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What does the job What does the job market requires in market requires in
our daysour days
Spyros Michaloulis – Nikos Pavlakos
Orientum-Career Counselors
Spyros Michaloulis – Nikos PavlakosOrientum – Career Counselors
Is there a recipe to find a job?
Spyros Michaloulis – Nikos PavlakosOrientum – Career Counselors
The specialties that will be required from companies during 2005-2007 accordingly to Federation of Greek
Industries are… Mechanical engineers : 33% Economists - accountants : 29% Salesmen : 15% Marketers: 14%
Computer and Telecommunications Scientists : 13% Electrical Engineers:14% Chemists-Chemical engineers-Physics:12%
Spyros Michaloulis – Nikos PavlakosOrientum – Career Counselors
Let’s take a look…
Academical departments best wanted… 1985-87 Sociology 1992-97 Journalism 1998-2000 Finance 2000-2004 Technical Universities 2002-2006 Primary Education
Spyros Michaloulis – Nikos PavlakosOrientum – Career Counselors
As we see…
The departments that guarantee a secure career are the following:
Spyros Michaloulis – Nikos PavlakosOrientum – Career Counselors
Still…there is the case of Vassilis..
His school grades were about 19 out of 20.
His first option was medicine school.
He had complete ignorance concerning the studies.
And now what?
Spyros Michaloulis – Nikos PavlakosOrientum – Career Counselors
Employability
A recent study showed that while employers are satisfied with the qualifications of candidates employees, still they have fears about their non-technical skills.
Non-technical skills: «employability skills = employees skills, irrelevant to technical qualifications, skills that make candidates precious»
Examples: solving problems, making decisions , positive attitude, communication, effective time management, creativity, flexibility, team work, cooperation with different cultured people.
Spyros Michaloulis – Nikos PavlakosOrientum – Career Counselors
Accordingly to employers, university graduates, who are looking for a job, are characterized by
Lack of confidence, goals and motivationLack of enthusiasm and leader skills Insufficient preparation for the interview Deep interest concerning fringe benefits,
excessive payment demands Low levels of academic skillsLack of extracurricular activities Insufficient level at basic skills such as writing,
reading, calculating
Spyros Michaloulis – Nikos PavlakosOrientum – Career Counselors
Δεδομένα…
87% of people losing their job or fail to get promoted do not acquire the proper work habits and values, rather than they don’t have technical skills
Furthermore most employers have in mind that candidates will be trained on basic job matters. What is expected is something different.
Spyros Michaloulis – Nikos PavlakosOrientum – Career Counselors
Realities…
Through an interview, the employer will testify which of the above skills you possess
In a job market, in which people have the same CVs and the same qualifications…
Spyros Michaloulis – Nikos PavlakosOrientum – Career Counselors
…the person who will find easier a job is the one who has decided to make the
difference!!!!
Spyros Michaloulis – Nikos PavlakosOrientum – Career Counselors
nowadays many students … Have not understood
the reason they study: To please their
parents? To please their
teachers? To enter in a
university that, accordingly to rumors, is a good one?
To live the desired «student life»?
Spyros Michaloulis – Nikos PavlakosOrientum – Career Counselors
nowadays many students … Don’t trust
themselves and wonder how they will succeed.
They are not convinced that the best ingredient of success is action, planning and discipline
Spyros Michaloulis – Nikos PavlakosOrientum – Career Counselors
nowadays many students … See in front of their
eyes a huge «elephant» and wonder how they will manage to eat it...
They are seeking for idols that will inspire their efforts
They find difficulties in working under pressure and they get anxious
They face negatively their failures
Spyros Michaloulis – Nikos PavlakosOrientum – Career Counselors
nowadays many students … Find difficulties in
classifying their priorities.
Don’t make a difference between «important» και «urgent»
Don’t arrange in time their activities
Have not realized their commitment to achieve a goal
Spyros Michaloulis – Nikos PavlakosOrientum – Career Counselors
nowadays many students … Face lack of information about…
– What are the benefits of the university…
– What is exactly going on in faculties…
– Which is the academic studies program…
– Which are the postgraduate programs– What vocational writes has enery
department– Where can a graduate find a job…– What does the job market wants
Spyros Michaloulis – Nikos PavlakosOrientum – Career Counselors
nowadays many students … Make a last minute decision about their
profession
They ignore the educational changes
They are afraid of the constant changes in job
market.
They get terrified by the media.
They lack confidence in themselves.
Spyros Michaloulis – Nikos PavlakosOrientum – Career Counselors
In our effort to help students we have three goals…
Α) to cooperate with them for the development of their personality through the above skills.
Β) to help them to discover their talents and their interests.
Γ) to inform them, early enough, with validity about the present situation in the universities and job market.
Spyros Michaloulis – Nikos PavlakosOrientum – Career Counselors
3 basic steps
1. Futuristic planning
2. Keep up with useful information
3. Act
Spyros Michaloulis – Nikos PavlakosOrientum – Career Counselors
1st stepFuturistic Planning
Dream a day of your life after 5-10 years Job: object, duties, responsibilities, colleagues,
job environment , shift, earnings etc. Material possessions: house, car, financial
situation Private life: residence area, entertainment,
vacation, art, hοbbies
Spyros Michaloulis – Nikos PavlakosOrientum – Career Counselors
2nd step (Get the infomation)
Newspaper Internet Seminars Contact with professionals and meet
people from the job area you are interested in.
Career Counselors (Private and Public Sector)
Spyros Michaloulis – Nikos PavlakosOrientum – Career Counselors
3rd step(act)
Put an end in αναβλητικοτητα
Dare
Don’t put obstacles in your life
Stay flexible
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Follow…
... what makes your heart bits stronger!!!