Stop listening to your loud mouth relatives - Copeland Coaching

Stop listening to your loud mouth relatives Now that the holidays are officially over, I’ve just got to say this: Stop listening to your loud mouth relatives. Just stop. Have you ever had a relative pull you aside at a family event (maybe even this holiday season)? Or, perhaps they write you a long letter. They have something they just have share with you. You’re doing your career ALL WRONG. And, how did they get this valuable information? Is it because they also had a similar career path? Is it because they also made good choices? Is it because they talk to you often and understand your hopes and desires? NO! It’s none of those things. I’m going to talk a little out of school here. I can because I’m not related to you. The reason your uncle / brother / cousin / grandma is offering you this invaluable advice about your career isn’t because they know what they’re talking about. It’s because they have big mouths paired with small personal boundaries, and frankly, they’re probably bored. These are the kinds of family advice I typically hear about: “You’re working at the wrong company. You should work for this company.” “You’re in the wrong career field. You should quit your job and go back to school for this field.” “You live in the wrong city. You should find a job here, near me.” “Don’t take a job somewhere else. I know that you hate your job, but it’s stable. Just stay there.” “Don’t leave your job to go back to graduate school. Who cares if you want to change your career path. This is the worst decision ever! Do you know how much school costs?” “I know that you enjoy your career and all, but seriously â€" you should be making more money. This isn’t really an adult career anymore.” “I know that you enjoy your career and all, but seriously â€" your job is too high stress. You should quit and take something that would allow you to focus more on what’s really important in life.” The list could go on, and on, and on… Now, don’t get me wrong. I understand that their advice is probably coming from a place of love and concern (probably). But, just because advice comes from love doesn’t mean it’s good advice. Let’s be real. As a respectable working adult, you are the only one who truly, truly knows what’s right for you, not your mom / dad / grandma / grandpa / brother / sister / cousin / aunt / uncle. You know when it’s time to quit. You know when it’s time to stay. And, you know how much stress you and your spouse can take. Without going too far overboard, there are a few times when it makes sense to listen to a relative. For example, perhaps the relative is a successful business person who has worked in the field you are interested in. Or, maybe the relative has inside knowledge of a particular company you’re interested in. But, the most important thing â€" if you’re going to listen to a relative â€" is that the relative RESPECTS YOUR OWN OPINION and is OKAY with the idea of you rejecting their advice if it doesn’t work for you. Does that make sense? If the relative only wants to give advice if you’ll take it (whether or not you think it makes sense for YOU), then you shouldn’t be listening to them â€" no matter how smart or well-connected they might be. Their advice is biased, and it’s not coming from the best place. At the end of the day, YOU are the only one who truly knows what works for you: not your dad, not your sister, not your grandmother, not your cousin. YOU. So, with all that said, listen to the advice that works for you, and pay attention when advice doesn’t work for you. Pay attention so you can be sure not to use the advice that doesn’t work for you. Listen to yourself, not your loud mouth relative. Have confidence that you know what’s right, and that you are going to figure things out, in your own way. Let me end this passionate email with a personal story. While still in college for engineering, I decided that I wanted to earn a MBA. I wasn’t sure whether I should go straight to graduate school from college, or whether I should work first. So, I talked to MBA schools and other MBA graduates about their experiences. After gathering enough information, I decided that for me, it would be best to work for three years in industry before quitting my job to go to graduate school full time. This allowed me to bring more to the classroom, and to get more out. So, I took a corporate job out of college, and each month, I put $1,000 per month in a bank account to help pay for my graduate school. MBA school rarely has scholarships, and I knew the price tag would be big for what I wanted to do. And, since I planned to study for my MBA full time, I knew I’d need money to survive. At the end of the three years, I had enough money ($36,000 â€" not bad for a 21 year old) to get started. I applied to school, was accepted, quit my job, and moved cross-country to Los Angeles. I was able to complete my MBA in 15-months. And, guess what happened? I received job offers that were twice what I was making before getting that MBA. You heard me right. I was able to double my salary in 15 months by these choices. But, do you know what I heard before all of this happened? Multiple people pulled me aside. They told me how crazy I was, and how I’d lost my mind. They said, “You have a good corporate job. What’s your problem? Why do you need to do this? You’re going to ruin your life.” They also said, “Why do you need to quit and move to LA? There’s a perfectly good school where you are. Why are you doing this?” I’m pretty sure that all of these people who attempted to stop me from my goals would stand up today and say that they knew I was going to succeed. They could just see it in my eyes (or some other similar B.S.). So again, please â€" listen to yourself. Only you can truly know what’s right for you. I hope these tips have helped you. Visit CopelandCoaching.com to find more tips to improve your job search. If I can be of assistance to you, dont hesitate to reach out to me here. Also, be sure to subscribe to my Copeland Coaching Podcast on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher where I discuss career advice every Tuesday! If youve already heard the podcast and enjoy it, please consider leaving a review in Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. Happy hunting! Angela Copeland @CopelandCoach

