Searching for a new job can be overwhelming. Sometime we’re not even sure what it is we really want to do. For some reassurance, guidance and encouraging check out Jobs Expo Ireland’s Career Advice. Let us be the compass in your career path.
We have a variety of great talks on this Saturday’s Agenda Stage and Google Digital Garage. Here is the Jobs Expo Cork seminar list. Don’t forget, the seminars are first-come-first-served. Therefore, make a note of the seminars you want to attend and get in early.
Time for the Jobs Expo Cork career coaches list… As well as a slew of companies recruiting at the event, there’s free professional development advice at the Career Clinic. Here is a rundown of the professional development experts taking part in the Career Clinic. They will be on hand to assist with issues like CV writing, interview skills and changing career direction.
To receive news and updates about jobs in Ireland directly into your Inbox, sign up to our newsletters by visiting www.jobsexpo.ie/register/and follow the signup to our newsletter instructions. In addition, you can register for Jobs Expo Galway, Dublin or Cork visit www.jobsexpo.ie/register/
Jobs Expo Cork is very excited to be partnering up with Google Digital Garage – a digital skills training platform to assist you in growing your business, career and confidence, online.
Furthermore, a Google digital expert is coming to teach you what is needed to gain a competitive advantage in the ever changing digital landscape, so come prepared to learn and ask questions, too.
On November 17th, at Pairc Ui Chaoimh, Google Digital Garage will be headlining 3 seminars. Their Google expert will deliver three 1 hour masterclasses. The sessions are fun, practical and hands on.
Create an engaging and relevant Cover Letter to present yourself when applying for the job you want.
Learn how to define and describe and highlight your skills to make your CV shine.
Learn how to build and communicate your message to engage audiences.
Gain new skills from Google Digital Garage that will enable you to enhance your career. The platform allows you to evolve at your own pace, with free, flexible and personalised training courses. Successful completion of these courses will boost your confidence and encourage you to progress within your career. These are certifiable online courses. Workshops delivered by trained Google coaches.
Methods and tools utilised in training are constantly changing due to new technologies. The days of studying in an officious setting with a ton of books are a thing of the past. Google Digital Garage allows the student to create their own study plan via computer, smartphone or tablet.
Whether you’re looking to improve interview skills, thrive in industry, or make your business succeed, Google Digital Garage is worth your attention. Register for Jobs Expo Cork and witness these instructive and innovative seminars.
A native of Cork, Aoife is a qualified career and executive coach, trainer and consultant and a mother of two young boys. She has over 18 years’ experience working with national and regional organisations in the public, non-profit and private sectors, both as an employee and on a self-employed basis. This has given Aoife an excellent insight into the challenges of developing a fulfilling career while trying to balance the needs of a young family, as well as the reality of the workplace and the challenges of both working within teams and running your own business.
Aoife Collins Coaching & Consulting provides tailored 1:1 career and business coaching to individuals and employees; workshops and training on career and leadership development for emerging leaders and teams; as well as training, external facilitation and evaluation services for organisations across the Munster region.
As well as her coaching and consultancy work Aoife is Vice Chair of the youth organisation Kinsale Youth Support Services on a voluntary basis. Her qualifications include: An Accredited Diploma in Executive and Life Coaching; a Certificate in Career Coaching; a QQI Level 6 Certificate in Coaching Practice and Ethics; a QQI Level 6 Special Purpose Award in Learning and Development, a Masters in International Relations and a BA in Sociology and Geography.
Aoife has always been passionate about equality and supporting adults and young people to overcome obstacles and reach more of their potential. She gets great fulfilment from supporting people to gain the clarity, confidence and motivation they need to create positive changes in their career, work and world.
Aggie Pulfer is a people orientated person, with a solution focused mindset and a practical approach to business, career and life. She has built a coaching practice on rich work experience, strong academical background, passion for bringing the best out of others, and never-ending personal development.
When she was seven years old, she asked her granny to pay for her English classes, as she had a strong belief: one day she would find herself in an English-speaking country and after 20 years, she moved to Ireland! This is her home now: magical, friendly and supportive country, full of multinational and multicultural communities, and infinite opportunities for everyone.
From a professional point of view, she possesses a Master’s Degree in Coaching, several top-end certificates related to this field and, to Neuroscience, which she have been following for the past ten years.
And finally, coaching partnership: the work she enjoys the most! In less than two years, she has coached successfully over 30 clients and several teams, from 14 different countries. We are talking about more than 200 hours of professional coaching, while still working full time in a different role, studying and taking care of her family and friends. So many roles we all play in our business, career and life!
