all sorts of
activities – employment, projects, voluntary work,
hobbies, sports, almost any area of your life.
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From the employers perspective once you have
acquired a skill you then have the capacity to
transfer it into their organisation and develop it
further Skill Progression.
Progression.
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Therefore, when employers shortlist from CV they
are looking for concrete evidence of the skills you
have developed that are transferable into their
organisation Skill Match
The Graduate - Skills for Success
Intellectual Skills
Conceptual
Analytical
Problem Solving
Research
Interpersonal Skills
Communication
Negotiation
Facilitation
Presentation
Team Work
Networking
Management Skills
Organisational
Task Management
Time Management
I.T. skills
The Employers – Top Attributes
Jobs for Nutritional Science Grads
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Willingness to learn
Drive/Energy
SelfSelf-motivation
Desire to Achieve
Team Work
Communication
Skills (Oral/Written)
Adapability
Flexibility
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CoCo-operation
Interpersonal Skills
SelfSelf-management
TaskTask-management
Problem Solving
Ability
Dependability
CoCo-operation
Initiative
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Laboratory Technician
Poldy’
Poldy’s Fresh Foods NonNon-Food: Cork
University Hospital, Specsavers
Quality Controller/Analytical Cadbury Ireland, Green Isle Foods,
Rye valley Foods, Dawn Farms Ltd,
Green Isle Foods, Lakelands Dairies Ltd ,
Keelings Multiples Ltd, Kerry Foods.
NonNon- Food : Amersham Health
Products Researcher
Procter & Gamble
Operations Support
Pfizer
Quality Assurance Lab Tech. Guinness Brewery
Graduate Mgt Programme
Campbell Catering, Dairygold Ltd
Programme
Other
Dietician -Oman General Hospital, Consultant -Sureslim Wellness Clinic
Student Cardiac Technician -Adelaide Meath Hospital
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Jobs for Food Technology Grads
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Laboratory Technician/
Analysts
Quality Control : Analysis/
Team Leader/Tech Support
MacPhie of Glenbervie,
Glenbervie, LeeLee-Strand CoCo-Op,
Lakeland Dairies, PepsiPepsi-Cola
C&C Ireland, Cadbury Ireland, Murray
Goldham Foods, Gold Foods, Kerry Group
Batchelors Ltd, Enfer Scientific, Kepak Ltd,
Microchem Labs, NewMarket Coop
Nonon-Food: Amersham Health
Researcher (Prod. Develt)
Dairy Gold, Guinness Ireland Ltd
Develt)
Manufacturing / Production Ballycotton Seafoods Ltd, Lakeland Dairies
(incl supervisory)
Milltown Farm Dairies, Wexford Creameries
Irish Yoghurts
Food Safety Management
Dairygold/
Dairygold/ McLaren Foods Plc,
Sales & Marketing
Carbery Group, Kerry Group
Graduate Trainee
Newmarket Coop
NonNon-Food: Dunnes Stores, Kingsley Hotel
Prof / Scientific & Tech
Ballina Beverages, Erin Goods Ltd,
Kerry Group
Jobs for Food Science Grads
Quality Control :
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Team Leader/
Green Isle Foods, Sun Valley Foods, CocaCoca-Cola
Deli Products, Gold Foods, Kerry Group
NonNon-Food:Microchem
Food:Microchem Labs, Dunnes Stores,
Schering -Plough,Southern Health Board,
Tech Support
Amersham Health
Laboratory Tech.
DPRC, Teagasc , Batchelors,
Batchelors, Beamish & Crawford
Ferrero Ireland; Microchem Laboratories, Public
Analyst’
Analyst’s Laboratory, ScheringSchering-Plough Ltd
Develop. Scientists Kraft Foods, Germany
Research Sci.
Sci. / NPD US Flavours and Fragrances, Kerry Group, ADM
Manufacturing /
Dawn Fresh Foods, Dairygold/CMP,
Dairygold/CMP,
Rye Valley Foods
Production
NonNon-Food: Johnson & Johnson
Food Safety Mgt
Dairygold/
Dairygold/ McLaren Foods Plc
Sales & Marketing
Irish Dairy Board
Graduate Trainee
Dairygold CoCo-operative Society Ltd, Glanbia (Irl)
Irl)
NonNon-Food: Dunnes Stores, Smurfits.
Smurfits.
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What’s out there?
Jobs for Food Business Grads
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Sales & Marketing
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Graduate Trainee
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Quality Control
Laboratory Tech.
Devel.
Devel. Scientists
Manufacturing
Kerry Foods, Protocol Food Ingredients Ltd
Galtee,
Galtee, IDD, Fastnet Mussels Ltd, An Bord Bia
Non Food – Eircom
Kerry Group, Kerry Foods, Lucey Gourmet Meats,
Dairygold Ltd, Guinness UDV Ireland, Irish Dairy
Board - Dublin & Illinois, Kepak Ltd, Garden
Goodness Ltd.
NonNon-Food: Glaxo Smith Kline, EOP at Bord Bia
Kerry Group Plc, Irish Pride Bakeries,
Heineken Ireland
Kraft Foods, Germany
Carbery Milk Products, Nestle Rowntree Production
NonNon-Food: Johnson & Johnson
Galtee
– Finding out who to contact?
