Job Search: Former Students

You should know to find a job and this is an art.
 

It will be necessary to be effective and methodical to be seen by many recruitment agencies and headhunters.
 

What are the former students?

 

Former students of colleges and universities are often organized in associations  to promote their establishment and for the purpose to:
 

* be aware of the professional situation of these latter: for subsequent relations and contacts between former students,
 

* manage an employment office at the disposal of students.
 

What is the function of the employment office?

The main objective of the employment office of the former students association is:
 

* to assist in placement of students leaving school,
 

* to assist former students who need or want to change jobs: job search or new career direction,
 

* collect: job offers from different companies and job applications of former students,
 

* link companies and persons involved in such offers and applications,
 

* keep many statistics: as wage developments, the number of offers compared to the market, etc.
 

Other services of the former students association

 

The former students association offers other services and provides various informations, such as:
 

* the practical information on the concerned institution,
 

* the date of open days,
 

* the date of job fairs: the association can participate in the professional forum,
 

* the cultural programs,
 

* the disseminating of newletters,
 

* the information on various research carried out by students.
 

Former students: how it works?

Managing a former students association, according to its importance, requires a lot of time and energy, especially with regard to the employment office:
 

* It is often a competent and dedicated individual who is at the disposal of the association (half time, full time or days per week).
 

* The association usually has a website available to students and has many tools to help them manage their careers.
 

* Everyone can create his profile in the directory. It can also receive messages from his  friends.
* To have a balanced budget and to sustain the association properly, former students generally pay a fee for the year.
 

Other ways to stay in touch with former students

Professional social networks (Viadeo, Linkedin) also enable former students of the same institution to network.
 

These networks are also an ideal place to deposit an online resume.

Job Search: Headhunter

Do not hesitate to mobilize and establish an action plan to find a job quickly.

What is a headhunter?

The role of headhunter is to canvass candidates already employed in a company, that is what is called the direct approach, unlike the recruiting firm.
 

His research is focused mainly on:
 

* executives and managers with highly qualified profile,
 

* or a person with a specific profile and skills.
 

The headhunter must have a very good knowledge of the business and posts world.
 

He must:
 

* be a perfect negotiator,
 

* have an excellent level of English to find international executives,
 

* be persuasive and have a high oral quality.
 

What is the mission of the headhunter?

The headhunter is on the lookout for unusual profiles and hidden talents. It will be commissioned by a company seeking a rare profile and highly qualified.
 

His research will be carried out in home country and abroad.
 

To do this, he has the means as:
 

* database with the CVs of high-level employees,
 

* an excellent address book,
 

* it has a pool regularly updated, as it also distributes job offers. Therefore, he receives  applications every day.
 

The headhunter can also intervene:
 

* when a company failed in its recruitment,
 

* or when it needs an advice to recruit.
 

Headhunter: how to be canvassed?

Initially, the headhunter will meet with the contractor to define his requirements objectively.
 

Then the head of research, commissioned by the company, will therefore consult his various tools to select his candidates.
 

The first step
 

It will therefore identify companies sheltering relevant profiles to make contact with people who seem interesting to him.
 

For this, it will develop a scenario worthy of a secret agent to get in touch by phone and discreetly with the candidate in position to:
 

* get a name, a phone number (direct line, mobile), a hierarchy,
 

* social networks and professional blogs and the school directories are also very useful.
 

Everything is good to get the information that will allow getting in touch with the ideal candidate.
 

The second step
 

The second step is to convince the selected person.
 

The headhunter will have little time to convince the candidate who is often disturbed on his mobile while he is working:
 

* The explanation on the phone will be clear, fast and accurate.
 

* The research fellow will simultaneously evaluate the candidate's potential and measure interest.
 

* It is often perceived by the recipient who feels valued by this call thanks to his skill level and desired competences.
 

In all cases, the approach remains respectful.
 

The last step
 

It will bring together those selected persons with the concerned company.
 

You should know that the headhunter is necessary for an obligation of result towards
the company seeking to recruit a collaborator.

Career & Jobs: Resume / CV

Resume is your business card, take care of it!
 

Recruitment firms and companies are very sensitive and appreciate a good candidate.
 

Prepare there with great attention, the objective being to make your promotion!
 

What is a resume?

 

CV (curriculum vitae) is part of your application, as the motivation letter.
 

* It will respond to a job offer or will be a spontaneous application subject.
 

* It will be established with the utmost care, as it will enhance your skills and knowledge.
 

Finally, if your resume is well prepared, it will open the doors of the interview.
 

