How to get one of the

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How to get one of the top graduate jobs in
the food and drink industry
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• WHY ME WHY AM I HERE TODAY?

• MY OBJECTIVES
• To cover most of the key issues
• To give you the inside track on what employers do
  to recruit graduates
• To be very open honest about how it is
• To make it fun, make it different!

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BACKGROUND TO THE GRADUATE JOB MARKET Its very
competitive you need to stand out! Over
300,000 grads only 60-70,000 graduate
programmes!  
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NUMBER ONE TIP? Be prepared !!
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• APPLICATIONS
• Where do you find the top graduate jobs?
• Internet
• Careers Service
• Graduate Directories
• Recruitment Agencies
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• When should you look?
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YOUR CV

• What should it include?
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• Qualifications
• A level Grades, Degree Classification (or
  expected)
• Achievements (Start with the most recent)
• Academic
• Work
• Sport

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What makes you different?
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• TELEPHONE INTERVIEWS
• What do employers want to know?
• Why have you applied?
• What can you bring to the company?
• What kind of person are you?
• Why you and not another?
• Mini competency based interview

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• FACE-TO-FACE INTERVIEWS
• What are the basics?
• Have examples of key competencies
• And focus!
• Know why you want to be in that industry and in
  the role (not just because you did it for a
  degree!)
• Surprise questions?
• Prepare some questions to ask
• Close them!

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• VERBAL NUMERIC TESTS
• About accuracy speed - be practiced!
• www.shl.com
• www.aptitudeonline.co.uk
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• PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRES
• Theres no right or wrong
• Be honest and DONT try to out-think it!
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ASSESSMENT DAYS What are typical
activities? Interviews Tests Role-plays Bui
ld something! Negotiation exercises In tray
exercises Cave or desert rescue Presentations
(unprepared / pre-prepared) Group Tasks
(unassigned leaders, assigned roles) Typically
all testing key competencies
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Remember - be engaging, sociable, friendly,
proactive!
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• ACTIONS FROM TODAY
• Take a business card or
• Fill in details for copy of all discussed today
• Go to our website www.graduatesuccess.com
• Let us have your feedback and comments!

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