WORK SKILLS AND UNIVERSAL JOB MATCH

UNEMPLOYMENT IS DOWNIT IS STILL HIGHER FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AT 20%

January 2014- Numbers claiming JSA

January 2010- Numbers claiming JSA

Predictions 2014

Graduate recruitment to rise by 10.2%

Number of graduates leaving University to in 2014 to drop by 17%

Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development- predicts net employment growth of +24

Growth areas: IT, Telecoms, Energy, Finance, Retail and Manufacturing & Production

Most commonly advertised job in North Wiltshire? Nov-Dec 2013

What % of jobs that get filled are never advertised?

68%

How do these jobs get filled?

How many people applied for 8 jobs at a new Costa branch in Nottingham- Feb 2013?

1700

How many people started an Apprenticeship in 2013?

2013 510,200 114,000 aged 16-18, 165,500 aged

19-24 & 230,000 aged 24+

For an advertised 180,000 vacancies an increase of 27% on 2012

How many web hits did the Wiltshire Police Force receive in 1 hour of going live with 15 vacancies? Jan 2013

280,000

Where else could you follow companies?

What does your footprint say about you?

What new at the job centre?

Universal Job Match

You can upload up to 5 CV’s to the Gov.uk job search website.

Employers look at listed CV’s and can contact prospective employees

You can submit your CV to live vacancies you are interested in.

Only 1 CV can be live at any one time. This means you MUST have a targeted CV

How are you going to stand out?

Keyword search

If you are applying online, or e-mailing a CV lots of companies will use an electronic keyword search to see if you are offering the key skills they want the perfect candidate to have.

Match your CV to the kinds of language and terms your sector uses

What key words link to your subject?

http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=dgj7s3Ew7BERmM&tbnid=sgCzYosCJeWuhM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http://myauctionempires.com/stand-out-from-the-crowd&ei=Ia40UYKFEYrMiQLrrYDIBA&psig=AFQjCNHHb8GmS48sf2I54vYwkmhSPS0IAQ&ust=1362493338090449

Effectively show employability skills

Review your CV

Does it have a balance of subject specialist skills & broad employability skills?

Use the Universal Job Match hand-outs to review your CV and the Keywords you have chosen.

Be aware of what the job market is like

Accurate information can help you plan yournext steps

Icould.com –Current information for most job sectors (e.g.- carpentry)