British Sikh Federation
Jobs / Government Funds
The
information in the tables on the following pages will give you the website or
email address to obtain jobs details from major employers, and will be
regularly expanded and updated to cover the following areas:-
Engineering
Government
IT
Law
Teaching
Temps
International
/ Work Permits for UK
CV
The
following will help you to write a better CV that stands out, so that you have
a much better chance of obtaining the job.
1.Recognise
that you will be miles ahead of the pack if you
produce different CV’s for different jobs. Don’t fall into the common trap of
regarding your CV as your first shot at autobiography. Its purpose is not to
reflect your infinite variety but to beat the other 200 applicants trying to
get onto the employers shortlist.
2.Mould
your CV to the job advertisement. If the ad
says they want someone dynamic and responsible, you should think of ways you
could demonstrate those qualities in the CV you send. Keep the ad in front of
you as you write, and make your CV applicable to the job and company.
3.Avoid
writing more than two pages, check your
spellings and make the layout clear and attractive. A personnel officer will be
looking for reasons to throw out applicants if they have to sift through a
large number of CV’s. After putting your name and contact details at the top,
put a personal profile. This will be a one-paragraph snapshot of information to
be expanded elsewhere, including a brief, business-like description of you,
personal qualities, experience of skills and strengths.
4.Include
next a few bullet points headed “personal
skills”. This can save anyone reading your CV a lot of time and effort. It
would subtly echo some of the job ad requirements, and say things such as “management
of large contracts”, “keyboard skills-50 wpm” and “dealing with people
effectively and tactfully”.
5.Remember
that most employers want many similar qualities
in staff: people who are willing to learn, are enthusiastic, accurate,
friendly, turn up on time and fit in. Look for ways to slot proof of these
attributes into your CV. Giving two or three lively outside interests is one
way-especially if these include “organising a local charity run” or playing
team sports.
6.Give
the usual educational and career details.
Summarise parts that happened more than a decade ago. Try to make every line
back your suitability, so give a two-line summary of your role, such as “hiring
staff, achieving targets”.
7.Provide
a final paragraph of “personal details”: your
birth date, driving licence and references, for instance. Don’t clutter it with
unnecessary information about spouse, children, nationality, or religion.
Exclude you age if you wish-but some employers will be irritated and may exclude
you.
Your
CV may have been perfect, and got you the interview. But all that will not
count for much, when the interviewers ask the killer question. Your response to
that question, designed to root out the unwary, the unprepared, will almost
certainly decide whether you get the job or not.
According
to a recent report, 3 out of 4 interviewers use the killer question to sort out
the hopefuls from the no-hopers. The
vital moment comes when the interviewer breaks into the applicant’s carefully
prepared speech about how much responsibility they had in their previous posts
to ask “can you name 5 members of the Cabinet” or any of the following: -
This
is a deliberate technique, not to trick candidates, but as test to see if they
can think originally and quickly under extreme pressure. Around 68% of
interviewers felt jobseekers could be better prepared or could show greater
enthusiasm. A confident answer to such a killer question could make a candidate
shine against other competitors.
A
third of bosses complain that hopefuls consistently let themselves down with
inappropriate dress. More than a quarter were disenchanted by the arrogance of
interviewees and a quarter of the interviewers could only draw one or two word
responses from jobseekers. Half the employers say that candidates arrived late
for interviews without an apology.