The 5 iPhone Apps That Every Job Seeker Needs

The 5 iPhone Apps That Every Job Seeker Needs 24 Flares 24 Flares There are just 5 iPhone Apps required for your pursuit of employment. That is it, only 5. The rundown Ive incorporated beneath gives all that you have to your versatile pursuit of employment. This is it, Ive made THE total manual for iPhone quest for new employment applications! Gracious, and perhaps the best thing I can report is that they are for the most part reasonable. Indeed, four of them are free, and one expenses $.99. Lets bounce directly into the rundown, will we? 1. Sound Job Interview Professional (free) This iPhone application is virtuoso and it is additionally my top pick. Single out from a rundown of 40 inquiries making a custom meeting. In the wake of making your choices, a womans voice will ask you every inquiry. At the point when prepared, youll hit the record catch and start addressing each question independently. At the point when happy with your answers, you can separately or clump send your meeting to planned businesses. I propose messaging yourself the connection first, and afterward sending it out with your resumes as a decent enhancement. In addition to the fact that it provides a pleasant telephone screen/talk with training instrument, however this iPhone application likewise gives your accommodation a voice and individual touch. It could be actually what you have to separate yourself from your opposition. By one way or another, this thing is free go get it! 2. Miner ($.99) Applying to different jobs on the double is befuddling, this is the place Prospector steps in. Each organization youve applied to turns into a possibility, where you can oversee and monitor the activity title, contact data (enrollment specialist, employing administrator, and so forth), compensation, venture of the recruiting procedure youre at present in, up and coming arrangements, and plan for the day things for that position/organization. The $.99 sticker price is totally justified, despite all the trouble if youre applying to in excess of a couple of positions. 3. LinkedIn (free) LinkedIn is the King Kong of expert systems administration sites and a MUST for work searchers. When meeting new individuals at networking events, interviews, or any place, utilize the LinkedIn application to rapidly add individuals to your system, before disregarding them. The In Person highlight right away interfaces/adds other iPhone clients to your system through blue tooth. I think that is felines night wear. The more associations you have, the more open doors will be introduced to you. Do it, do it now! 4. BeamME (free) BeamME sets you up with virtual business cards that can be conveyed to any telephone or PC. Make individual or business styled cards and convey as fitting. Include an individual touch by including your headshot or modify with logo topic. I am infatuated with the History highlight, which permits you to check who you met, when you met them, and most significantly WHERE you met them! Goodness, and would anyone be able to state become environmentally viable? In conclusion, for the Twitter crazies, simply enter someones Twitter handle and your card will pillar over through Direct Message. Cool, huh? 5. Occupation Compass (free) Occupation Compass is an extremely clever pursuit of employment application. Basically type in WHAT you are searching for (Job title, watchwords, or organization), WHERE you are looking (City, State, or postal division) and HOW FAR (select from 5-100 mile span) and Job Compass will put every one of the coordinated occupations on a guide for you to see. Snap on warnings to look at every individual activity, or hit the List highlight to drill down positions like you are accustomed to seeing. You can apply legitimately from this application, email the posting to yourself or a companion, or simply map it for some other time! My recommendation? Take a heap of resumes and head out to the focal point of town. Let the application utilize your present area and select a 5 mile range. At the point when the outcomes come up, go buck wild visiting each goal, giving off your resume to each hailed opening. Notice that well known quest for new employment places like JobTonic, CareerBuilder, Indeed, and Craigslist were excluded. What I love about the rundown above is that it covers you in essentially every basic region of the quest for new employment. With these applications you can begin your underlying quest for new employment, deal with your whole inquiry process, work on meeting, use an inventive screening cost that separates you from others, and system all the more adequately, all from your telephone. In the event that youre going to utilize those sites for your pursuit of employment, at that point it ought to be done on a PC, much the same as in bygone eras. A greater screen and greater perceivability is required, and consequently, Ive additionally cut resume building applications from the rundown. Utilize your iPhone as an instrument to help you in your chase, however these applications ought to positively not be your essential quest for new employment strategy. Have you utilized any of these applications previously? Are there others you feel emphatically about? Any activity searchers ready to take my Job Compass recommendation?