Time for the Jobs Expo Dublin career coaches list… As well as a slew of companies recruiting at the event, there’s free professional development advice at the Career Clinic. Here is a rundown of the professional development experts taking part in the Career Clinic. They will be on hand to assist with issues like CV writing, interview skills and changing career direction.
To receive news and updates about jobs in Ireland directly into your Inbox, sign up to our newsletters by visiting www.jobsexpo.ie/register/and follow the signup to our newsletter instructions. In addition, you can register for Jobs Expo Galway, Dublin or Cork visit www.jobsexpo.ie/register/
FREE event will feature employers actively recruiting for various industries including medical technology, STEM, information technology, sales and construction
Are you interested in meeting leading employers who have thousands of jobs available in Dublin and abroad? Or perhaps you need career advice from professional career guidance counsellors? If so, Jobs Expo Dublin, taking place in Croke Park on Saturday, 13th October, is the perfect place to explore a range of new employment opportunities and network with industry professionals.
Jobs Expo Dublin is Ireland’s largest jobs, employment and careers fair. The event is aimed at putting skilled professionals in direct contact with employers who have job vacancies in Ireland and abroad. Since 2012, more than 70,000 jobseekers have attended the event, met hundreds of employers, received free professional development advice and listened to exciting seminars presented by industry insiders.
Jobs Expo Dublin is a FREE event that will be of interest to anyone seeking:
Specialised areas dedicated to jobs in particular industries will be available for attendees to explore and will include:
Well known companies will also be exhibiting such as, but not limited to:
The event will also feature a Career Clinic, where attendees have the chance to meet one-to-one with professional development coaches who will assist candidates in areas such as interview skills, CV presentation and changing career direction. The Canadian and Isle of Man Government will be also be seeking to recruit Irish people for thousands of positions.
Additionally, there will be an opportunity to attend a range of seminars from career professionals who will cover a variety of topics including job seeking skills, such as using social media to land your dream job, interview techniques and a CV writing workshop. Other seminars include innovative talks by industry insiders on various career topics.
Jobs Expo Dublin is organised by Careers Unlimited and BCS Recruitment – an Irish company which specialises in education, recruitment and career enhancement.
EVENT DETAILS:
Name: Jobs Expo Dublin
Date: Saturday, 13th October, 2018
Venue: Croke Park Conference Centre, Dublin
Time: 10am – 4pm
For more details and to register for FREE admission, visit www.jobsexpo.ie or follow us on social media:
Twitter @JobsExpoIreland
Jobs Expo Dublin is very excited to be partnering up with Google Digital Garage – a digital skills training platform to assist you in growing your business, career and confidence, online.
Furthermore, a Google digital expert is coming to teach you what is needed to gain a competitive advantage in the ever changing digital landscape, so come prepared to learn and ask questions, too.
On October 13th, at Croke Park’s Hogan Suite, Google Digital Garage will be headlining 3 seminars. Their Google expert will deliver three 1 hour masterclasses. The sessions are fun, practical and hands on.
Create an engaging and relevant Cover Letter to present yourself when applying for the job you want.
Learn how to define and describe and highlight your skills to make your CV shine.
Learn how to build and communicate your message to engage audiences.
Gain new skills from Google Digital Garage that will enable you to enhance your career. The platform allows you to evolve at your own pace, with free, flexible and personalised training courses. Successful completion of these courses will boost your confidence and encourage you to progress within your career. These are certifiable online courses. Workshops delivered by trained Google coaches.
Methods and tools utilised in training are constantly changing due to new technologies. The days of studying in an officious setting with a ton of books are a thing of the past. Google Digital Garage allows the student to create their own study plan via computer, smartphone or tablet.
Whether you’re looking to improve interview skills, thrive in industry, or make your business succeed, Google Digital Garage is worth your attention. Register for Jobs Expo Dublin and witness these instructive and innovative seminars.
Logistics and freight distribution companies from across Ireland have warned that a no-deal Brexit coupled with an acute shortage of qualified logistics workers could lead to significant disruption in the sector. The warning comes as Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) launches Ireland’s first ever Logistics Apprenticeship aimed at addressing the skills gap in the industry while providing ‘earn as you learn’ opportunities to schools leavers and mature students. The launch was attended by the Minister for Training, Skills, Innovation, Research and Development John Halligan TD, Logistics Associate Apprentices and leading industry employers.
