A Career Codex presentation on: How to find success in the job market. The power of work experience. Employer engagement strategies to bridge the skills gap. Delivered at the East Midlands Chamber of Commerce Skills Summit in Nottingham on 9 June 2015.

1. East Midlands Skills Summit 2015
Career Codex - unlocking the secret to jobseeker success
Simon Gray - Founder & Career Strategist

2. A word from Einstein…
‘The definition of insanity is doing the
same thing over and over again and
expecting different results!’

3. Today…
• Finding success in the job market
• The power of work experience
• Employer engagement strategies
• Q&A

4. Background…
Chartered Accountant - KPMG
Recruitment industry - 10 years
Published Author - Harriman House
Guardian Careers - ‘panel of experts’
AIM Awards - two qualifications:
• Level 2 Award in Skills for Career Planning using Technology (QCF)
• Level 3 Award in Employability Skills: Creating an Online Profile (QCF)
Founder of Career Codex / Chief Executive - Nottingham Means Business
With high unemployment and jobseekers fighting for fewer and fewer
jobs it's never been more important to get an edge when looking for
that next career move. The right experience and qualifications, a good
CV and a nicely worded covering letter are no longer enough – they
are the bare minimum!
In this book, experienced recruiter Simon Gray explains how to get
ahead, what to do and – just as crucially – what not to do in order to
win in the highly competitive job race. He also explores the
psychology of looking for a job and divulges his revolutionary
techniques to get noticed and employed in a crowded market.
If you are looking for a job or planning to change career this is the
book you can't afford not to read!
£12.99Harriman HouseHh
SIMON GRAY began his recruitment career in 1999. Ten years later, he
jointly founded Cherry Professional Limited, a recruitment business
dedicated to providing the best career advice to jobseekers. Simon is
also a Chartered Accountant having qualified with KPMG, which adds
to his skills as a professional recruiter. These two areas of expertise
both call for rigour and a sense of detail which he also applies away
from the office as an accomplished Martial Artist.
Simon is an experienced commentator, regularly quoted on BBC Radio
and in other media, offering tips to both jobseekers and employers.
In Super Secrets of the Successful Jobseeker, he combines his mental
discipline, understanding of the psychology of people and expert
knowledge of the job market to give the jobseeker that all important edge.
SUPER
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT
FINDING A JOB IN DIFFICULT TIMES
SECRETS
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SUCCESSFUL
JOBSEEKER
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SUPER SECRETS OF THE
SUCCESSFUL JOBSEEKER
ISBN 978-0857192486
9 780857 192486
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5. Bigger than the room…
@careercodex
#emccodex

6. FINDING SUCCESS
IN THE
JOB MARKET

7. Finding success in the job market…

8. Finding success in the job market…

9. Finding success in the job market…
• Believe
• Think
• Act

10. THE POWER OF
WORK EXPERIENCE

11. The power of work experience…
Benefits to the student
• Try before you commit
• Builds confidence
• Powers up the CV
• Builds good habits
• Contacts

12. The power of work experience…
Benefits to the employer
• Low risk
• Pipeline for new talent
• Recruitment tool
• Project based skills

13. The power of work experience…
Making the most of it
• Ask questions
• Do more than is asked
• Obtain a reference
• Expand the comfort zone
• Keep in touch

14. EMPLOYER
ENGAGEMENT
STRATEGIES

15. Employer engagement strategies…
Lessons from Nashville
Provide students with more of the advanced skills they need to be successful and
productive citizens in college, career and life.
• Planning - 14 years +
• Online education
• Project based - ‘externships’
• Joint branding
• Recruitment

16. Employer engagement strategies…
Young Professionals - Dan Miller
• Joint event at Antenna - 30 June
• Employer sponsors
• Networking opportunity
• Free event

17. The Career Codex methodology…
Works at any level and for any industry sector…
Head Start - starting out / work experience
Jump Start - advancing / changing career
Executive Edge - advancing / changing career
‘Career Codex has given
me a more successful
approach to the job
search process - Simon is
more valuable that
anyone I’ve met or
spoken with in this
market.’
Rick Brawn - Senior
Executive

18. Coming soon…

19. eLearning…

20. A final thought…

21. Thank you…
Thank you for listening…
simon.gray@careercodex.co.uk
020 3675 1467 / 07805 567 954
Free guide - 5 things successful jobseekers know that others don’t - please visit:
careercodex.co.uk