About job seeking

1. RAMK/AT About job seeking

2. RAMK/AT What kind of work would be suitable for you? • What kind of a work environment would be suitable for you? Collect the information on various career options; • from relatives, friends, to make contact with companies and people, your own summer jobs or practical training places, people who graduated from the same field of study! • to create and to use our own net work is the most efficient way to find work! • Your own strengths and weaknesses? • own personality, education, experiences, hobbies! • Before writing a job application? • find out about the company you are applying to f.e. from www-pages!

3. RAMK/AT Career planning • Analysis of skills and knowledge  • your strengths and weaknesses? • your personal characteristics, values, skills, education, experiences, hobbies! • your own physical and intellectual needs • Your interests • what kind of a work environment would be suitable for you? Collect the information on various career options; from relatives, friends, to make contact with companies and people, your own summer jobs or practical training places, people who have graduated from the same field of study; to create and to use own net work is the most efficient way to find work. • Goals • set your goals up high, but remember to be realistic

4. RAMK/AT Career planning • Promoting yourself  • what kind of a job you are looking for? • well defined and targeted promotion • how to get in contact with the firm of your choice? • application • before making an application find out the employer, firm from e.g. www- pages! • An excellent way to promote yourself is a contact network. Use the contacts of your family, friends and acquaintances, and try to create new networks. • most of the open jobs are not in public! • A guide for career planning • Jobstep www.jobstep.net (Information service – Employment services –Job seeking - Career planning)

5. RAMK/AT Where to find a job? • Most of the open job offers are not in public! • Public • internet e.g. Jobstep.net ( http://www.jobstep.net ) • Information service/Student services/Link list/Career opportunities, • Recruitment agencies, Temporary work, Recruitment services abroad etc. • Ministry of Labour – Employment services (http://www.mol.fi/english/index.html) • Uranus.fi http://www.uranus.fi/en/ • journals, magazines in the branch or branch catalogues • Non – public • The contact network e.g. the contacts of your family • take advantage of recruitment agencies • to promote your own skills - to get involved with project • to start an enterprise

6. RAMK/AT Job application, the first contact! • Target the application, find out the company you are applying to! • The application should be compact but airy, the maximal length is one page (A4), more in CV and in appendices • An easy readable marketing letter; how yours stand out from the pile-key points • take attention to the advertisement, employer • own individual application to each employer and position • why you are the best for this position • be individual • accurate, faultless

7. RAMK/AT Job application, the first contact! • Remember • applicants name, address and telephone number • receiver’s name and address • Date • reference to a possible telephone conversation or to a meeting • heading (e.g. title) • 3-4 of your strengths • shortly; your background, education, work experience (what else?) • the salary you hope for, if asked • remember to sign each one of your applications!  • appendices: CV and possible (most important) references and • certificates (if asked for)

8. RAMK/AT RECUMÈ or CV (curriculum vitae) • Resumé or CV is a short, individual summary of your work and life experiences. • - your calling card • Basic CV, tailored according to each job and position. • The CV consists of several parts • personal information: name, date and place of birth, marital status • contact information • education, latest education stands first on the list • linguistic skills • continuing and additional education information is essential • work experience (latest first) • employer, period, job title, work tasks and responsibilities • Achievements • experience abroad (work, studying, living) • discretionarily your confidential posts and hobbies • references, remember to ask permission

9. RAMK/AT Job interview • Be prepared carefully • Take notice to • eye contact • how to present matters • manners, sartorially • arrive in time • Before an interview • find out the employer’s company, business, markets • success, the fields of business • be ready to speak the language that is needed in the position • certificates of education and work

10. RAMK/AT An interview • Small talk, at the beginning • The job interview has two objectives • to find out whether the applicant is suitable to the work environment and • whether the job in question is one for just this applicant e.g. • competence (work experience, success in work, education, courses and estimation how you’ll manage with this position • background (marital status, values, hobbies, interests, motivation and expectation, willingness for development) • personality ( strengths and weaknesses, needs for development) • Your own questions