subject: Avoid Jobs Market Squeeze [print this page] According to recent predictions, the jobs market is facing yet more problems as companies scale back their recruitment plans for 2012 and, according to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), the situation will worsen for the rest of the year. However these forecasts are based on a survey carried out by the CIPD of only 1,000 employers who claim the unemployment situation will worsen for the coming year, which is a tiny proportion of UK companies and does therefore slightly distort the outcome.
Gerwyn Davies, Public Policy Adviser at the CIPD said, Many firms appear to be locked in a wait-and-see mode as a result of the eurozone crisis and more widely based economic turmoil. The good news resulting from this lull is that fewer companies are making redundancies or relocating abroad. To counterbalance these reports a study published the same day by the CBI shows that more jobs are currently being created by private companies with, prospects improving.
Its interesting to note here that whilst the government seem to be obsessed with delivering depressing statistics their figures, which do not take into account the number of young people who are currently training, remain somewhat unbalanced. The Unemployment Minister Chris Grayling is quoted as saying, Its absolutely right that youth unemployment is a real challenge but Ill take no lessons from Labour who hid the real extent of youth unemployment.
In contrast to these slightly gloomy revelations we remain totally confident that anyone who is prepared to take the challenge of re-training for work in the security industry and achieve their SIA License standard will not find themselves as a mere unemployment statistic, on the contrary they will find themselves employed in a thriving industry set to grow even more in 2012.
At the moment there are thousands of vacancies for professional Door Supervisors, Security Guards or CCTV Operators, and as companies become more aware of their internal security strategies these employment opportunities will increase year-on-year.
Undoubtedly, negotiating the jobs market is a rollercoaster at the best of times, and whilst the expert training available for the security sector will prepare all successful candidates for excellent careers its what you do with that training afterwards that counts. Get Licensed have concentrated a lot of our news items recently on the importance of being prepared for interviews, especially in light of recent figures published by the Office for National Statistics which reveal that 42% less people are leaving their jobs mainly through fear of making the wrong decision.
Selling your skills in an interview situation, even if you are a nuclear scientist, to a complete stranger is as stressful as any traumatic event in your life, and the basis of most interview situations is naturally to be as polite as possible and not come across as pushy or too patronising. Marketing isnt a word we generally apply to ourselves; its normally a function we associate with people persuading us to buy the latest gadget. Think about that sentence for a moment and consider how you were persuaded to buy your latest must have purchase.
We wouldnt recommend using bamboozling advertising tactics to sell yourself to an employer, but the reason you were convinced to buy your too-hot-to-trot android phone was a carefully applied strategy; keeping this idea in mind, now start to apply a carefully thought out approach to interviews. The top tips for impressing prospective employers are Research, Key Words, Skills plus Self-belief and even if all these aspects of your presentation might come across in a slightly nervy way it doesnt matter, everyone is nervous in interviews, remember confidence is derived from knowledge.
When recruiters advertise jobs they are looking for specific characteristics to fill the role, its a gap in their marketplace that needs to be filled. Research is one of the most important considerations here, knowing your skills, how they relate to the business and consequently add value is crucial. Marketing yourself is about identifying the benefits of you the applicant, these in turn appeal to the emotions of the marketplace i.e. the job advertisement.
In marketing speak your skills are known as USPs (Unique Selling Points) research yours well and youre guaranteed to succeed!