Where are all the science jobs University of Manchester Careers Blog

Where are all the science jobs If youre a science student who loves science, it can sometimes feel like all the jobs are for business students, engineers or computer scientists. This is to reassure you that there are ways of finding science jobs if you know where to look. Two alternatives are: a) Look for science jobs which are being advertised The pros you know there is a job to be filled The cons so do lot of other people, so the competition will be high b) Look for scientific employers and see if they have any jobs The pros they may have jobs to be filled, but if a job isnt available now, they may keep you on file; this means that when a vacancy does occur, they may contact you before even considering advertising, so there is less competition The cons they may not be recruiting when you need a job Where to look for science job adverts some starting points The Careers Service, specifically, CareersLink (for University of Manchester students and recent graduates, login required) . Graduate JobSearch over 200 tailored mobile-friendly searches for graduate level jobs, including scientific work, energy and environment jobs, using recruitment sites such as Gradcracker, Target, Reed, jobs.ac.uk and many more . General science jobs websites such as New Scientist Nature Science ResearchGate (includes some non-science jobs) Wiley Science Jobs . Specialist science jobs websites The Prospects website has suggested vacancy sites for different types of scientific work (in the Employers and vacancies section for each type of work). Here are just a few examples of targeted or niche scientific jobs sites: Brightrecruits (from the Institute of Physics) Chemistry World Jobs (from the RSC) Environment Jobs Royal Society of Biology Jobs . Use targeted search criteria in sites which pull in vacancies from other sources Careerjet Indeed Simply Hired CV Library . Science recruitment agencies SRG CK Science Network Scientific Lab Support Vector Recruitment Search Scientific . How to look for potential scientific employers If you want to do cutting edge science, dont just think of the big household names think small! Why? Because science which emerges from fundamental academic research is often based in start-up and spin-out companies, often located around universities, in incubation centres (ie. very small emerging companies may not be too many roles for new scientists here) and science parks (companies which are starting to grow might be a better bet for science jobs for recent graduates). How can you find these companies which youve never heard of? Try these approaches: University of Manchester Careers Service CareersLink Look under Organisation Directory this is our employer database of organisations who want to target University of Manchester students. Using Advanced search, you can filter by Organisation Sector which lists over 400 science employers. Our Which Career Scientific Work web pages include sources of scientific employers . Look in science and innovation parks Find a science park and search its members UK Science Park Association International Association of Science Parks . . Research institutes, centres and companies interested in researchers www.jobs.ac.uk/employers browse employers by type, including those outside academia UK Research Councils UK government funded research centres and institutes. Check each Research Council for lists of its funded institutes AIRTO a membership organisation for a number of commercial and government funded research organisations and institutes . Networks of scientists Trade associations often have lists of members, for example: Pharma/bioscience: ABPI (national), BioNow (North West/North East), OneNucleus (Cambridge/London), OBN (Oxford/South) . Professional bodies get involved with a relevant scientific professional body to meet scientists in your field (you might get to know your future interviewer!) . LinkedIn join groups for your field to link to other scientists; search companies, groups or people by keyword, including technical terms. . Your contacts Tell everyone you know what youre looking for, social and online contacts included. You never know who a friend or a distant cousin might know What to do once youve found a suitable scientific employer The most obvious approach simply type Employer-name jobs into a search engine! . Check the employers website regularly to see if they are advertising any suitable jobs. . See if the employer is attending a recruitment event in the near future. . Send a targeted speculative application. If they say they will keep you on file, dont give up hope. When a vacancy arises, that file of recent applications is the first place many employers look before advertising, particularly for specialist posts (I know its what I did when I was recruiting in the polymer industry). . Try to talk to someone from the employer you want to target. If theyre a recruiting manager, ask how they recruit new scientists, are there any plans for expansion, where would they advertise? If they dont recruit personally, you can still get a feel for the type of scientific work they do the sort of employer they are, and whether this would suit you. Either way, you get inside information, you should now know whether to look out for job ads and how to target your applications. . See if someone from the employer you want to target is going to be on campus and not necessarily at a recruitment event. If they target researchers, they may be part of university collaborations. Are they giving a seminar or talk on campus? Could you ask the academics involved in the collaboration to introduce you? Further information for scientists See our recent post: Do you want to work in or out of the lab? Things you need to know with a bio/life science degree â€"  FAQs All Careers advice Graduate Postgrad-highlighted Postgraduate Undergraduate job hunting jobs Life sciences LinkedIn networking Where are all the science jobs Written by Elizabeth Wilkinson, Postgraduate Careers Consultant at The Careers Service If you are a science researcher, masters or undergrad, its not always easy to find the jobs to apply to amongst all the engineering, IT and finance/business roles on offer. However, by using your research skills, you can uncover lots of scientific jobs and employers heres how. 1. Look for science jobs