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Qualifications or experience? |
Do employers recruit on the basis of qualifications or experience? I am unemployed and i am trying to find work in the administration/office kind of field. I have had a few years of experience via voluntary work and work placements however i have never got further than an interview. Do they really want qualifications? Do they relly need that bit of paper that says you can type a letter? Surely with it being the 21st Century its safe to assume that people can type!? The jobcentre drum into you that you can get any job! What that don't tell you is that you need A + B to get C. It depends on what kind of company it is. A lot of government jobs need qualifications. Big companies need qualifications. Maybe you can start at a smaller company. Also, even though you have great qualifications you still need to master the art of being interviewed. I see a lot of people with limited to no experience at all and they get a wonderful job with wonderful pay. Make sure your resume looks great, make sure you have a great cover letter, and make sure you pass the interview(s). If you don't know how to make a great resume and cover letter then you can try to ask a professional to do it for you. Or you can copy some of the wordings on somebody else's resume. If somebody calls you for an interview it means you are already pre-qualified. They don't call unqualified people. Once you get the interview make sure you pass it. Good luck! A friend of mine was struggling to get a job a few years ago and the Jobcentre sent him on an admin course learning basic filing and word processing etc. As a result he got an office job and has been working ever since. He has relocated and been promoted. So ask in the jobcentre about some kind of training and you may do ok. depends on what the employer is looking for i can take a person that has earned a honest degree (not one of those 5 day mba courses off the internet) and train him. but i can not train and untrained person -- as for experience it helps but if i am looking for some one to go from typist to manage of typist i again will look for qualifications. don't give up just keep pounding the pavement and you will find an opening. Hi - Well working in the HR function, I would say that maybe you need to expand your CV a little and perhaps see if a local college is doing interview skills techniques - or your local job centre - sometimes it can purely be how you answer the questions.. Unless it is a role that really needs a specific technical degree, then it shouldn't matter. When presenting your cv, try and match the tasks that you have done to the requirements of the role. Make sure that the covering letter really 'sells' you as a individual, about your transferable skills. Even mums that haven't worked in a long time, bring great organisational and time management skills. Anway hope that gives you a bit of help. cheers and very good luck personally i would go for experience any day. job centers are crap too! I think a lot of employers will be looking for a combination of the two. Experience is really important and if it can be backed up with positive references that makes a huge difference. But qualifications demonstrate a willingness to learn and recognised standard/quality of work. It's always worth getting feedback from interviews, ask questions such as 'what additions in my skills or knowledge would help me get this type of job in the future?' and 'how can improve my interview technique?' Good luck with job hunt! The answer to your question is it depends on the employer. Some will be rigid and will only give interviews for people who have ECDL, for instance, others, who are more open minded may think along the same lines as yourself, that being that they do not require "bits of paper" but rather give credit for experience and transferable skills. Trouble is knowing were the person vetting the CV's sits on that issue. So unfortunately i would advise you to get that bit of paper, if you live in Scotland contact ILA and you will get 拢200 towards paying for a course like ECCL or the like. But wherever you are, go to an employment agency, they often have tests that they run to ensure you are a sell-able asset, let them big you up saying how you got "90% on their admin assessment" typeof thing, and it wont cost you a thing. Best of Luck |
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