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Becoming a Better Candidate

 

Please find below details of this SALCTG course to take place at Edinburgh University Library on Monday 11th April. Although a half-day session, it begins informally over lunch at 12 noon. The price is £40 to SALCTG members and £50 to non-members, including lunch and afternoon refreshments. To book, please contact Anabel Marsh ([log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>  or at the address at the end of this message) with your order number, if applicable, and details of any special requirements e.g. access, diet. Places are limited to 16. NB cancellations within one week of the course date will be charged for in full.

 

Aims 

 

The workshop is aimed at anyone who is looking for a job, whether it is for the first time, in order to change or improve their current job.

 

Objectives

 

At the end of the morning, course members should:

 

§       Have a clearer idea of their own skills, attributes, interests and motivations

§       Have developed a focus for the kind of work they would like to do, and what they would not be suited to

§       Have had the opportunity to improve their current CV

§       Be able to evaluate their current job hunting strategy

§       Have had their opportunity to evaluate and improve their current interview techniques, and prepare for those "difficult questions"

 

 

The Facilitator

 

Lawraine Wood

Lawraine has spent over 18 years working as an information professional. After 5 years of teaching information management and career development at the Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, she set up her own training and consultancy business in 1997. Following relocation to Manchester in 1998, the business has continued to grow and she has kept her hand in as a teacher in a part-time capacity at Manchester Metropolitan University. Lawraine also teaches on the CALIM CLIP programme. As well as having responsibility for students' career development, Lawraine has had a lot of experience of being "the other side" of the interviewing desk, especially in her work for Sue Hill Recruitment.

 

Programme

 

 

12.00               Registration and lunch

 

13.00               Introduction and objectives.

                        

                        Planning your future. Who am I?  What am I doing at present? What do I like about it/not like about it?  What do I want to do?  What skills are transferable to other jobs?  What about the longer term? Identify your key skills and create a work and life skills portfolio. 

                        

14.00               Job hunting strategies: Routes to finding a new job: where to look, possibilities for developing your current post. Considering wider possibilities.

 

14.15               Marketing yourself:  Preparing a CV; writing a letter of application and personal statement.

 

15.00               Tea

 

15.15               The interview: making the best of yourself.  Pre-interview preparation - analysing the job description and person specification.   Researching the organisation.  Presenting yourself effectively.  Dos and don'ts. How to handle those difficult interview questions.

 

16.15               Summary and action plan

 

16.30               Course end

 

 

Anabel Marsh

Reader Services Librarian
Jordanhill Library
University of Strathclyde
76 Southbrae Drive
Glasgow G13 1PP
Tel 0141 950 3555
Fax 0141 950 3150