BUSINESS
How to boost your career
whatever your situation
By Eve Menezes Cunningham
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don’t remember ever hearing about particular demand. Skills shortages still exist • Make your CV stand out from the crowd and
economic clima
tes until fairly recently. It’s within a number of disciplines including ensure you keep it up to date.
as if we suddenly have financial weather – branches of healthcare, social care and • Prepare well in advance for interviews.
all out of our control. This doesn’t help when technology.” Ensure your appearance is smart and
we want to feel empowered and at cause rather If you’re not skilled in one of these fields, remember to sell yourself and set yourself
than effect. Jenna says, “Any additional training is good, apart from other job seekers.
Still, there are lots of things you can do to especially for less experienced job seekers. • There are jobs out there and we are seeing
help yourself find a new job, keep the one At Reed, we recognise the importance of increases in the number of active vacancies.
you’ve got or, if you’re self employed, keep candidates being as skilled as possible to Remain focused on your job search and be
your current clients happy while attracting compete in a highly competitive market, and so positive. This will be reflected when you
new ones. we offer free in-house IT training to candidates meet potential new employers.
who register with us.”
Job hunting? Worried about being made redundant?
“In general, it is a difficult time to be looking Jenna’s top tips: Not knowing how long you’re going to have
for a job,” says Jenna Said, Senior Recruitment • Be focused when applying for roles and only a job for can make even the most confident
Consultant at Reed Specialist Recruitment. submit applications for positions that you people feel a bit unsteady.
“However, there should not be widespread truly believe you are well suited for. “It was very unsettling.” says Kat Wheatley,
doom and gloom because there are still a lot of • Be flexible. Be open to the possibility of a former Service Delivery Manager in the City.
jobs out there at the moment. On www.reed. doing some temporary work whilst looking “It was a case of ‘Do I look for another job
co.uk alone, there are nearly 95,000 vacancies for a permanent position. As well as now or should I wait and see what happens?’
currently posted and available. providing a valuable source of income, Each day got harder and harder. With
“The market is changing from week to temporary roles can also help build redundancy looming, it is very hard to stay
week with regards to the number of positions experience and skills, making you a more motivated.”
available so job seekers need to be flexible, keep attractive recruitment option to potential And when work is a worry, it tends to spill
their options open and use all resources possible employers. out into all areas. “You tend to find yourself
in their search for work. thinking of it a lot of the time,” says Kat. “It
“Sales roles are coming up most often put a huge pressure on my relationship with my
because experienced sales people can have a partner. The fear of the unknown is difficult to
direct and immediate impact upon a company’s control and can be quite over whelming.
bottom line. In addition, credit controllers, We found talking and supporting each
liquidation specialists and HR experts are in
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