Aidan Flynn, General Manager Freight Transport Association Ireland and Chair of the Logistics Associate Apprenticeship Consortium, is confident the new enterprise-led apprenticeship will alleviate skills shortage in the sector. “In recent years, our industry has struggled with a widespread skills shortage, and we are also facing an uncertain future with Brexit on the horizon. Regardless of the outcome of negotiations, there is likely to be a divergence in UK and EU regulations increasing the cost of transporting goods and the level of paperwork required to do so. The Logistics Associate Apprenticeship launched today will provide the industry with a fresh cohort of graduates equipped with the knowledge required to maintain supply chains and the steady distribution of goods to wholesalers, retailers and consumers across the country.”
During his speech at the launch event today, Minister of State for Training and Skills John Halligan TD said, “Employer buy-in is critical as the apprenticeship model is dependent on employers taking on apprentices. It is essential that key stakeholders continue to build on existing and foster new relationships within the enterprise community and that all sectors of the economy embrace the challenge to develop new apprenticeships.”
The Logistics Associate Apprenticeship was announced by the Government last year as part of the Action Plan for Education. The plan aims to double the number of new apprentices registered to 9,000 by 2020 and expand further into new areas. 18 employers and 26 apprentices from across the Freight, Transport, Distribution and Logistics sector are participating in the programme on a day-release basis with the apprentices attending class one day a week in the School of Management in DIT Aungier Street.
To begin an apprenticeship, you must be employed in your chosen occupation by an approved employer. Interested candidates can find out more about the Logistics Associate Apprenticeship here.
Time for the Jobs Expo Galway career coaches list… As well as a slew of companies recruiting at the event, there’s free professional development advice at the Career Clinic. Here is a rundown of the professional development experts taking part in the Career Clinic. They will be on hand to assist with issues like CV writing, interview skills and changing career direction.
To receive news and updates about jobs in Ireland directly into your Inbox, sign up to our newsletters by visiting www.jobsexpo.ie/register/and follow the signup to our newsletter instructions. In addition, you can register for Jobs Expo Galway, Dublin or Cork visit www.jobsexpo.ie/register/
You can also download our app for iPhone and Android phones.
Time for the Jobs Expo Cork career coaches list… As well as a slew of companies recruiting at the event, there’s free professional development advice at the Career Clinic. Here is a rundown of the professional development experts taking part in the Career Clinic. They will be on hand to assist with issues like CV writing, interview skills and changing career direction.
To receive news and updates about jobs in Ireland directly into your Inbox, sign up to our newsletters by visiting www.jobsexpo.ie/register/and follow the signup to our newsletter instructions. In addition, you can register for Jobs Expo Galway, Dublin or Cork visit www.jobsexpo.ie/register/
You can also download our app for iPhone and Android phones.
We have a variety of great talks on this Saturday’s Agenda Stage. Here is the Jobs Expo Dublin seminar list. Don’t forget, the seminars are first-come-first-served. Therefore, make a note of the seminars you want to attend and get in early.
To receive news and updates about jobs in Ireland directly into your inbox, sign up to our newsletters by visiting www.jobsexpo.ie/register/and follow the signup to our newsletter instructions. In addition, you can register for Jobs Expo Galway, Dublin or Cork visit www.jobsexpo.ie/register/
You can also download our app for iPhone and Android phones.
Time for the Jobs Expo Dublin career coaches list… As well as a slew of companies recruiting at the event, there’s free professional development advice at the Career Clinic. Here is a rundown of the professional development experts taking part in the Career Clinic. They will be on hand to assist with issues like CV writing, interview skills and changing career direction.
To receive news and updates about jobs in Ireland directly into your Inbox, sign up to our newsletters by visiting www.jobsexpo.ie/register/and follow the signup to our newsletter instructions. In addition, you can register for Jobs Expo Galway, Dublin or Cork visit www.jobsexpo.ie/register/
You can also download our app for iPhone and Android phones.
Jobs Expo Dublin is very excited to be partnering up with Google Digital Garage from Google – a digital skills training platform to assist you in growing your business, career and confidence, online.
Furthermore, a Google digital expert is coming to teach you what is needed to gain a competitive advantage in the ever changing digital landscape, so come prepared to learn and ask questions, too.
On April 28th, at Croke Park’s Hogan Suite, Google Digital Garage will be headlining 3 seminars. Their Google expert will deliver three 1 hour masterclasses. The sessions are fun, practical and hands on.
Create an engaging and relevant Cover Letter to present yourself when applying for the job you want.
