Comments for AssessmentCentreCoach Job Blog http://www.assessmentcentrecoach.co.uk Blogging for GraduateInterviewCoach and Graduate2Success Mon, 27 Dec 2010 12:29:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Do top law firms erect barriers to social mobility? by Reader http://www.assessmentcentrecoach.co.uk/index.php/2010/12/21/do-top-law-firms-erect-barriers-to-social-mobility/comment-page-1/#comment-1000 Reader Mon, 27 Dec 2010 12:29:17 +0000 http://www.assessmentcentrecoach.co.uk/?p=304#comment-1000 It is not unreasonable for any company to recruit candidates who are not only well qualified but who look and sound appropriate. It seems to me that if people who are not from an upmarket background want to work for an upmarket brand they need to make themselves acceptable. The solution is in a candidate's own hands - learn how to speak, behave and dress in a way that fits in with the image the company wants to project. If you are not prepared to do that, you probably wouldn't be happy working for the company anyway. It is not unreasonable for any company to recruit candidates who are not only well qualified but who look and sound appropriate. It seems to me that if people who are not from an upmarket background want to work for an upmarket brand they need to make themselves acceptable. The solution is in a candidate’s own hands – learn how to speak, behave and dress in a way that fits in with the image the company wants to project. If you are not prepared to do that, you probably wouldn’t be happy working for the company anyway.

]]> Comment on Graduate Unemployment Conundrum by joe http://www.assessmentcentrecoach.co.uk/index.php/2010/09/06/graduate-unemployment-conundrum/comment-page-1/#comment-514 joe Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:28:19 +0000 http://www.assessmentcentrecoach.co.uk/?p=202#comment-514 There are too few engineering entry positions. The problem is that engineering companies are not prepared to spend time and money training graduates for a particular job role. Also any skills gained from University that would qualify someone to do the job, an employer would not value it unless those skills were gained in a job. There is no excuse for companies to complain of a shortage of skills in a workforce as they can train. When they complain that they can’t find the people what they are in fact saying is that they don’t want to spend money and time training and/or they don’t want to pay the going rate for those skills. I guess they don’t have to if they can get people from EU or none EU countries. So the local work force won’t get trained and so there is a shortage of skills. I do believe that the numbers of engineering graduates are too high. The market is saturated. Many Engineering graduates can’t get jobs and so are forced to work in other sectors. An engineering degree is considered worthless after two years of not working in an engineering sector. Also there is little flexibility in the engineering job sector. If you worked in a particular engineering sector for example as a manufacturing engineering you won’t be permitted to transfer into, for example a CAD job even though you have the skills. There are too few engineering entry positions. The problem is that engineering companies are not prepared to spend time and money training graduates for a particular job role. Also any skills gained from University that would qualify someone to do the job, an employer would not value it unless those skills were gained in a job.
There is no excuse for companies to complain of a shortage of skills in a workforce as they can train. When they complain that they can’t find the people what they are in fact saying is that they don’t want to spend money and time training and/or they don’t want to pay the going rate for those skills. I guess they don’t have to if they can get people from EU or none EU countries. So the local work force won’t get trained and so there is a shortage of skills.
I do believe that the numbers of engineering graduates are too high. The market is saturated. Many Engineering graduates can’t get jobs and so are forced to work in other sectors. An engineering degree is considered worthless after two years of not working in an engineering sector. Also there is little flexibility in the engineering job sector. If you worked in a particular engineering sector for example as a manufacturing engineering you won’t be permitted to transfer into, for example a CAD job even though you have the skills.

