Useful Resources

These are the links referred to in Chapter 21

Introduction
The writings on the wall: Alongside buying newspapers you can also keep up with the news via the newspaper web sites.  A comprehensive list is available here: www.amazingpeople.co.uk/researchzone.htm

If your job is made redundant, read up on your entitlements at www.berr.gov.uk. The short link to the specific page you want is http://tinyurl.com/5sgrdq

PART TWO

Getting ready, being organised

 Copies of all the forms used in this chapter are available as a downloadable PDF booklet from http://www.howtogetajobinarecession.com/

What do you want to do?

Values: If you would like to work through an extensive values exercise using a a pack of values cards please visit www.amazingpeople.co.uk/valuescards.htm

Jobs Explorer: To find out more about different jobs use the “explore type of jobs” links at www.prospects.ac.uk. Here is the direct link http://tinyurl.com/2l7kn 

Use the job profiles at http://careersadvice.direct.gov.uk, Here is the direct link http://tinyurl.com/22uege

Read more about different careers at Careers TV: http://www.careerstv.eu/

 

Career assessments

Highlands Ability Battery: This is based on the work of Johnson O’Connor - http://www.jocrf.org/. 
The highlands company main web site is at http://www.highlandsco.com/

If you are interested in taking it you may like to visit http://www.highlandsuk.com/ or http://tinyurl.com/dlw8uc

Other assessments: Details on the Highlands Ability Battery, MBTI and Strong Interest Inventory are available at www.personalassessments.co.uk.

You can take free tests at a number of sites including the BBC – what am I like, http://tinyurl.com/6l4n2.

The Keirsey Temperament Sorter which is similar to the MBTI can be taken for free at http://www.keirsey.com/ although you need to pay for a comprehensive report.

Wondering if you would make it through selection to be a pilot – you can take a practice test from www.qantas.com.au here: http://tinyurl.com/6lljt6 or http://www.aviac.com/demo/

Creating your CV

If you would like a review of your CV contact denise at denise@amazingpeople.co.uk

Get networking

 

 

Fact finding interviews

To find out more about different companies you can research via a business library or look on line using the Kompass Register of British Industries and Commerce available at www.kompass.com/kinl/index.php

Stand out from the crowd

An excellent book to read more on this topic is Career Distinction, stand out by building your brand by William Arruda and Kirsten Dixson published by Wiley. You can also find out about your online identity by using the tool available here: http://www.onlineidcalculator.com/index.php 

Interviews

http://www2.monster.co.uk/virtualinterviews

http://www.jobsite.co.uk/bemyinterviewer/

Psychometric testing

Practice a variety of tests using the links available from this page of The University of Kent web site - http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/psychotests.htm.

Major test providers provide practice tests

SHL: http://www.shldirect.com/

ASE: www.ase-solutions.co.uk with the direct link at http://tinyurl.com/b795kw

Saville Consulting: from Saville Consulting the direct link is http://tinyurl.com/cl7cfh

PSL/Kenexa: http://www.psl.co.uk/practice/

This site was created by two Bristol University students to provide free practice tests: http://www.assessmentday.co.uk/ 

This site has some free and some paid for practice tests and further information: http://www.psychometric-success.com/

Kogan Page: http://www.profilingforsuccess.com/kogan-page/

Test your verbal knowledge at http://tinyurl.com/d8o2v6

You can access a range of practice tests at low cost here: http://www.aptitudetestsonline.co.uk/

Axiom Software, abstract reasoning test at http://www.axiomsoftware.com/products/discovery-abstract.php?uc=9,396

Test examples for finance jobs: http://students.efinancialcareers.co.uk/numerical_test.htm

Considering work as a computer programmer? You can test your aptitude here: http://www.psychometrics-uk.com/bapt.html

More practice tests are available at: http://space.businessballs.com/paulnewton/index.htm

If you are applying to a company they will often have a page with details on their tests, for example from HSBC - http://www.jobs.hsbc.co.uk/graduates/useful-tools/psychometric-test.aspx