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How to Land your First Job

Open Colleges HOW TO LAND YOUR FIRST JOB ACCORDING TO FIGURES FROM THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT, THE TRANSITION FROM FINISHING AN EDUCATION TO LANDING A FIRST FULL TIME JOB IS BECOMING MORE OF A CHALLENGE AS THE CAREER SECTOR CHANGES. THE YOUTH (15-24 YEARS) UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN THERE IS AN AVERAGE OF 18 14% APPLICANTS PER LOWER SKILLED AUSTRALIA IS 14.0% - AS OF VACANCY ADVERTISED ON THE OCT. 2014. INTERNET AND/OR IN NEWSPAPERS. IN LIGHT OF THIS, THE DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT ASKED EMPLOYERS WHAT THEY THOUGHT COULD BE DONE TO IMPROVE THE JOB PROSPECTS OF AUSTRALIAN YOUTH. HERE ARE THEIR REPLIES. 7 TIPS FOR LANDING YOUR FIRST JOB И ATTĪTUDE TO WORK 36% 36% OF EMPLOYERS SAID THAT BY IMPROVING THEIR MINDSET AND ATTITUDE YOUTH COULD TOWARDS WORK, PROSPECTS. AUSTRALIAN ENHANCE THEIR EMPLOYMENT THEY ADVISED YOUNG PEOPLE TO: BE MORE HAVE A BE MORE BE MORE PREPARED MOTIVATED STRONGER ENTHUSIASTIC TO LEARN AND WORK ETHIC TAKE DIRECTION WORK EXPERIENCE I 13% A FAIR AMOUNT OF EMPLOYERS MENTIONED THAT WORK EXPERIENCE OR VOLUNTEER WORK, ESPECIALLY WHILE STILL AT SCHOOL IS AN EFFECTIVE WAY FOR AUSTRALIAN YOUTHS TO IMPROVE THEIR EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS AND LEARNING VALUABLE SKILLS. MANY EMPLOYERS SAID WORK EXPERIENCE WOULD ALLOW YOUNG PEOPLE TO: CORRECTLY LEARN AND GAIN PRACTICAL SKILLS DEMONSTRATE A YOUNG GET A FIRST-HAND PERSPECTIVE FOR AND INSIGHTS INTO THE DUTIES ASSOCIATED PERSON'S COMMITMENT WORKPLACE EXPECTATIONS. WITH SPECIFIC OCCUPATIONS. TO CURRENT AND FUTURE EMPLOYERS. RESPONSIBILITY & RELIABILITY 12% NUMEROUS EMPLOYERS MENTIONED THAT YOUNG PEOPLE NEEDED TO BE MORE RESPONSIBLE AND RELIABLE WHEN IT CAME TO THEIR BEHAVIOUR AND APPROACH TO THEIR JOB. SOME EMPHASISED THE FOLLOWING: • NEED TO REMAIN WORKING WITH A BUSINESS FOR AN ACCEPTABLE PERIOD OF TIME • TURN UP TO SHIFTS • BE PUNCTUAL • SHOW RESPECT TO COLLEAGUES AND CUSTOMERS 11% PRESENTATION MORE THANA TENTH OF EMPLOYERS MANY EMPLOYERS REFERRED INTERVIEWED SAID THAT AUSTRALIAN SPECIFICALLY TO THE PRESENTATION YOUTHS NEED TO INVEST MORE EFFORT OF APPLICANTS AT INTERVIEWS AND AND CARE WITH THEIR PRESENTATION. WHEN THEY WERE HANDING RESUMES. TWO THINGS NOTED BY EMPLOYERS AS SOMETHING THEY DISLIKED: AUSTRALIAN YOUTHS OFTEN DRESSED INAPPROPRIATELY FOR WORK. TATTOOS, PIERCINGS, JEWELLERY AND UNTIDY HAIR. FURTHER EDUCATION & TRAINING 10% ROUGHLY ONE TENTH OF EMPLOYERS BELIEVED THAT TRAINING AND FURTHER EDUCATION WAS THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO IMPROVE THE EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS OF YOUNG PEOPLE. THIS WAS BECAUSE BOTH WOULD LEAD TO THE ACQUISITION OF WORK SPECIFIC SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS. THE MOST COMMONLY MENTIONED OPTIONS WERE TAFE COURSES, HIGHER EDUCATION, AND APPRENTICESHIPS AND TRAINEESHIPS. JOB SEARCH 8% APPLICATION SKILLS MANY EMPLOYERS MENTIONED THAT JOB SEARCH AND JOB APPLICATION SKILLS NEEDED TO BE LOOKED AT AND IMPROVED BY AUSTRALIAN YOUTHS. TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF JOB APPLICATIONS AND RESUMES, EMPLOYERS SUGGESTED TO DO THE FOLLOWING: MAKE SURE THEIR APPLICATION IS PAY MORE ATTENTION TO DETAIL IN THEIR TAILORED TO THE POSITION FOR WHICH APPLICATIONS AND RESUMES, PARTICULARLY WITH REGARD TO THEY WERE APPLYING - NOT JUST A COPY OF A PREVIOUS APPLICATION. SPELLING AND GRAMMAR. IN REGARDS TO JOB SEARCH METHODS, EMPLOYERS RECOMMENDED THAT YOUNG PEOPLE APPROACH EMPLOYERS DIRECTLY AND AFTER HAVING PROVIDED THEIR RESUME, PERSONALLY FOLLOW UP WITH THEM. MANY EMPLOYERS RECOMMENDED THAT YOUNG PEOPLE SHOULD BE IMPROVING THEIR INTERVIEWS SKILLS BY: BEING WELL PRESENTED. DEMONSTRATING SOME COMMUNICATING WELL AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE APPEARING GENUINELY INDUSTRY OR JOB FOR WHICH THEY WERE APPLYING. INTERESTED IN THE JOB. REALISTIC WORK EXPECTATIONS 5% SOME EMPLOYERS NOTED THAT YOUNG PEOPLE OOFTEN HAD UNREALISTIC EXPECTATIONS OF THE WORKPLACE. THIS ALSO INCLUDED THE LEVEL OF REMUNERATION ON OFFER. EMPLOYERS CONSIDERED MANY YOUNG MANY EMPLOYERS SAID THAT YOUNG PEOPLE UNPREPARED FOR THE DEMANDS PEOPLE WANTED TO 'START AT THE TOP' AS OF THE WORKPLACE AND THE NATURE OF OPPOSED T O WORKING THEIR WAY UP THE WORK EXPECTED OF THEM. THROUGH A BUSINESS. THESE 7 TIPS SHOULD PROVIDE YOU WITH PLENTY TO THINK ABOUT WHEN IT COMES TO LANDING YOUR FIRST JOB. REMEMBER, NOT EVERYBODY GETS IT RIGHT ON THEIR FIRST GO. YOUR DREAM JOB MIGHT BE WAITING AT YOUR SECOND OR THIRD INTERVIEW! PERSEVERE AND BELIEVE IN YOURSELF - YOU'LL GET THERE IN THE END. BEST OF LUCK! "THIS INFOGRAPHIC DRAWS INFORMATION FROM THE "IMPROVING THE EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS OF YOUNG AUSTRALIANS" SUMMARY PAPER FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT'S SURVEY OF EMPLOYERS' RECRUITMENT EXPERIENCE."

How to Land your First Job

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Getting a job as a graduate is not easy at all. But following these 7 tips will help you get your first job quicker than expected. Remember that is not all about skills, your attitude is also very imp...

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