See list in table below
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Company
Name |
Web
/ e-mail address |
Locations |
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Altran |
London, Oxford, Bath, Harlow, Manchester |
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Army |
UK |
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BAE Systems |
Bristol, Plymouth, Stevenage, South Coast, Lancashire, East Yorkshire, West Midlands |
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Beechwood |
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BNFL |
Berkeley |
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BOC Edwards |
Sussex |
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British Energy |
Dungeness (Kent), Edinburgh, Glasgow, Gloucester, Hartlepool, Heysham (Lancaster), Hinkley (Bristol), Hunterston ( Glasgow), London, Sizewell (Ipswich), Torness (Edinburgh) |
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Chubu Electric Power
Company |
London |
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Cisco Systems |
Many different kinds of jobs |
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Cosworth Technology |
Northampton |
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DERA |
Worcestershire |
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East Midlands Electricity |
Nottingham |
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Engineering Recruitment
Show IEE / I Mech E |
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Regular engineering recruitment shows; The IEE website gives useful details |
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Ericsson |
Nottinghamshire |
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GKN Westland |
Aldershot, Avon mouth, Blackburn, Derby, Weston-Super-Mare, Wolverhampton, Yeovil |
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John Prodger |
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London Electricity |
London |
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Manweb |
Chester |
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Marconi PLC |
Coventry, Liverpool, Nottingham, Poole, Chelmsford, Cambridge, Frimley, Borehamwood, Dublin, Genoa (Italy) |
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Midlands Electricity |
Midlands |
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Motorola |
Bathgate, Glasgow, Swindon, Stotfold, Cheshire, Aylesbury, Basingstone |
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National Grid House |
Coventry |
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National Power |
Swindon |
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NORWEB |
Manchester |
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One 2 One |
Herts, Middlesex & UK-Wide |
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Power Gen UK |
Coventry |
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Quantica |
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Radiocommunications Agency |
London Docklands, England and Scotland |
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Railtrack |
National |
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Rolls-Royce & Bentley
Motor Cars |
Crewe, Cheshire |
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Sagem |
Paris, 19 sites in France, West Midlands, Worldwide |
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SEEBOARD |
Crawley |
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TRW Aeronautical Systems Lucas Aerospace |
Birmingham |
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TRW Automotive Electronics |
Solihull (Birmingham), Cirencester |
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Vodafone |
Newbury, Hayes(London) |
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Vector Recruitment |
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Visteon |
Dunton (Near Basildon), Essex, 20 Countries Worldwide |
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Yorkshire Electricity |
Leeds |
General Sites
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Name |
Website
/ email address |
Location |
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Newspaper site, good for local searches |
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Linked to Manpower, lots of jobs |
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Excellent for support and chats |
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Lots of agency jobs and posts overseas |
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Includes useful salary checker and good links |
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Fun, and you take a psychometric test |
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Government
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Name |
Website
/ email address |
Location |
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Home Office: Race Equality Programmes: £5
million The Home Office is
providing £5million this year to support projects in England, Scotland,
Wales, where funding will benefit ethnic minority communities, in such areas
as: Community Networks, Opportunity Schemes, Towards more Representative
Services, and creating Positive Images. You can obtain copies of the policy
paper, application form and guidance notes for the grant on the Home Office
website, |
www.homeoffice.gov.uk.
Once you are on the website, select the “Constitutional & Community
Issues” section. On the subject list shown, select “Race Equality”. The next
screen shows a document, Connecting Communities - Race Equality Support
Programmes, application form and guidance notes. |
National |
|
Department for
Education and Employment: 20,000 Jobs The DfEE is
creating some 20,000 full time salaried jobs to help in providing a
connexions service. This is a new service providing advice and support for
all young people aged 13-19 in England, and the new service will be phased in
from April 2001 |
More information
on how community organisations can become involved, and information about the
service can be found at the website www.connexions.gov.uk |
National |
|
Every
Local Authority Council now has an Early Years Development & Childcare
Partnership, and they are charged with the responsibility of administering
money provided by the Government for
co-ordinating childcare and early years education in its area:- £62
million General Grant £ 7 million Training of Childcare workers £ 4.5 million for childminder start up
grants £ 2.5 million enhancement garnts for
disadvantaged areas £46
million for pump-priming running costs on group-based childcare for pre-school
age children in areas of disadvantage |
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West
Midlands Police Service |
Birmingham,
Coventry, Walsall, Wolverhampton |
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London
Metropolitan Police |
London |
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Wolverhampton
Borough Council |
Wolverhampton
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IT
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Name |
Website
/ email address |
Location |
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Long
established specialist with wide coverage |
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Very
easy to use and good for advice |
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Newcomer,
not yet tried and tested |
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Law
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Name |
Website
/ email address |
Location |
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Judges, Lord Chancellors Dept |
London, national |
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PSD Professional Recruitment |
Europe, Asia, North America |
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Finance Lawyers, Clifford Chance |
London |
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Lawyers, Private Practice, ZMB |
London, New York, Canada, etc |
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Lawyers, QD |
England, USA, Europe, Australia, etc |
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Interpreters |
The Court Service, Immigration Appellate Authority, Sheldon Court, 2nd Floor, 1 Wagon Lane, Sheldon, Birmingham B26 3DU |
0121-685-3300 0121-742-4142 (Fax) 02920-250022 (job form and job description) England, Wales, Scotland |
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Students - these are jobs targeted at Law students at any stage in their university courses or at the College of Law |
National |
Teaching / Education
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Name |
Website
/ email address |