which are being advertised: The pros â€" you know there is a job to be filled. The cons â€" so do lots of other people, so the competition will be high. 2. Look for scientific employers and see if they have any jobs: The pros â€" they may have jobs to be filled, but if a job isn’t available now, they may keep you on file; this means that when a vacancy does occur, they may contact you before even considering advertising, so there is less competition. The cons â€" may not be recruiting when you need a job. Expand your tactics for finding science jobs Here are some resources to get you started searching for scientific jobs. Scientific recruitment agencies SRG www.srgtalent.com CK Science http://ckscience.co.uk Network Scientific www.networkscientificrecruitment.com Vector Recruitment www.vrl.co.uk Find more agencies ( employers) currently recruiting www.reed.co.uk/recruiterdirectory Online profile â€" make it work harder for you Join professional networks eg LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com), update your profile (include scientific skills/technologies so they appear in searches), join specialist groups for jobs in your field, follow employers represented in those groups others you know â€" become findable! Specialist job ads are becoming more common on LinkedIn â€" search for jobs in your field and set up job alerts. Online search for job adverts â€" use specialist sites General science jobs websites such as New Scientist http://jobs.newscientist.com Nature www.nature.com/naturejobs Science http://jobs.sciencecareers.org Research Gate www.researchgate.net/jobs (mainly science jobs) Graduate (and postgraduate) job sites â€" can filter for science jobs Employers targeting University of Manchester www.manchester.ac.uk/careerslink login required UoM Careers Service “Which career?” â€" includes job sites for over 20 sectors including science, environment etc www.careers.manchester.ac.uk/whichcareer Example sites include: Brightrecruits (from the Institute of Physics) http://brightrecruits.com Chemistry World Jobs (from the RSC) https://jobs.chemistryworld.com Environment Jobs www.environmentjob.co.uk Royal Society of Biology Jobs https://jobs.rsb.org.uk Gradcracker www.gradcracker.com/search/sciences-maths/graduate-jobs Find scientific employers and engage with them University of Manchester Careers Service Employer database www.manchester.ac.uk/careerslink see Organisation Search. Which Career? â€" Scientific Work, include sources of scientific employers www.careers.manchester.ac.uk/whichcareer/science Look in science and innovation parks â€" search members UK Science Park Association www.ukspa.org.uk/members/our-members International Association of Science Parks www.iasp.ws/Our-members/Directory Explore research institutes, centres and companies interested in researchers www.jobs.ac.uk/employers browse employers by type (not just universities!) UK Research Councils www.ukri.org/about-us/our-council â€" government funded research centres and institutes. AIRTO is a membership organisation for a number of commercial and government funded research organisations and institutes www.airto.co.uk/about/members Find networks of scientists get involved Professional bodies get involved with a relevant scientific professional body to meet scientists in your field. Trade associations www.taforum.org/trade-associations often have lists of members. For example Pharma/bioscience: ABPI (national http://careers.abpi.org.uk), BioNow (North West/North East www.bionow.co.uk), One Nucleus (Cambridge/London www.onenucleus.com), OBN (Oxford/South www.obn.org.uk) Let others know you’re looking â€" they might lead to a useful contact Tell everyone you know what you’re looking for, social and online contacts included. You never know who a friend or distant cousin might know… Attend recruitment events, talk to employers, link with them on LinkedIn Update your social media and professional online profiles (eg. LinkedIn) Send speculative CVs to specialist employers, especially smaller scientific employers. Include a link to your online professional profile â€" this allows you to keep your details up to date and offers the chance for them to connect online with you, for future reference. All Graduate Graduate jobs Postgraduate Undergraduate Where are all the science jobs by Elizabeth This post has been updated, find it here If youre a science student who loves science, it can sometimes feel like all the jobs are for business students, engineers or computer scientists. This is to reassure you that there are ways of finding science jobs if you know where to look. Two alternatives are: a) Look for science jobs which are being advertised The pros you know there is a job to be filled The cons so do lot of other people, so the competition will be high b) Look for scientific employers and see if they have any jobs The pros they may have jobs to be filled, but if a job isnt available now, they may keep you on file; this means that when a vacancy does occur, they may contact you before even considering advertising, so there is less competition The cons they may not be recruiting when you need a job Where to look for science job adverts some starting points The Careers Service, specifically, CareersLink (for University of Manchester students and recent graduates, login required)  . Graduate JobSearch over 200 tailored mobile-friendly searches for graduate level jobs, including scientific work, energy and environment jobs, using recruitment sites such as Gradcracker, Target, Reed, jobs.ac.uk and many more . General science jobs websites such as New Scientist Nature Science ResearchGate (includes some non-science jobs) Wiley Science Jobs . Specialist science jobs websites The Prospects website has suggested vacancy sites for different types of scientific work (in the Employers and vacancies section for each type of work). Here are just a few examples of targeted or niche scientific jobs sites: Brightrecruits (from the Institute of Physics) Chemistry World Jobs (from the RSC) Environment Jobs Royal Society of Biology Jobs . Use targeted search criteria in sites which pull in vacancies from other sources Careerjet Indeed Simply Hired CV Library . Science recruitment agencies SRG CK Science Network Scientific Lab Support Vector Recruitment Search Scientific . How to look for potential scientific employers If you want to