Posts Tagged ‘Voluntary Work’

Temping Tips For Students

September 15th, 2009 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Temporary Jobs London

If you are a student who has never worked, but you want to sign up for a recruitment agency and get some work for the holidays, or even during term time, creating a good curriculum vitae can feel a daunting experience. After all how can you write a curriculum vitae when you have no work experience?

Well there are things that you can mention on your curriculum vitae, that can demonstrate that you do have organisational skills or the ability to work well under pressure or to be reliable.

If you have done any kind of voluntary work then put this down on your curriculum vitae as if it were work experience. Then show how this voluntary work equipped you with skills.

If you have no work experience voluntary or paid, do not despair. If you have studied in 6th Form and are at University then you can demonstrate that you are able to work without constant supervision, that you are able to prioritise your workload, that you are reliable etc. It really is a case of using whatever experience you have and making it applicable to the working environment.

In the same way you can use your hobbies and interests to show that you are a person who is able to undertake various tasks or duties. If you have any interests that involve being part of a team, then these obviously demonstrate that you are a team player. Even things like playing in a football team, show that you are a team player.

So instead of thinking that you have no work experience, so you will get no temping jobs etc until you get your degree, then forget this kind of negative attitude. All it takes is a little creative thinking (but no dishonesty) on your behalf and if you are a student, then you should be bright enough to think how your school work, studies and interests can all show that you really are very employable!

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Temporary Employment Use an Employment Agency

June 11th, 2009 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Temping Agencies

If you are looking for temporary office employment in London and you have been looking unsuccessfully for a couple of weeks, then you might be starting to despair, but do not worry because it will be fine, you will be able to find a job, it just may take a little longer!

First of all, if you are using a recruitment or employment agency, then are they actually helping you to find employment? Do they have a wide range of positions to offer you? If not, then you should ditch that particular agency and go to another one!

Post your Curriculum Vitae online and make sure that you are keeping an eye on jobs going in the newspapers as well as online. Your Curriculum Vitae needs to be fairly good and if you do not have any relevant work experience the make sure that you get some, through doing voluntary work if required.

Be realistic about what jobs you can apply for. If you are starting off on your career path, do not think that you will be able to apply for positions running the company; instead you will have to start at a more junior level and build up to senior positions. Also be flexible about what hours you can work and what kind of pay you will be expecting, what kind of office you will work in. The more flexible, adaptable and so on that you can be, the better your chances of getting employment will be.

Treat finding a job as a job in itself and do not half-heartily browse through the newspapers or idly search online, in between checking out Facebook! Instead be ruthless and devote a lot of time to finding a dream temping job and then all you have to do is enjoy starting work!

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