IBM CV Help

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Agenda Three key things
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Applying for jobs effectively by: 1.Preparation:

Create your personal profile
Your ticket to the interview 9Knowing what all employers want
Create convincing CVs and applications 2.Curriculum Vitae:
9Communicating effectively in your application The story of you
Careers & Employability Division 3.Application form:

University of Manchester Give them what they want
Peter Anghelides September 24th 2008 © 2002 IBM Corporation

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Work experience Know yourself Applications: their view
What’s in it for you? What’s in it for them? What you can you offer an employer What skills they need for the job
9Financial 9Financial Essential?
9Future employment 9Future employment 9 Education, work experience, Nice to have?
9That company or that 9Their company, activities,interests
industry industry, or customers Can be taught?
9Taste test 9Taste test 9 Knowledge, skills, abilities, results
9Put theory into practice 9Put practice into theory 9 Specific examples provide evidence
9Enjoyment 9Enjoyment What attributes the job requires
9Skills development 9Skills development 9 “Critical incidents”: what did you learn?
Your personal skills profile Job description

Person description
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There’s good news and then there’s bad news Preparation: know what employers want Qualifications
You can work out the job description Identify the right person for the role: Professional: less usual for a training scheme,
and the person description: 9Qualifications so aptitude is important
9 Job adverts, brochures, presentations, web 9Intellectual skills
sites, site visits, employees, … Academic: important for some jobs, but also
9Personal skills
shows you can learn
The awful truth is that big firms get 100 9Motivation and drive
applications for every job: Application form: will provide the starting point
2 70% rejected at the application stage
2 60% fail the aptitude test Match these to the job description
2 50% rejected at first stage interview
and person description
2 75% rejected at second stage interview
Probe
Verify
Intellectual skills Personal skills Motivation and drive
Logical reasoning Communications: Motivation:

Written and verbal Desire to do the job
Decision making Relationships
Arguing a case Drive:

Team roles: Performing in adversity or competition
Planning and organising Striving for excellence
Recognising your role(s)
Participation Flexibility
Leadership
How can employers know this? Key stage 1: Preparation CV content: start with your personal profile
Tests 1. Read the job description Select key info

Logical reasoning 9 Don't include everything
Psychometric 2. Read around the job description 9 Include how you match the job requirements
Written exercises
3. Identify the skills and experience they want Be specific
Group exercises You won’t get this far if 9 Relevant, varied, evidence
you don’t survive the 4. Develop your personal skills profile
Presentations 9 Quantify your achievements
initial application stage!
5. Match your skills to the job Be positive
Interviews
Individual 9 Action verbs
Panel 9 Be honest
CV content: good things to do CV content: use positive language CV content: technical roles
Length: two pages Tone: Being positive does not mean lying! Technical skills: Extra-curricular IT work:
9 Positive, upbeat Sins of omission and sins of commission 9 Quantified... how good at 9 Design web page
Layout: Java are you?
9 Emphasise facts “Spin”? 9 DB for placement job
9 Short sentences 9 Organized... platforms, 9 Build/fix PCs for friends
9 Don't bury the good stuff Content: programming, operating
Passive should be avoided. Use active. systems, applications,
9 Space on the page 9 Relevant, quantified Transferable skills:
Power words web, ...
9 Logical structure 9 Avoid jargon 9 Communication
Found out: analyzed, assessed, classified, collated, defined, Project work:
9 Bullet points 9 Avoid negatives designed, devised, established, evaluated, forecasted, 9 Time management
identified, interpreted, interviewed, investigated, Context 9 What was it (be brief) ? 9 Problem-solving
Covering letter Tailored for each job researched, tested, traced, verified
Action 9 What was your role?
Showed how: advised, coached, conducted, directed, 9 Collaboration
guided, demonstrated, illustrated, instructed, led, managed, Results 9 What was the outcome?
organised, performed, presented, taught, trained
CVs: common mistakes Key stage 2: Curriculum vitae Application forms