do cutting edge science, dont just think of the big household names think small! Why? Because science which emerges from fundamental academic research is often based in start-up and spin-out companies, often located around universities, in incubation centres (ie. very small emerging companies may not be too many roles for new scientists here) and science parks (companies which are starting to grow might be a better bet for science jobs for recent graduates). How can you find these companies which youve never heard of? Try these approaches: University of Manchester Careers Service CareersLink Look under Organisation Directory this is our employer database of organisations who want to target University of Manchester students. Using Advanced search, you can filter by Organisation Sector which lists over 400 science employers. Our Which Career Scientific Work web pages include sources of scientific employers . Look in science and innovation parks Find a science park and search its members UK Science Park Association International Association of Science Parks . . Research institutes, centres and companies interested in researchers www.jobs.ac.uk/employers browse employers by type, including those outside academia UK Research Councils UK government funded research centres and institutes. Check each Research Council for lists of its funded institutes AIRTO a membership organisation for a number of commercial and government funded research organisations and institutes . Networks of scientists Trade associations often have lists of members, for example: Pharma/bioscience: ABPI (national), BioNow (North West/North East), OneNucleus (Cambridge/London), OBN (Oxford/South) . Professional bodies get involved with a relevant scientific professional body to meet scientists in your field (you might get to know your future interviewer!) . LinkedIn join groups for your field to link to other scientists; search companies, groups or people by keyword, including technical terms. . Your contacts Tell everyone you know what youre looking for, social and online contacts included. You never know who a friend or a distant cousin might know What to do once youve found a suitable scientific employer The most obvious approach simply type Employer-name jobs into a search engine! . Check the employers website regularly to see if they are advertising any suitable jobs. . See if the employer is attending a recruitment event in the near future. . Send a targeted speculative application. If they say they will keep you on file, dont give up hope. When a vacancy arises, that file of recent applications is the first place many employers look before advertising, particularly for specialist posts (I know its what I did when I was recruiting in the polymer industry). . Try to talk to someone from the employer you want to target. If theyre a recruiting manager, ask how they recruit new scientists, are there any plans for expansion, where would they advertise? If they dont recruit personally, you can still get a feel for the type of scientific work they do the sort of employer they are, and whether this would suit you. Either way, you get inside information, you should now know whether to look out for job ads and how to target your applications. . See if someone from the employer you want to target is going to be on campus and not necessarily at a recruitment event. If they target researchers, they may be part of university collaborations. Are they giving a seminar or talk on campus? Could you ask the academics involved in the collaboration to introduce you? Further information for scientists See our recent post: Do you want to work in or out of the lab? Things you need to know with a bio/life science degree â€"  FAQs All Careers advice Graduate Postgrad-highlighted Postgraduate Undergraduate job hunting jobs LinkedIn networking Where are all the science jobs This blog post has now been updated. Please see: https://manunicareersblog.com/2016/10/18/where-are-all-the-science-jobs-3/ If youre a science student who loves science, it can sometimes feel like all the jobs are for business students, engineers or computer scientists. This is to reassure you that there are ways of finding science jobs if you know where to look. Two alternatives are: a) Look for science jobs which are being advertised The pros you know there is a job to be filled The cons so do lot of other people, so the competition will be high b) Look for scientific employers and see if they have any jobs The pros they may have jobs to be filled, but if a job isnt available now, they may keep you on file; this means that when a vacancy does occur, they may contact you before even considering advertising, so there is less competition The cons they may not be recruiting when you need a job Where to look for science job adverts some starting points The Careers Service, specifically, CareersLink (for University of Manchester students and recent graduates, login required)  . Graduate JobSearch over 200 tailored mobile-friendly searches for graduate level jobs, including scientific work, energy and environment jobs, using recruitment sites such as Gradcracker, Target, Reed, jobs.ac.uk and many more . General science jobs websites such as New Scientist Nature Science ResearchGate (includes some non-science jobs) Wiley Science Jobs Specialist science jobs websites The Prospects website has suggested vacancy sites for different types of scientific work (in the Employers and vacancies section for each type of work). Here are just a few examples of targeted or niche scientific jobs sites: Brightrecruits (from the Institute of Physics) Chemistry World Jobs (from the RSC) Environment Jobs Use targeted search criteria in sites which pull in vacancies from other sources Careerjet Indeed Simply Hired CV Library Science recruitment agencies SRG CK Science Network Scientific Lab Support Vector Recruitment Search Scientific . How to look for potential scientific employers University of Manchester Careers Service CareersLink Look under Organisation Directory this is our employer database of organisations who want to target University of Manchester students. Using Advanced search, you can filter by Organisation Sector which lists over 400 science employers. Our Which Career Scientific Work web pages include sources of scientific employers . Look in science and innovation parks Find a science park