Career reboot: getting a voluntary sector job in tough times

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Are you looking to get your first job in the voluntary sector? Or perhaps trying to re-launch your career after a redundancy? We teamed up with John Lees, the UK's top career expert, and forum3, non profit career specialists, to help you get a few steps closer to a job offer.

Do the whole 'career reboot' course for FREE!

Here you will find everything you need to launch or re-launch your career in the non profit sector. This online course is delivered by the UK's top career expert, John Lees.

- About your trainer, John Lees

- More StudyZone video training courses

Part one: What career should I choose?

Do you get Sunday night blues ahead of a new working week? Understanding what you want from your dream job is the first step towards going out and looking for it. Find out why we so often get this stage wrong and how you can turn your ideas into action.

Video one is 8mins 10s.
Read a transcript of video one (Word, 42kb).

Part two: Job searching in a tough market

You'll learn:

why people repeatedly make the same mistakes
how employers make decisions
how to limit your message
the art of multi-strategy job search.

Do part two of the course for free (7mins 30s)
(You will need to register and login to view this video).

Part three: Getting better results from your CV

You'll learn:

why some CVs go straight to the bin
what employers want to see
how to get your message across quickly
how not to over-rely on your CV.

Do part three of the course for free (8mins 18s)
(You will need to register and login to view this video).

Part four: Insider secrets in the interview game

You'll learn:

put yourself into the interviewer's mindset
what typically goes wrong in an interview
what good preparation is about
how to improve the odds in your favour

Do part four of the course for free (7mins 53s)
(You will need to register and login to view this video).

Useful links

Check out our popular CV guidance for charity and non profit job seekers.
If it's interviews you're after here's our step by step guide to great interviews.
John Lees has written a number of best-selling books on career development.

Discussion forum

If you have any questions about the information in these training videos go to our discussion forum and ask your trainer.

About your trainer, John Lees

John Lees is one of the UK’s best-known career strategists. How To Get A Job You’ll Love regularly tops the list as the best-selling careers book by a British author. John Lees Associates has helped people from a huge variety of backgrounds with difficult career decisions and developed a wide range of career breakthrough tools. John is a Fellow of the CIPD, an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Recruitment Professionals, and in 2011 was elected as Joint Chair of the Association of Career Professionals - UK. He is also a regular keynote speaker at UK events such as forum3 as well as at large career conferences across the world.

Need more help?

If you'd like to discuss further coaching opportunities with John, get in touch via:

the website: www.johnleescareers.com
email: info@johnleescareers.com

Go to Forum 3

If you're looking to volunteer or get a job in the non profit sector, visit forum3 - the national recruitment and volunteering event for the non profit sector.

Want to watch another course?

The StudyZone on KnowHow NonProfit has many more courses covering topics of huge importance to charities and non profits. If you like what you've seen here, why not take a look through some of our other training sessions, which cover issues from strategic planning to recruiting volunteers.