First Job?
Whether you are a school leaver or a graduate, finding your first job can often prove difficult.
You may find that you are unsure about what you want to do and when you do, you are up against a lot of competition or don’t quite seem to have what we are looking for.
This Information & Advice Pack has been produced to help you – we find that many people undersell themselves.
Our Employment Equality Policy means that we only ask for skills, knowledge and experience that are demonstrably necessary to do the job. As such (although not always) our emphasis is on experience more so than formal qualifications, and we tend to test ability ourselves rather than examining certificates! What you tell us on your application form, therefore, plays a key part in determining whether or not you are called in for interview.
If you’ve just left school or college you may think the odds are against you – qualifications but no experience. However, we find that many people have gained experience in a number of areas but fail to tell us, eg in voluntary work, or school and college activities and societies, etc. These all count!
Look out for our jobs and sell yourself.
Remember, if you don’t see your ‘ideal’ job straight away, there is nothing to stop you from moving on to it when it comes up – and when you’ve gained more experience in another job. After all, the more skills you have the more experience you gain, the more enjoyable you will be since many job requirements are ‘transferable’, eg working in a team or on your own initiative, preparing correspondence, research, collection and collation of data, keyboard skills, dealing with people and so on, are all important in a number of jobs.
You may find that you are unsure about what you want to do and when you do, you are up against a lot of competition or don’t quite seem to have what we are looking for.
This Information & Advice Pack has been produced to help you – we find that many people undersell themselves.
Our Employment Equality Policy means that we only ask for skills, knowledge and experience that are demonstrably necessary to do the job. As such (although not always) our emphasis is on experience more so than formal qualifications, and we tend to test ability ourselves rather than examining certificates! What you tell us on your application form, therefore, plays a key part in determining whether or not you are called in for interview.
If you’ve just left school or college you may think the odds are against you – qualifications but no experience. However, we find that many people have gained experience in a number of areas but fail to tell us, eg in voluntary work, or school and college activities and societies, etc. These all count!
Look out for our jobs and sell yourself.
Remember, if you don’t see your ‘ideal’ job straight away, there is nothing to stop you from moving on to it when it comes up – and when you’ve gained more experience in another job. After all, the more skills you have the more experience you gain, the more enjoyable you will be since many job requirements are ‘transferable’, eg working in a team or on your own initiative, preparing correspondence, research, collection and collation of data, keyboard skills, dealing with people and so on, are all important in a number of jobs.