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Job Hunting in a RecessionJCI-BLT-AIESEC Networking Event

Tuesday 14th July 2009

Don LeslieFounder Director, BLT

©Don Leslie 2009

BLT, Quality House, Quality Court, Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1HPTel: 020 7419 0909 Fax: 020 7405 3310

www.blt.co.uk

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3Recession

• Lehman Brothers: 15th Sept

• October to December: turnover down 50%

• January to June: turnover down 50% again

• KPMG: retention strategy

• Redundancies amongst strategy houses

• Temps go first

• 500+ CVs per week

• Redundancies at BLT

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How to cope if you’re out of work

a) Admit it

b) Keep to a routine

c) Network

Recruitment Agencies & Headhunters

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8Facts & Figures

How many agencies in the UK? c17,000

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Getting On The Radar

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Similarities

– The employer is the client (not you)

– The employer pays (not you)

Differences

– You find the agency

– Headhunter finds you

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Salary Coverage

– Agency: up to £150,000

– Headhunter: from £100,000

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UK Bodies

– REC: www.rec.uk.com

– APSCO: www.atsco.org (sic!)

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Working with a Headhunter– Get Introduced

– Message + Messenger

14Places to look for jobs

• Internship/Placement

15Places to look for jobs

• Friends, neighbours and alumni

• Print ads

• Websites

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Good Luck!Any Questions? Any Comments? Verbal Abuse?

dfl@blt.co.uk

subject line “JCI-BLT-AIESEC Networking Event” © Don Leslie 2009

BLT, Quality House, Quality Court, Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1HP

Tel: + 44 (0) 20 7419 0909 Fax: +44 (0) 20 7405 3310

www.blt.co.uk