and search its members UK Science Park Association International Association of Science Parks . . Research institutes, centres and companies interested in researchers www.jobs.ac.uk/employers browse employers by type, including those outside academia UK Research Councils UK government funded research centres and institutes. Check each Research Council for lists of its funded institutes AIRTO a membership organisation for a number of commercial and government funded research organisations and institutes . Networks of scientists Trade associations often have lists of members, for example: Pharma/bioscience: ABPI (national), BioNow (North West/North East), OneNucleus (Cambridge/London), OBN (Oxford/South) . Professional bodies get involved with a relevant scientific professional body to meet scientists in your field (you might get to know your future interviewer!) . InnovateUK UK Government funded technology network, with over 100,000 members and hundreds of special interest groups. Search groups, members and news for your field. (This is one of my favourite sites when presented with someone who wants to work in cutting edge science, especially in industry.) . LinkedIn join groups for your field to link to other scientists; search companies, groups or people by keyword, including technical terms. . Your contacts Tell everyone you know what youre looking for, social and online contacts included. You never know who a friend or a distant cousin might know What to do once youve found a suitable scientific employer The most obvious approach simply type Employer-name jobs into a search engine! . Check the employers website regularly to see if they are advertising any suitable jobs. . See if the employer is attending a recruitment event in the near future. . Send a targeted speculative application. If they say they will keep you on file, dont give up hope. When a vacancy arises, that file of recent applications is the first place many employers look before advertising, particularly for specialist posts (I know its what I did when I was recruiting in the polymer industry). . Try to talk to someone from the employer you want to target. If theyre a recruiting manager, ask how they recruit new scientists, are there any plans for expansion, where would they advertise? If they dont recruit personally, you can still get a feel for the type of scientific work they do the sort of employer they are, and whether this would suit you. Either way, you get inside information, you should now know whether to look out for job ads and how to target your applications. . See if someone from the employer you want to target is going to be on campus and not necessarily at a recruitment event. If they target researchers, they may be part of university collaborations. Are they giving a seminar or talk on campus? Could you ask the academics involved in the collaboration to introduce you? Save All job hunting jobs LinkedIn networking Where are all the science jobs by Elizabeth NB. This is an old blog post and likely to be out of date. For a more recent version see: Where are all the science jobs? October 2016 Old version: Recruitment fairs can often look as if theyre just about engineering, IT, finance and business jobs. If youre after a science job, where are they all? Well, theyre sometimes tucked away within those companies which look like theyre just about engineering. At our upcoming Engineering, Science and Technology Fair this week (Wednesday 17th October), well highlight which stands you should visit if you want to talk science. UPDATE 16/10/12: Heres a link to the excel spreadsheet showing which companies (coming to the fairs), are looking for science graduates/postgraduates. This includes those specifically looking for science grads (shown by discipline), plus those who say any degree welcome. There are two tabs in the spreadsheet, showing employers at either the Engineering, Science and Technology Fair, or the Finance, Business and Management Fair (yes, really!) who are specifically advertising for science grads. However, not all scientific employers come to the big fairs. That may be because they dont need to publicise themselves because you know who they are already. This is particularly true of pharmaceutical companies, who normally only attend life science specific fairs, such as the Society of Biologys Life Science Careers Conferences. A more common reason is that many scientific employers only recruit a small number of new graduates or postgraduates each year. Its not a good use of their time or money to come along to a fair for one new recruit. So, how do you find those science jobs? Ive put together a handout which will be available the fair this week, which you can access here (pdf). Alternatively, heres the text with clickable links: Where Are All The Science Jobs? If you’re looking for a job in science, two alternatives are: a) Look for science jobs which are being advertised The pros â€" you know there is a job to be filled The cons â€" so do lots of other people, so the competition will be high b) Look for scientific employers and see if they have any jobs The pros â€" they may have jobs to be filled, but if a job isn’t available now, they may keep you on file; this means that when a vacancy does occur, they may contact you before even considering advertising, so there is less competition (and the job may never get advertised if your CV on file fits the bill) The cons â€" may not be recruiting when you need a job To give yourself the best chance, you could try a combination of both of these strategies. Where to look for science job adverts â€" some examples Your university careers service For employers who want to target students from your university (www.manchester.ac.uk/careerslink for University of Manchester students and graduates) General science jobs websites such as New Scientist (http://jobs.newscientist.com) Nature (http://www.nature.com/naturejobs) Science (http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org) Research Gate (www.researchgate.net â€" covers all disciplines but mainly science jobs) Wiley Science Jobs (http://www.wileysciencejobs.com) Specialist science jobs websites Here are just a few examples of targeted or niche scientific jobs sites: Brightrecruits (from the Institute of Physics http://brightrecruits.com) Chemistry World Jobs (from the RSC http://jobs.rsc.org) VRS-UK (analytical chemistry www.vrs-uk.net) Environment Jobs (www.environmentjob.co.uk) Bioinformatics Jobs (www.bioinformatics.org/jobs) The Prospects website has suggested vacancy sites for different types of science jobs. Find the profile of the type of work you’re interested in (http://www.prospects.ac.uk/types_of_jobs_scientific_services.htm) then look at the “Employers and vacancies” section. Use targeted search criteria in general graduate recruitment sites such as Prospects (www.prospects.ac.uk) Monster (http://graduate.monster.co.uk) Target (targetjobs.co.uk) Milkround (www.milkround.com) Or jobs.ac.uk (www.jobs.ac.uk) for academic and other research jobs Use targeted search criteria in sites which pull in vacancies from many other sources on the internet, such as Careerjet (www.careerjet.co.uk) Indeed (www.indeed.co.uk) Simply Hired (www.simplyhired.co.uk) CV Library (www.cv-library.co.uk) Science recruitment agencies SRG (www.srg.co.uk) Lab Support (www.labsupport.co.uk) SCI (www.sci-search.com) Kelly Scientific (www.kellyservices.co.uk/UK/Careers/Careers-in-Science) Network Scientific (www.networkscientificrecruitment.com) Vector Recruitment (www.vrl.co.uk) Search (www.searchconsultancy.co.uk/job-sectors/scientific.aspx) How to look for potential scientific employers Your university careers service The University of Manchester Careers Service has an online directory of organisations who want to promote themselves to their students (www.manchester.ac.uk/careerslink see Organisation Search, login required). Check with your own institution to see if they have details of employers who want to target their students (eg promotional information or visits). Look in science and innovation parks Find a science park and search its members â€" UK Science Park Association (www.ukspa.org.uk), International Association of Science Parks (www.iasp.ws) Innovation Park Search (www.innovationparksearch.info) â€" can search UK Science Parks by technology/keyword Research institutes, centres and companies interested in those with research experience Jobs.ac.uk allows you to browse employers by type, including non-academic employers who advertise on their recruitment site (www.jobs.ac.uk/employers) Government research centres and institutes are normally funded (at least in part) by one of the UK Research Councils (www.rcuk.ac.uk). Check each Research Council for lists of its funded institutes. AIRTO is a membership organisation for a number of commercial and government funded research organisations and institutes (www.airto.co.uk/our-members.html). Trade associations Often have lists of members â€" find a relevant trade association with the Trade Association Forum Directory (www.taforum.org/Members) For example, the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry has its own careers website with lists of employers (http://careers.abpi.org.uk) Professional bodies If you get involved with a relevant scientific professional body, attend meetings or conferences, or see who is on their committees, you may be able to find out where other members work. There are lots of scientific professional bodies www.totalprofessions.com/profession-finder LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com) If you are a member of LinkedIn, you can join groups which are relevant to your scientific interests. This will let you see where other group members work. You can also search companies by keyword. For example, a search for “Proteomics” results in 223 companies worldwide. You can then filter by location etc. Your contacts Don’t underestimate the power of contacts â€" tell everyone you know, even socially, what you’re looking for. You never know when a distant cousin might live next door to a laser physics expert. What to do once you’ve found a suitable scientific employer Don’t ignore the most obvious approach â€" simply type “Employer-name jobs” into a search engine! Check the employer’s website regularly to see if they are advertising any suitable jobs. Type the employer’s name into some of the sites which pull in vacancies from lots of source. Careerjet, Indeed and SimplyHired) allow you to set up alerts by e-mail or RSS feed when a new job is See if the employer is attending a recruitment event in the near future. Send them a targeted speculative application. If they say they will “keep you on file”, don’t give up hope. When they have a suitable vacancy, that file of recent applications is the first place many employers look before they think about advertising, particularly for specialist technical posts. Try to talk to someone from the employer you want to target, to ask about the sort of scientific work they do; how they recruit new scientists; if there are any plans for expansion. If the person you talk to isn’t a recruiting manager, they may not be able to help you with details of jobs coming up, but you can get a feel for the type of work they do and the sort of employer they are, and whether this would suit you. Then you know whether to look out for job ads, and how to target your applications. See if someone from the employer you want to target is going to be on campus. If they target researchers, they may be part of university collaborations. Are they giving any seminars or talks on campus? Could you ask the academics involved in the collaboration to introduce you? 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8 Words or Phrases Never to Include in Your Resume