Learn how to define and describe and highlight your skills to make your CV shine.
Learn how to build and communicate your message to engage audiences.
Gain new skills from Google Digital Garage that will enable you to enhance your career. The platform allows you to evolve at your own pace, with free, flexible and personalised training courses. Successful completion of these courses will boost your confidence and encourage you to progress within your career. These are certifiable online courses. Workshops delivered by trained Google coaches.
Methods and tools utilised in training are constantly changing due to new technologies. The days of studying in an officious setting with a ton of books are a thing of the past. Google Digital Garage allows the student to create their own study plan via computer, smartphone or tablet.
Whether you’re looking to improve interview skills, thrive in industry, or make your business succeed, Google Digital Garage is worth your attention. Register for Jobs Expo Dublin and witness these instructive and innovative seminars.
Time for the Jobs Expo Galway career coaches list… As well as a slew of companies recruiting at the event, there’s free professional development advice at the Career Clinic. Here is a rundown of the professional development experts taking part in the Career Clinic. They will be on hand to assist with issues like CV writing, interview skills and changing career direction.
To receive news and updates about jobs in Ireland directly into your Inbox, sign up to our newsletters by visiting www.jobsexpo.ie/register/and follow the signup to our newsletter instructions. In addition, you can register for Jobs Expo Galway, Dublin or Cork visit www.jobsexpo.ie/register/
You can also download our app for iPhone and Android phones.
If there’s one part of a job search that most of us dislike, it’s the interview. If your CV is about selling your skills, the interview is about selling yourself. That’s what rattles many of us. Even people who are highly qualified in their field may need a little help presenting themselves in the best possible way – and dealing with their nerves.
That’s one area where a career coach can help. We asked five career coaches to give us their No. 1 interview tip. Here’s what they had to say.
Preparing for the interview is the most important aspect for a successful result. By preparing, I mean “getting into the zone”. We cannot expect to perform well at an interview by running from our current role into an interview. We need to take some time to clear our head and focus on what the role is about, understanding what skills will be needed and what aspects of our experience aligns best with the requirements of the job. We need to take time to practice speaking about our experience in a positive manner using the STAR (Situation, Task, Actions and Results) framework. Take 5-6 responsibilities or tasks that you have been involved in, write them out, memorise them and use them to demonstrate your abilities in certain situations. Be confident in your ability to do the job!
Reframe how you view the interview. The interview is not about you, it’s all about them – the interviewers. The interviewers have an idea in their minds of what the ideal candidate is like. This includes attitude, communication style, experience and skill set. To prepare well for an interview – get to grips with what that ideal is by analysing the job description thoroughly, speaking to people who have any knowledge of the role, company and industry. Once you are clear of what is needed match yourself to their needs by pinpointing stories from your past that match the level of the job you are going for rather than the one you are in.
Patricia Tiernan, Leap Career and Personal Coaching
Remember that going into a job interview and having a job specification, is like having a cheat sheet for a maths exam. They will only ask you questions relevant to what’s on that piece of paper. Understanding and studying it, will allow you to be able to have your answers clear and thought out. In regards to your answers, always have an example to back up what you say. If you were the Interviewer and you asked a potential employee “Are you a good communicator” and they answered “Yes, I am”, would you be happy with this? Or would you want more of a concrete example as to why they say “Yes”?
Keith Coburn, Coburn Guidance and CV Writing
My number 1 interview tip is to pick 5 key points about yourself that you want to get across at some stage of the interview. Make sure they describe who you really are, what you love to do and that they sell your particular skills or character traits. Make it personal and unique so that they remember you. Treat these 5 key points as your brand –if they were the only things the interviewer heard about you then they would know who you are, what you offer and would want to hire you.
Jennifer Davis, Capture HR
There are a few key Ingredients to increasing your chances of doing an X factor interview but the most important one in my experience is to understand how to effectively answer competency or behavioural-style questions. This question style is playing a bigger part in the format of interviews, especially in the public sector. As the name suggest, these questions are looking for real examples of a candidate’s present or past work experience demonstrating how they have acquired certain competencies or achievements.
Unless you have crystal ball, you don’t know what exactly they will ask but use the job spec to identify what competencies would be most important for that job. Even without a spec you can do this by searching for a spec of a similar role. Once you have the list of possible competencies, have a think about suitable examples which you could discuss on the day. At the interview it is vital you give a well-structured answer. I would suggest you answer using PAR method. The Problem or issue, the Action you took, and the end Result (how you solved the problem). Using this structure for any competency or open ended questions gives a very polished answer.