It is therefore your passport to employment, it will be attractive, vendor to increase your chance to find a job.
 

Resume type

CV will be adapted according to several criteria and depending on your situation:
 

* CV for internship: concerns more particularly students or recent graduates looking for an internship,
 

* professional resume: for beginners, those confirmed and seniors,
 

* competency CV: different from a conventional CV, it comes by acquired skills,
 

* original CV: has a less conventional style (color, design, flash CV),
 

* CV in English: if you are looking for a job abroad or if you work in a multinational or foreign company, but based in your country,
 

* CV online: concers more specifically professional social networks: Viadeo, Linkedin, Facebook.
 

What does a CV contain?

Your resume is customized and summarizes your career. Your CV will not be superfluous, it will highlight the key and your value.
 

The latter will therefore contain essential information for the recruiter as: your personal statement, a training theme, a work experience theme, a different section (center of interest, traineeship, objectives).
 

You can also add your photo that is popular with recruiters.
 

Personal presentation

* In this section, you will specify your contact information: name, surname, address, phone number, address, email.
 

* The other part will include:
 

- age or date of birth (it is better to mention his age),
- family status,
- nationality.
 

Training theme

You specify the title of your qualifications and/or training as well as:
 

* the graduation date and,
 

* the institutions (high schools, universities, colleges) regarding these trainings and diplomas.
 

If you have had a mention in high school diploma or other references, please specify.
 

Professional experience theme

It will be clear and precise and mention each experience:
 

* dates, performed function,
 

* the activity sector with the name of the company,
 

* a short summary of conducted tasks and missions.
 

Other theme

This theme includes:
 

* your interests (extra-professional activities),
 

* additional training or internships,
 

* the languages ​​you have studied specifying the level,
 

* your computer skills.
 

Feel free to change your resume if necessary (career change, company, new training, etc.).
 

CV presentation

Your resume should be aerated and accurate for a good read:
 

* It will also highlight the important points and will be organized in separate part.
 

* It will be presented on maximum 1-2 pages.
 

* Instead, it is recommended a classic form of resume that is master key and is timeless, it will have a good editorial quality to make the difference.
 

Whose to send the CV?

The CV will be sent to the person indicated on the job offer.
 

Otherwise, it will be sent to the HR or personnel department for a small enterprise.

Paramedical Jobs

There are many different jobs in the paramedical sector, allowing to mix the sense of touch and technicality. Discover all the paramedical jobs.
 

The population aging and the rise of a welfare society lead a growing need for paramedical professionals. Requested profiles are varied in the image of those jobs which are exerted  in hospital, in office or at home.
 

Accompany, treat, prepare, retrain patients: this looks like the daily of million paramedical professionals. Among them, one counts twenty different jobs, but all allow to mix the sense of touch and technicality. And if many positions are held by women, there is place for everyone!
 

Mostly employees of the public, private or voluntary sector, paramedical professionals work in hospitals and clinics, health centers, nursing homes, medical offices, medical imaging centers, clinical laboratories and sometimes at home. These jobs can also be exercised in private.
 

Growing recruitment needs in the health sector

With the population aging and the importance of our society to well-being, the paramedical personnel needs are growing. Recruitment increases accordingly and this especially since the retirements can accelerate in the coming years. Some institutions do not also hesitate to recruit students even before the end of their training, particularly among nurses...
 

Development opportunities in paramedical jobs

Once in office, it is possible to change or to specialize through internal competition. Thus, the carer can become a nurse. The nurse can develop into nurse anesthetist, operating room or nursing manager. In addition, to cope with a shortage of physicians, paramedical professionals are acquiring more and more responsibility. Opticians can renew prescriptions and nurses have the right to make a vaccine against influenza without a prescription. Home services are also developing to reduce health costs.
 

List of paramedical jobs

- Care: caregiver, nurse, dental assistant, child care assistant, etiopath, hydrotherapist, chiropodist.
 

- Rehabilitation: physiotherapist, speech therapist, psychomotor therapist, occupational therapist, optometrist, osteopath, chiropractor.
 

- The equipment: audiologist, optician, editor in optics and eyewear, dental technician, orthopedic-orthotist, prosthetist, pedorthist.
 

- Medical-technical assistance: paramedic, pharmacy technician, medical physicist in radiotherapy, medical-technician in analysis.
 

- Diet and health: dietitian, sports nutritionist, dietitian, nutritionist engineer.

Interim Agency

You want to find a job, why not submit your application in a interim agency?
 

What is a interim agency?

