Job seeking process

1. C & C Career & CompetenceCareercoachinggroup Session 3 Job seekingprocess Milja Tuomaala & Tiina Hämäläinen, University of Oulu, VALOA-project

2. Gettingready for jobseeking Wherecan I find a suitablejob? Whatkind of skills and know-how employerwants? Whatcanyouoffer for the employer? Whereareyougood at? How willyoucontact the employer?

3. Job seekingprocess What can you do? What do you want to do? Goal achieved?? Set your goals! Make your action plan! Selection Seeking information about employers and open positions Interview Contacting employers Applications Phone calls Career Services, University of Oulu

4. Where to start – knowingyourself Whatkind of workareyouinterested in? Whatkind of workexperiencedoyouhave? Whatareyougood at? Whatareyouinterested in? Whatskillshaveyougot? Whatareyourcareergoals? Whatskills and experiencedoyouneed to achievethem? This information you’ll need in your application

5. Jobs to apply for… Announcedpositions – publicrecruitmentprocess Everyonecansee, everyonecanapply Freecompetition A lot of applications Open positions – hiddenrecruitmentprocess Information is in ”innercircle” Requiresnetworking Limited competition No open position, open application Applicant’sunpromptedcontact & showninterest Limited or no competition

6. Publishedpositions vs. hiddenpositions Published positions Hidden positions Anita Perttunen

7. Most common recruitingchanels Internalrecruitments Personal contacts Applicantunprompted, directcontact Company’swebpage TE-office (employmentoffice) Directlyfromschools / universities Advertising in newspapers / magazines Recruitingagancies / consults Commercial web-pages Staffingservices Social media EK 2011 – Nostetta liiketoimintaan ihmisillä

10. Info for expatriatesmoving to Oulu http://www.ouluexpatcity.fi/index.htm

11. Friendshiphousehttp://www.oulunsetlementti.fi/ystavyystalo/en/index.html

12. The House for Girls in Oulu http://www.likka.fi/index.asp?pid=94

13. Homelike Oulu http://www.ouka.fi/homelikeoulu/

14. Associations / organizations of citizens in Oulu areahttp://www.oulu.ouka.fi/linkit/yhdistyksia_jarjestoja.htm

15. General information about Finland & how to look for work

16. http://www.infopankki.fi/

18. Exercise 3.1Personal networks in jobseeking The exercise is found on SlideShare; http://www.slideshare.net/VALOA/documents (C&C trainingmaterial)

19. Contacting the employer Think in advancewhatyouwant to ask. Don’tcall just for calling, and don’task for information, which is found in jobanouncementorareotherwiseuseless. Short and punchyquestions! Remeber to makenotesaboutmostimpostantissues in conversation (alsoname of the person youarespeakingwith). Alsonotethat the person youarespeakingwithmightmakenotes. Beprepared to tellaboutyourself. Make a list of the thingsemployershouldknowaboutyourskills and know-how, and the thingsthatmightraiseemployer’sinterest. Try to find out aboutthingsthataremeaningful to you(howmuchtravelling is required, whoareyoureporting to, number of subordinatesifsomeetc) Avoidbothexcessiveself-confidence and ecessivehumility ”Sellyourcompetence” Let’spracticecalling the employer…!

20. Main principles for (finnish and foreign) students Be active and creative in your job search Let people know that you are looking for work Show interest in the job you are seeking Job seeking is full-time job, it requires time and energy Application periods can be very short, so you need to reacht quickly Fill up several applications Make two plans, A and B: Seek a job, you are really interested in (realistic daydreams) Seek employers, where students of your field usually find a traineeship

21. Somefinnishcustoms in working life Employersareused to applicantscontactingthemdirectly Don’tbeshy – beactive! Networking is the key Punctuality is extremelyimportant – be on time, always!

23. Prepare to describe briefly:

24. Who you are?

25. What are you looking for? ( What kind of industry and organization you interested in? What kind of work would inspire you the most?)

26. What do you offer? (What are the main contributions you can make? What kind of competence, experience and achievements you have that makes you stand out from all the other candidates?)