Orla Donagher, Interview Tutor
At Jobs Expo Career Clinic, attendees can meet face-to-face with career coaches. The coaches can help with issues such as CV preparation, interview skills and changing career. The Career Clinic is absolutely free of charge.
The next Jobs Expo takes place in Cork on Saturday 25 November at UCC’s Devere Hall, Aras na Mac Leinn. To get your free ticket for Jobs Expo Cork, Galway or Dublin, click here.
Marian Brennan is a qualified executive trainer and life coaching consultant. Her biggest passion in life is to encourage, motivate and assist people to become the best they possibly can be on whatever path or situation they find themselves facing.
Marian has taken many leaps of faith throughout her own life and career, and understands how difficult big decisions and choices can be. After working in a university for 20 years, she went back to study. This new path brought her to IBM for 15 years where she worked as an education facilitator/trainer before moving on to manage software and finance teams. This has given her many years of experience leading and motivating teams to great success.
Marian has also been a Toastmaster for many years, writing and delivering speeches on various topics from educational, motivational, award acceptance, wedding speeches, humorous and storytelling. She now mentors others to have the confidence to face their audience to achieve the same success.
Marian believes that people are naturally creative and powerful, and that whatever realistic goal or challenge they wish to pursue they can achieve. Marian creates a coaching environment that is safe and non-judgmental, and where the client controls the agenda at all times.
Jobs Expo’s popular Career Clinic returns to our Dublin event this May. We have a fantastic range of qualified career coaches ready and willing to help you land your dream job or change career direction. Be sure to look out for their seminars too.
Claire is an experienced Career Coach and Personal Development specialist. She supports people to get the best out of themselves – and has a track record of achieving this. She specialises in Career Coaching and Interview Preparation, and also delivers training courses in a variety of topics (personal development, organisational change, leading through change, change awareness, competency-based interviews etc).
Claire draws on the skills and knowledge she has gained from 28 years’ business experience. This includes 15 years’ operational management experience in a world-class organisation (GlaxoSmithKline). She is an accredited coach through the Association for Coaching.
Joanna Binder is an Accredited Life and Executive Coach that helps people to introduce positive change in their personal and professional lives. She believes that people are limitless and capable of amazing achievements, and she supports them in achieving their goals.
Joanna also has several years of experience in recruitment. In this capacity, she has reviewed hundreds of CVs and successfully prepared a number of candidates for job interviews by working on their answers, discovering their strengths and potential, and building up their confidence.
Joanna is fascinated by the human mind, people’s life choices, and how we can all have happier lives. From her earliest years, Joanna has been curious about the world and people’s stories.
Angela Brophy started Ready2Succeed Coaching because she believes that coaching is the way forward in life, career and business.
Angela specialises in confidence building, motivation and planning, working with you to design your ‘Road Map’ for success and helping you plan how you will get there.
She is an Executive, Life & Career Coach Practioner, working in both Ireland and the UK. Angela is a Member of the European Coaching & Mentoring Council, as well as a qualified and experienced Financial Advisor and Reflexologist.
Naomi Caball is a creative who is passionate about people and their potential. It is her mission to encourage and empower others to use their own creative powers to unlock the potential of their lives through the coaching process.
Naomi specialises in creative thinking, is a qualified Executive & Life Coach, holds a Masters in professional Design Practise, a Professional Diploma in Creative Advertising, a Degree in Visual Communication and has a foundation in Art & Design.
She lives by the sea in Skerries, and is also a wife, mum, daughter, sister, friend, educator, designer, singer, gardener and general lover of life.
Mary Curran is one of Ireland’s most experienced professional and personal development coaches, as well as a trainer and supervisor. Mary’s background is in Public Relations and Marketing. She set up her own business, Pavlova Pantry, an Australian-style restaurant, which won the ESB Innovative Business Ideas Competition in 1988.
In November 1999, she opened the Centre for Professional & Personal Development. She works with SMEs, industry bodies, professional consulting and financial services firms. Her clients include the Law Society of Ireland, AIB Bank, Ulster Bank, Institute of Engineers, Laois Chamber of Commerce, Team of Solicitors, Bridgestone Ireland, Oracle and Accenture, where her coaching was instrumental in preparing senior managers to become partners.
Mary is also on the faculty for VHI Corporate Solutions, where she provides facilitation, training and coaching on work-life balance, retirement planning, stress management and change management. Mary is accredited in a number of behavioural psychology models and psychometrics which are integrated into her coaching work.
