I am feeling guilty for not having posted recently, especially to those of you who follow my posts and who have driven the views to over 29,000. Two years ago when I started I was amazed when I registered 100 views. Well it is true that I was distracted a bit by Christmas and I have been replacing some fencing in the garden, but the main reason is my new (honorary, that means I do it for free) assignment in the church which involves helping people (church members and non members) find work, improve their employment or decide what career path to follow.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has an excellent web site for job and career seekers. The rather long name of the church is often abbreviated to LDS so the web site is called ldsjobs. So if you are interested and would like to take a look here is what to do:-
1 Use your internet browser to find ldsjobs.org
If If you are a member of the LDS Church and
registered on the church's web system press “Sign In” in the top right hand corner or
register. If you are not a member go
straight to the Complete Your Profile box and click on it. You will be able to
register as a Friend. When you have completed the above you will be
able to explore the site and take advantage of its resources. There is information and helpful advice for job seekers, students and those wanting to be self employed. The section on writing CVs lists four different types of CV and discusses their various merits.
MOST JOBS ARE FOUND BY NETWORKING
Networking
is a fancy term that just means you tell everyone you know (well, nearly
everyone, maybe not your current boss and work colleagues) that you are looking
for a job as a “such and such” and do they know of any openings or (and this is
equally important) do they know of anyone else who might know of job openings! Doing this you can build a large “network” of
people looking for you. However, it is
no good just asking them once. You have
to gently remind them on a regular basis that you are still looking. Go to ldsjobs.org
click on Article Index and then
click on Successful Networking.
PERFORMING AT YOUR BEST DURING AN INTERVIEW
When you get
the chance of an interview you must not spoil it by being poorly prepared. Feel free to ask a friend for a “practice interview”, it can give you a realistic experience which can improve your
performance at a real interview. Running practice interviews is one of my roles in the church's programme. For
further information and certainly prior to a mock or real interview go to ldsjobs.org click on Article Index and then click on Interviewing and read the articles.
On the employment web site you can find where the church has Employment Centres. My wife Rosalind and I help out at the centre in the Hyde Park Chapel, Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London on Tuesdays.
If you know of employment opportunities please let us know?
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