Bookings are now being taken for this Aslib Midlands event -
IMPROVE YOUR EMPLOYABILITY
THURSDAY 8TH NOVEMBER 2007 10.00 AM TO 4.30 PM
BIRMINGHAM CENTRAL LIBRARY
The workshop is aimed at anyone who is looking for a job, whether it is for the first time, or in order to change or improve their current job. The workshop includes an opportunity to practise making an interview presentation to a non-threatening audience of 2 other participants
At the end of the course, course members should:
Have a clearer idea of their own skills, attributes, interests and motivations
Have had the opportunity to improve their current CV
Be able to evaluate their current job hunting strategy
Have a clearer idea of what employers look for in a candidate
Have had their opportunity to evaluate and improve their current interview techniques, and prepare a presentation interview
Participants will be expected to bring along a current CV, and have done some initial thinking about preparation for a presentation interview.
Facilitator: Lawraine Wood
Lawraine worked for 18 years as an information professional and has been in education and training for the past 17 years. She is a Fellow of Cilip. Lawraine works freelance based in Manchester. Clients have been mainly public, academic and government libraries. She lectures part-time on the Masters degree in Library and Information Management at Manchester Metropolitan University. 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.
Cost (including lunch, tea, coffee) : £75 Aslib members; £90 non-members
We have 8 free places for Aslib members willing to serve on the Branch committee for 1 year. See our website www.aslibmidlands.org.uk for details.
PROGRAMME OUTLINE
10.00 am Registration and refreshments
10.15 am Welcome, introduction and course objectives
Planning your future
11.15 am Marketing yourself
12.15 pm Lunch
1.00 pm Preparing for interview
2.00 pm What do employers look for?
The interview
3.00 pm Tea
3.15 pm The interview (continued)
4.15 pm Summary and action plan
4.30 pm Course end
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If you would like to attend the meeting please complete and return the slip below by Thursday 1 November to : Margaret Brittin, 27 Hansell Drive, Dorridge, Solihull, West Midlands B93 8RQ Tel: 01564 773715 Email: [log in to unmask]
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NB. The full fee for cancellations will be charged if we are not notified by 1st November