– Identify related Employers / Organisations
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Clerical Officer
Other
Trainee Accountant, Project Manager (Construction)
Networking
How to make contact?
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Use a variety of Job hunting Strategies:
– Networking
– Informational interviewing
– Shadow Work / Voluntary Work
– Direct Employer Contact
– Responding to Advertised Positions
– Explore the Hidden Jobs Market
– Employment Agencies
Directories of Graduate Recruiters (e.g.: Prospects)
AGCAS Occupational Profiles (400 +)
Business directories (e.g.: Kompass Ireland)
Lists of Local employers (IDA, Chamber of Commerce)
Professional institutions, societies and associations
Company Recruitment Material
Employers Fairs and Jobs Fairs
Recruitment Agencies
Internet
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Most effective job hunting approach
Start by contacting people you know well family, relatives and friends
Spread the network out - previous employers,
colleagues, lecturers, placement officers,
people you know from clubs & societies
Join a professional organisation in your field
e.g. Alumni / Institute of Food Science &
Technology / Society of Dairy Technology
Build a network list - ask for names of other
people to contact
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Shadow Work / Voluntary
Informational Interviewing
– What are the current issues and future trends in this
sector
– What are the current recruitment/selection
procedures
– Personal qualifications, skills and abilities required
– What pathway (further study/work experience) did
this person do to secure their present position?
– Information on earnings, working conditions,
advancement and related occupations/employers
– Always bring your CV and followfollow-up meetings
with a thankyou letter
Allows you to experience a particular
occupation and work patterns
„ Work with qualified people in your field
„ Develop key job skills and experience
„ Demonstrate a genuine interest in this
area to future employers
„ Used as a stepping stone into a sector
„ Networking / Relevant Reference
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Responding to Advertised
Positions
Direct Employer Contact
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– Developing a list of specific potential
employers
– Planning a strategic approach in applying to
each employer
– There has to be a MATCH between you and
the company (transferable skills)
– Target CV/Application Form and Covering
Letter
– Following up contacts - phone or ee-mail
– Job Vacancies are advertised in:
\ Local Newspapers
\ National Newspapers
\ UCC Careers Service
Jobs / Graduate Training Programmes
– Application Procedure involves:
\ Covering Letter/Curriculum Vitae
\ General Application Form
\ Interviews and /or Aptitude Tests
\ Medical / Reference checks
Exploring the Hidden Jobs Market
Careers Fairs/Milkround
6 out of 10 jobs are not advertised - they
arise through the ‘hidden job market’.
Features of the creative job search include
assessing the hidden market, acquiring networking
skills and developing an effectivie job search plan.
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Contact the experts in the field e.g. join the
professional bodies
Become a volunteer or get workwork-experience in
that area
Collect information (careers service), target
relevant employers
Carry out some networking interviews/shadow
work
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Careers Fairs:
Fairs:
– Career Workshops
– Career Talks
– Employer Fairs/Employer Conferences
Milkround Presentations:
– Occurs between Oct & Jan
– On campus employer presentations
– An opportunity to find out about employers
– An opportunity to find out about employment
opportunities/future trends within industry
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Career Surfing surfing within the net
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Employment Agencies/
Job Centers
Job Hunting on the Internet
– Employment Agencies:
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Information about Careers
Information about further studies
„ Information about employers
„ Vacancies
„ OnOn-line Recruitment agencies and CV Banks
www.irishjobs.ie
www.irishjobs.ie
„ Careers Website:
Website: www.ucc.ie
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Advertise local and national positions
Work on behalf of the employer (No cost to you)
Excellent resource for job leads /occupational info.
– Job Centers (e.g.: FAS):
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Advertises vacancies
Organizes educational courses
Increases your skills (ie. I. T. Skills, communication
Skills, team Skills…)
Strategies and Action
Regularly review Careers News / Notice
boards for incoming jobs
„ Respond to Advertised positions
„ Networking – many jobs aren’t advertised
„ Informational Interviews/Shadow Work
„ Work Experience/Voluntary Work
„ Internships/Graduate Training Programmes
„ Careers Fairs / Milkround Presentations
„ Careers Surfing – Surfing the net for Jobs
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Action Plan
Persist and follow through all job search
attempts
„ Create and maintain a good impression
during all contacts with employers
„ Maintain a comprehensive record of jobs
applied for and followfollow-up action
„ Continuous enhancement of CV and
Interview Techniques
„ CPD vital for career progression
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Key Priorities
Job Search
Action:
Occupational Files
Target CV
Network Interviewing
By When:
20th December 2003
Key People/Resources
Careers Service/Family Friend
Action:
On-line Application Forms for
Irish and UK Graduate
Training Programmes
31st December 2003
Careers Service
Prepare a job search plan by:
Setting priorities
„ Decide the actions to take step-by-step
„ Settle on a deadline in each case
„ Establish which person or resources you
need to access to help you achieve your
goal
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By When:
Key People/Resources
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Further Resources
„ Careers
Services:
– Information Room
Books / UCC Career Publications
AGCAS / AGSCI Publications
„ Job Files
„ Video (Interview Techniques / Assessment Centres)
Centres)
„ Internet Access
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Good luck with your
Job Search
– Careers Advice
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Duty Adviser
Appointments
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