8 Words or Phrases Never to Include in Your Resume 8 Words or Phrases Never to Include in Your Resume As per a CareerBuilder study, 17% of employing chiefs spend an normal of 30 seconds looking at a resume before choosing if they're keen on an applicant. Having too little time to peruse every one top to bottom, clear resume warnings, similar to an obsolete resume organization, grammatical mistakes, or such a large number of unequaled resume textual styles, are quickly wiped out. Indeed, even those that pass beginning examination can in any case fall prey to one of the most withstanding violation of social norms of resume don'ts: poor expression. By this we mean those trite terms that are ready for continue retirement. Here, we'll talk around eight of the resume words almost every employing supervisor loathes. 1. Objective Objective is a no-no on the grounds that it is a piece of Target Statement, an obsolete expression on any resume. These statements fell undesirable since they spoke increasingly about what an occupation searcher would escape a position, instead of concentrating on what an occupation searcher would bring to a position. The organization centered term is, rather, a lifelong outline, which portrays an occupation searcher's most important abilities, characteristics, and achievements that would make them a solid match for a position. A lifelong synopsis (likewise called official outline) is a superior option in contrast to a goal articulation. 2. Profoundly qualified In the event that you utilize exceptionally qualified on your resume, you're probably going to appear anything besides. Additionally, you'll be including one of selection representatives' mood killers. Or maybe than being so striking as to list this word, let your exceptionally qualified status become clear to perusers by temperance of your achievements, experience, and instruction. 3. Cooperative person or Hard laborer These expressions are both hackneyed and obscure â€" they don't say much regarding what you did in a past position. Rather than utilizing language that is likely on each resume, exchange out expressions like these for quantifiable targets. Quantifiable achievements are quantifiable accomplishments you acted in a position, for the most part expressed in the type of numbers, rates, and benefit. 4. Used Used is only a spruced up variant of utilization. Don't attempt to extravagant up an entirely serviceable action word so as to sound increasingly practiced. Scouts can see directly through these strategies. Aptitudes and accomplishments, when appropriately featured (as through the previously mentioned quantifiable outcomes), need no further embellishments. 5. Self-roused or Go-getter You would prefer not to incorporate an excessive amount of summing up, particularly about portraying how extraordinary you are. Rather than including these excellent modifiers, incorporate action words like improved or made about your quantifiable achievements to let the peruser make their own decisions about you. 6. Proactive Proactive is one of those resume trendy expressions that doesn't state a lot. While it may sound great, it doesn't tell the selection representative how precisely you're proactive. Rather than posting words that sound great, examine the activity posting and your resume through Jobscan. Jobscan pulls watchwords from the activity posting that you should coordinate on your resume. While tailoring, glance through those pulled catchphrases to discover at least one that exhibit your proactive mentality all the more explicitly. Set aside the effort to tailor your resume to each activity. 7. References accessible upon demand Another ghost of continues past, References accessible upon demand occupies room pointlessly â€" all businesses will require references, and they will expect that activity searchers will give them. 8. Was and Became These action words of being don't discuss what you did in past positions, the most significant capacity of your resume. Rather than composing action words like these, include activity verbs to create visuals in your perusers' heads. Main concern: use words that assist selection representatives with understanding who you are and what you can bring to the table, in the snappiest and most direct way. Jettison pointless terms. Your language ought to be clear in communicating what you've done and the different manners by which you've accomplished them.

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Normal Mistakes That Can Cost You a Job Offer Numerous officials overlook a vocation isn't theirs until they make all necessary endorsements to get utilized with the organization. Getting a bid for employment is incredible, yet a few slip-ups could prompt the offer being pulled back. You've endeavored to get your official resume bio fit as a fiddle to get perceived, land a meeting and at last find a new line of work offer. Here are a portion of the basic mix-ups you have to stay away from both when accepting a proposition for employment. Not Being Honest Try not to tell your questioner you have another bid for employment somewhere else on the off chance that it isn't correct. Essentially, don't lie about the pay at your present position or past position. Bosses reserve the privilege to take a gander at this data for check before they make a proposition for employment. In case you're trapped in a falsehood, they may scrutinize your whole official resume bio and not give you an offer. Not Keeping Your References Informed Your references on your official resume could be basic in finding you a line of work. In any case, any of the top resume composing administrations will instruct you to consistently keep your references educated when you send in a resume. Managers regularly call those references, so you don't need them to be astounded when it occurs. You need your references to be arranged so they can examine your past work most viably. Haggling Too Much or Too Early Arrangement is a piece of the meeting procedure for officials. Be that as it may, there's a period and spot for arranging, and doing it too soon or time and again could make a business awkward enough where they won't extend to you the employment opportunity. You are qualified for reasonable compensation and advantages, yet there must be some give-and-take also. Online life Blunders Potential bosses quite often take a gander at web based life profiles since it gives them knowledge regarding what your identity is. Utilize a LinkedIn profile administration to get your Linkedin profile tidied up from an expert viewpoint. Additionally be mindful so as not to post any photographs or editorial that could be hostile or in any case hurt your odds of not looking and sounding proficient. Online life is an important apparatus, however it can likewise be incredibly expensive when not utilized properly. Proficient Resume Services is one of the top resume composing administrations in the business. Not exclusively would we be able to assist you with composing a viable resume to help your odds of handling a meeting, however we likewise have important hints about different phases of your official quest for new employment. Don't hesitate to get in touch with us whenever in case you're battling with your pursuit of employment.

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