Active Job Search Plan

• Active Job Search Plan

What is Active Job Search?

• Involves actively and continuously seeking employment
• Presenting your candidacy to various companies.

The Job Search Plan

• Consists of 5 steps

Step 1

• Review professional, academic, and personal goals
• Determine the type of job you are seeking
• Knowing what job to seek requires understanding your interests and abilities

Step 2

• Understand the job requirements
• For each job of interest, determine the required professional and academic profile.

Step 3

• Conduct a company search to decide where to look for work
• Primary job search locations:
  • Public Employment Service (SEPE)
  • Randstad
  • LinkedIn
  • Public employment services
  • Job Portals
  • Temporary work agencies
  • Job boards
  • Networking
  • Social media
  • Self-application
  • Public administration
  • InfoJobs

Step 4

• Implement job search strategies-
  • To succeed in finding a job that satisfies you, take a strategic approach
  • Tactics to follow:
    • Visit different places to look for work.
    • Inform your network that you are looking for a job.
    • Build your professional network.
    • Work on your personal brand.
    • Prepare your job search tools.
    • Prepare for interviews.
    • Evaluate and analyze all responses.
    • Treat the job search process as a job in itself.

Importance of a Job Search Plan with Future Projection

• Reflecting on your interests and abilities and setting goals helps to choose studies that provide satisfaction
• Save time acquiring training that may be very interesting in your future
• Actions that can be taken from today can open many doors:
  • Work on your personal brand online
  • Create a professional network
  • Undertake summer jobs.

Conclusion

• Start thinking about job search as a teenager to be prepared and positioned for success in the future
• Having a job search plan allows you to:
  • Establish clear objectives,
  • Identify strengths and weaknesses,
  • Develop necessary skills to achieve professional goals
  • Helps make informed decisions about education and training.

Job Search Tools

• Curriculum Vitae (CV)

The Curriculum Vitae (CV)

• Document summarizing personal data, education, studies, and work experience
• Its purpose is to attract the attention of companies so that they hire you or want to know more about you
• A curriculum should include the following sections:
  • Personal details
  • Complementary Training
  • Professional Experience
  • Languages
  • Interests
  • Academic background
  • Computing
  • Skills profile

Cover Letter

• A cover letter accompanies your curriculum vitae and allows you to introduce yourself and explain why you are the ideal candidate for a job
• Allows you to include additional information that you could not add to the CV

What to include in the Cover Letter?

• Present yourself briefly, highlighting your strengths and the reasons why the company should pay attention to your CV
• Explain why you would like to work for that company and why you believe you are the perfect candidate for the job being offered

Structure of the Cover Letter

• Should contain these elements:
  • Heading
  • Greeting
  • Introduction
  • Development
  • Closing
  • Signature

Tips for Structuring your cover letter

• Personalize each letter
• Make a connection with the company
• Highlight your most relevant achievements
• Be clear and concise
• Review and edit carefully

The Selection Process: The Interview

• Personnel selection is the process that the company uses to choose the most suitable candidate for a job
• Tools that a company can use to select the best possible candidate:

Interview

• A series of questions to assess the candidate's personality and see if it fits what the company is looking for

Psychometric Tests

• Used to test candidates' numerical, verbal, and problem-solving skills

Theoretical-Practical Tests

• Seek to find out if candidates have the necessary knowledge to carry out the work

Group Dynamics

• A group of candidates is brought together and asked to discuss a specific topic and reach an agreement as a team

Language Test

• Many positions require a certain knowledge of a language that can be certified by official certificates. If it is essential, written or oral tests are usually carried out in the language

The Job Interview

• Is a conversation between the candidate and the person responsible for the company
• Seeks to understand the candidate's personality and check if it fits what the company is looking for

Tips for attending an interview

• Prepare for the interview
• Research the company
• Be punctual
• Reflect at the end
• Ask a question at the end
• Take care of your appearance and avoid flashy clothes and strong perfumes
• Do not speak badly of other companies, or other colleagues, teachers, etc
• Communicate effectively
• Take care of your posture and non-verbal language

Other Forms of Employment

The Public Administration

• Public administration continuously needs to hire workers
• Information about available positions
  • Found in the Official Gazette of each body
• How to get hired-
  • Submit the application within the established period
  • 4 forms of access:
    • Public exam (Oposición)
    • Merit-based competition (Concurso de méritos)
    • Competitive examination (Concurso oposición)
    • Job pools (Bolsas de trabajo)

Self-Employment

Self-Employment

• Also known as self-employment or individual entrepreneurship
• Is the situation in which a person works for themselves, rather than for a company

Forms of Self-Employment

• Independent professionals offering specialized services to other businesses or people
• Owners of small businesses who manage their own business
• Online content creators
• Franchises

Characteristics of Self-Employment

• Independence: A self-employed person is their own boss and has the freedom to make decisions
• Flexibility: Greater flexibility when it comes to setting your hours and working where you want
• Income Potential: Opportunity to earn more money than with a traditional job
• Lack of Security: Self-employed people generally do not have access to benefits. This includes paid vacations
• Personal Fulfillment: Is a way to pursue your passions and interests