The interim agency is a temporary employment enterprise which is responsible for conducting the recruitment of different people for other companies.

 

These employees also called temporary are paid according to an agreed competence and undertake missions being available to a client company of the interim agency.
 

* The temporary employment firm or interim agency is also called employer of law.
 

* The company client of the temporary employment agency, meanwhile, is also named employer of fact.
 

With regard to contracts:
 

* The contract that binds the Interim and the interim employment agency is called mission contract.
 

* The contract between the company client and the interim agency is called provision  contract.
 

Missions of interim agency

The interim agency's main objective is to recruit employees for various companies. Some are more specialized in specific jobs or industries.
 

The proposed missions often lead to fixed-term contracts which are often used to:
 

* seasonal,
 

* increased activity,
 

* replacement of a person.
 

For some time, the agencies also have the right to offer jobs to permanent positions (permanent contract).
 

Their main mission

Companies client will transmit them their job offers. Interim agencies will undertake the processing of the latter.
 

They will then be broadcast according to different tools:
 

* Internet,
 

* employment agency,
 

* classified announcements in local newspapers or in the press in general,
 

* in their own catalog.
 

Many Interims already work with the agency. However, always make sure to hire new employees of different skills and qualifications for a skilled workforce.
 

* Some of their interims can also be hired for a corporate client with permanent contract. Therefore, recruitment is part of their job.
 

* Some of these interim agencies are recognized nationally, with local branches all over your country and even abroad.
 

* This diversity allows to propose an interesting range of job offers.
 

Training

The interim agency can also offer training to its faithful interims so that they are still performing.
 

Career development plans can also be set up.
 

How to integrate an interim agency?

Iinterim agencies select the best profiles to meet the requirements of their enterprises clients.
 

It has specific recruitment methods to ensure consistency between the candidates skills and the mission proposed by the company.
 

The recruitment techniques

Candidates will face the current hiring technique, that is to say:
 

* to transmit to the interim agency, CV and letter of motivation,
 

* to pass a job interview and recruitment tests.
 

All these dispositions are necessary and essential to know very quickly if the candidate is operational, what are his skills, his personality and in what field?
 

* Once the candidate is hired, it will integrate the agency's database, which is in charge of job offers and schedules of each interim.
 

* The new interim must show motivated, efficient, responsive and not be too hard on the first missions entrusted to him.
 

* Mobility and availability play an essential role in the selection of candidates.
 

How to invoice an interim agency?

The interim employment agency will charge its performance to its enterprise client.
 

It is the temporary employment enterprise which will pay the interims that are somehow its employees. It will also be responsible for the payment of contributions to the various social agencies.

Career Abroad: Expatriation & Detachment

Which status to choose: detached or expatriate?
 

A departure abroad needs preparation and requires a lot of thought, because it engages you professionally, but it also engages your family.
 

Expatriation and detachment: what status to choose?

 

Employment of expatriate looms, because you are going to conduct an international career, so you will have the status of: detached or expatriate.
 

Your employer will decide on the latter, however he will opt for the best solution by analyzing the social and financial implications.
 

What difference between detached and expatriate?

Your country can have one of the best welfare systems in the world, we envy it alot and the the citizen considers it a crucial element in his standard of living.
 

Know that the company employing foreign staff is relieved of any obligation in terms of social protection.
 

Therefore, the legal doctrine offers two options:
 

* detachment: the employment contract of the employee going abroad continued to apply.
 

- the employee is detached abroad for a limited period, as it varies according to the destination country.
 

* the expatriation: the initial work contract is suspended for the duration of the mission abroad. In this case, the employee is bound to the host company by a local contract.
 

- the company may also recruit, especially for the occasion, a collaborator to send him abroad.
 

It is therefore important to negotiate his departure abroad with his employer.
 

Expatriation and detachment: the implications

Depending on the status: detached or expatriate, rights in social protection are different, remember that the social benefit concerns:
 

* the reimbursement of medical expenses, maternity hospital,
 

* the management of work accidents,
 

* the retirement (social security and complementary) or expatriates retirement,
 

* the unemployment insurance,
 

* the sanitary repatriation assistance.
 

The impact according to the status will be:
 

* Detached: the employee continues to contribute to the country system of social security, pension and unemployment insurance.
 

* Expatriate:
 

- the notion of expatriate does not exist in work law, collaborator will be obliged to contribute to the social welfare system of the host country.
- It is advisable to take a membership to the fund of citizen abroad to complete social coverage.
 

Good to know: Many countries have a specific community regulation. Social security agreements may exist between the host country and yours.