Form Content For some companies, this is the decider
2 Too long (or short) 2 Not focused on achievements 1. Narrative: the story of you ¾ Don't rely on your CV being read
2 Over-designed 2 Disorganized
2 Poorly printed 2 Irrelevant info 2. Themes: echoing what they want ¾ Don't rely on your covering letter being read
22Bad spelling,errors
Bad speling, errorsfrom 2 Circumlocution
in grammar,
grammar, typos
tpyos 2 Missing key dates It's like a paper-based interview
2 Too many colours 2 Arrives too late 3. Style: positive, clear, convincing ¾ Prepare for it like an interview
2 Too much shading
shadingX 2 No covering letter ¾ You know all the questions in advance
4. Design: structured, logical, clear
2 Lots of italic and bold and ¾ You can take as long as you want to devise your answer
underscore
2 SHOUTING 5. Specific: tailored, relevant, evidence
Your starting points:
2Varying point sizes ¾ Your personal profile
2 fonts ¾ Your CV
¾ Your research about the job
Application forms: things you must do Application forms: the content Application forms: sample questions
9Read the whole form several times “Why are they asking me that?” ?Describe a situation where you have worked with
9Draft your answers ¾ Qualifications others to achieve a goal
9Follow instructions ¾ Skills ?Describe a group situation where you have met
¾ All of them, no exceptions ¾ Motivation and drive resistance to your opinion. What did you do?
¾ Complete all sections ?Explain an exercise in which you had to gather
It’s standard: What makes you stand out? information from a variety of sources
9Use your own words, match to employer’s “wants” ¾ Variety: different experiences from your life
?Give an example of a project which didn't go to
9Give full answers ¾ Personal: In a team, what did you do? plan. What did you do? What did you learn?
¾ Don't say “see CV” ¾ Achievements: What were the results?
¾ Write in clear, positive English Context ?What skills can you bring to XYZ Co.? Why are
¾ Behaviour: What did you do? they important?
9Review it, make a copy Action
The “anything else” section ?Why are you applying to XYZ Co.? Describe three
9Write a specific, targeted covering letter Results main challenges for XYZ in the next five years?
Application forms: brilliant answer Application forms: “Spin City" Covering letter
“ When working as an IT summer intern at XYZ Co.,

I observed an accounting control problem in a
9Be honest: you'll get caught!
9Be complete: “signifying gaps” Brief introduction to tell them:
related department which nobody had the time to 9Be positive: ¾ What job you’re applying for
address. I researched the problem by looking at What did you learn? ¾ Why you want it, why you’re perfect
paper trails, talking to people who used the How do you compensate? ¾ Why this company, where you saw the advert
system as well as those who designed it. I
9Spin bowling:
formulated an outline solution and implementation Make it interesting
Disclosing a disability?
plan which I took to management. With their ¾ Simple, straightforward language
A-level resits?
permission, I formed a group of volunteers and we
Change of university/course? Present it neatly
perfected and implemented the fix within schedule
Failed a year? ¾ A4 paper, standard format
and budget, resulting in one-time savings of
Took a year out?
£40,000. ¾ Address it to a human being
” Mature student?
Been in jail? Finish on a positive note
Key stage 3: Application form Three key stages Jobs at IBM
1.Preparation: Graduates:
1. Read and prepare before starting: follow ¾ http://www.ibm.com/employment/uk/graduates/index.html
the instructions Create your personal profile ¾e-mail: graduate@uk.ibm.com
2. Complete all sections: honestly, positively 2.Curriculum Vitae: IT placements:

The story of you ¾ http://www.ibm.com/employment/uk/students/index.html
3. Include all your relevant qualifications, ¾e-mail: student_pgms@uk.ibm.com
skills, work experience ¾Student Recruitment Hotline: 023 9256 4104
3.Application form:
Give them what they want
4.Context, Action, Results
5. Keep a copy

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IBM United Kingdom Limited IBM United Kingdom Limited

Applying for jobs effectively by: 1.Preparation:

Careers & Employability Division 3.Application form:

Peter Anghelides September 24th 2008 © 2002 IBM Corporation

Work experience Know yourself Applications: their view

Your personal skills profile Job description

Intellectual skills Personal skills Motivation and drive

Logical reasoning Communications: Motivation:

Arguing a case Drive:

Tests 1. Read the job description Select key info

CVs: common mistakes Key stage 2: Curriculum vitae Application forms

“ When working as an IT summer intern at XYZ Co.,

Key stage 3: Application form Three key stages Jobs at IBM

2. Complete all sections: honestly, positively 2.Curriculum Vitae: IT placements:

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