]]> Comment on Can it really be that bad! by Nic http://www.assessmentcentrecoach.co.uk/index.php/2010/05/28/can-it-really-be-that-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-140 Nic Thu, 17 Jun 2010 09:02:32 +0000 http://www.assessmentcentrecoach.co.uk/?p=170#comment-140 I don't think it's anywhere near as bad as the media would have us believe. Tenacity and patience still pay off and presumably, those are qualities that graduates have acquired if they've achieved their degree. My sister graduated last year with a 2:2. As far as her university was concerned, she would never get a job with that grade in this climate. And she proved them wrong and took great pleasure in doing so. Kick-starting <a href="http://www.graduate-jobs.com/gco/graduate-careers-uk.jsp" rel="nofollow">graduate careers</a> has gotten harder, there's no doubt about that but if you're patient, flexible, tenacious and you don't believe what the media's telling you, you'll be ok. I don’t think it’s anywhere near as bad as the media would have us believe. Tenacity and patience still pay off and presumably, those are qualities that graduates have acquired if they’ve achieved their degree.

My sister graduated last year with a 2:2. As far as her university was concerned, she would never get a job with that grade in this climate. And she proved them wrong and took great pleasure in doing so. Kick-starting graduate careers has gotten harder, there’s no doubt about that but if you’re patient, flexible, tenacious and you don’t believe what the media’s telling you, you’ll be ok.

]]> Comment on ‘No Jerk’ Hiring Policies – Do They Work ? by Analisa Lescavage http://www.assessmentcentrecoach.co.uk/index.php/2010/03/20/no-jerk-hiring-policies-do-they-work/comment-page-1/#comment-97 Analisa Lescavage Wed, 02 Jun 2010 03:49:19 +0000 http://www.assessmentcentrecoach.co.uk/?p=96#comment-97 , thank you for this latest information. Therefore, I would like to ask for your allowance to add some of this information in my blog. Of course, I will provide a link to your website, as a source of my mentioned information. , thank you for this latest information. Therefore, I would like to ask for your allowance to add some of this information in my blog. Of course, I will provide a link to your website, as a source of my mentioned information.

]]> Comment on Can it really be that bad! by Matt http://www.assessmentcentrecoach.co.uk/index.php/2010/05/28/can-it-really-be-that-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-94 Matt Tue, 01 Jun 2010 09:54:44 +0000 http://www.assessmentcentrecoach.co.uk/?p=170#comment-94 Well, at the end of the day, we can only do what we're motivated to do and, for me, that involves getting a job. Us graduates have to be less choosey but a bit more circumspect about what we want to do with our future. Well, at the end of the day, we can only do what we’re motivated to do and, for me, that involves getting a job. Us graduates have to be less choosey but a bit more circumspect about what we want to do with our future.

]]> Comment on ‘No Jerk’ Hiring Policies – Do They Work ? by webmaster http://www.assessmentcentrecoach.co.uk/index.php/2010/03/20/no-jerk-hiring-policies-do-they-work/comment-page-1/#comment-75 webmaster Mon, 24 May 2010 17:50:02 +0000 http://www.assessmentcentrecoach.co.uk/?p=96#comment-75 Thanks for the observation Thanks for the observation

]]> Comment on Female graduates win the recruitment stakes for top jobs. by webmaster http://www.assessmentcentrecoach.co.uk/index.php/2010/03/01/female-graduates-win-the-recruitment-stakes-for-top-jobs/comment-page-1/#comment-74 webmaster Mon, 24 May 2010 17:48:57 +0000 http://www.assessmentcentrecoach.co.uk/?p=8#comment-74 Thanks Kelly Thanks Kelly

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]]> Comment on ‘No Jerk’ Hiring Policies – Do They Work ? by webmaster http://www.assessmentcentrecoach.co.uk/index.php/2010/03/20/no-jerk-hiring-policies-do-they-work/comment-page-1/#comment-60 webmaster Mon, 17 May 2010 17:00:18 +0000 http://www.assessmentcentrecoach.co.uk/?p=96#comment-60 Hi, glad you like it. Please go ahead and do let me know your blog details, if your blog is open to none Harvard alummni. Hi, glad you like it. Please go ahead and do let me know your blog details, if your blog is open to none Harvard alummni.

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