Alan Hill has over twenty years senior management experience in Supply Chain, Procurement & People Development.
A qualified coach, Alan is keen to help others recognise their skills and find their passion.
Maite Lopez is a career change and pathfinding coach with qualifications in Personal and Business Coaching, Career Coaching and Theatre in Education.
She is also the Barbara Sher success team leader for Dublin creating support groups who help each other achieve their goals. She has changed careers five times in her life working in a variety of industries from theatre to online marketing and started three businesses.
Over the last five years she has worked with clients of all ages and nationalities who want to change careers, but are stuck. Maite Lopez supports clients with her positivity, vision, planning and connections to various industries, and holds you accountable to achieve your goals as your personal whip cracker (in a nice, non-threatening way).
A Registered Work and Organisational Psychologist with the Psychological Society of Ireland, Gay White is Head of Human Resources at the Institute of Banking. Gay is an experienced Learning & Development professional with over thirty years business experience, gained through a variety of roles, both in business and HR, in the financial services sector and more recently through her consultancy practice. She is particularly interested in the development of the individual as well as organisation and leadership development.
Through her consultancy practice Gay worked with many clients at all levels of seniority to assist them in securing employment, from the initial CV preparation through to the interview. She has also delivered training programmes and lectures on CV writing and interview techniques.
A business and executive coach and a former lecturer on postgraduate MBA programmes, Gay volunteers as a mentor for undergraduate students as part of a structured mentorship programme and has worked with students to offer them career coaching. She has been guest speaker at a number of events, with CV preparation being one of her regular topics.
Gay is a Fellow of the Irish Institute of Training & Development and is qualified in the use of a range of Psychometric instruments. She holds an MSc in Occupational Psychology awarded by Birkbeck, University of London.
We’re delighted to announce that Paula Coogan will once again be running the Career Clinic at Jobs Expo 2014!
The Free Career Clinic is one of the main attractions of Jobs Expo, providing you with the chance to have one-on-one time with a professional careers expert.
These experts are here to answer your questions, giving career advice that cover areas such as:
Paula Coogan, owner of The Quarter Life Coach, is an accredited Life and Career Coach. She specialises in working with individuals in their 20’s and 30’s who feel that they are a million miles away from where they expected to be in life and have no idea how to bridge the gap. For details of Paula’s coaching packages and programmes visit www.myquarterlifecoach.com.
Get your CV in order before Jobs Expo. Jobs Expo offers you the opportunity to meet with your potential employers face to face. This allows you to get a feel for the company and to make the first impression that online applications lack. It would be a great shame however, if the employer is greatly impressed by you only to be disappointed by a lacklustre CV.
We’ve compiled a list of three basic tips to help make sure that your CV stands out from the crowd this September.
While a CV can vary greatly from person to person most will contain a section on your previous experience and a section on your education. Bearing in mind the quantity of applications that an employer must read for a role, which of these sections do you think should come first?
While your education is no doubt relevant and should be included a good CV will immediately show the employer that you have the working knowledge necessary to do the job well by highlighting your relevant experience and responsibilities.
There are exceptions to every rule of course – for example if you are applying for a graduate position and your experience is limited to your education then you should list your education first. The main thing to bear in mind is that the information that the employer is looking for is the easiest for them to find.
It may seem like an obvious notion but when you are applying for a position in a company, it should highlight that not only are you qualified to work there but that you want to work there. Generic CV’s are very easy for employers to pick up on and tailoring your CV to the company and job role is one of the simplest but often overlooked ways of making a favourable impression.
Take the time to research the companies exhibiting and edit your CV accordingly. This does mean that you will have to rewrite your entire CV for each role that you wish to apply for, but it might mean moving some things around so that the most relevant information is the first thing the employer sees. If the role involves people management skills then any responsibilities you had that highlights your experience in this area should appear first e.g. training new staff members. If however, the role is IT based then training new staff members will not be as relevant as the technical skills necessary for the job.
Compiling a CV can be a tedious task and errors can often slip through but when dealing with dozens if not hundreds of CV’s for any given role employers can have little patience for such unnecessary mistakes. This is particularly relevant for any job role that requires ‘attention to detail’!
While some mistakes will escape the notice of spell check, taking the time to ask a friend to proof read your CV can help ensure that your CV is accurate and presentable.
And don’t forget, if you feel like your CV could use some sprucing up before visiting the employers at Jobs Expo then you can always visit the free Career Clinic first!