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Finding Jobs In Norwich23/01/2011 at 11:30 PM

Finding Jobs In Norwich


Norwich is a lovely place to work with plenty of scenic places to walk during your lunch break!A huge variety of different Businesses Bernard Mathews, John Lewis, Bertram Books, Makro's, Bupa as well as many small businesses.

Norwich boasts a huge Research Park, Norwich Research Park where you'll find Norwich & Norfolk University Hospital, The University of East Anglia, The Sainsbury Laboratory & The John Innes Centre.

The East side is the place to watch with The Broadland Business Park which already has plenty of businesses on there & continues to grow.

The Tourism Sector is always busy In Norwich, it is a place people flock to on sunny days & a great Holiday destination.It also has it's own airport, Norwich International Airport & guess what it's expanding, so that means jobs!

Whenever you hear a company intends to expand then you must act immediately find out who the right contact is & find out when they are interviewing.Read The Eastern Daily Press religously as they will report when companies are intending to expand.

If you want to get a job in travel then get in front of the companies & you'll find them at Travel fairs which you'll find being held at The Norwich International Airport & Hotels such as The Holiday Inn. Here you can find out who the contact is , perhaps introduce yourself to them there & then at the event & offer to ring them or send your c.v to them.

It doesn't have to stop at Travel fairs check out all the fairs & see whether you would like to work in that field. If you're a dressmaker or a cake decorator perhaps you should check out the Wedding fairs & put yourself in front of the companies that exhibit there. There are numerous weding Fairs in Norwich, The Caistor Hall Hotel, The Oaklands Hotel & Sprowston Manor hold them regularly.

Get in front of employers at Business to Business events. Be fully equipped with a 1 page summary about yourself with a photo attached, hand them to the businesses that you know you would be suited for. You can ask for them to be passed to whoever recruits for the company or you may get to speak to that person at the event. By leaving them something you can say that you will contact them in a couple of days to talk some more. Businesses love pro active people.

 Try out the All about Business event at Carrow rd in March & The Challenge Norfolk 100 in February.Get a list of all the networking events in Norwich & start attending them. At these networks you will be chatting over a coffee & some nibbles with the Managing Directors of companies, what a perfect opportunity to get noticed. Some that you will find in Norwich are 4N, The Business Club, Business Womens Network , Wire, The Weetu Network , Antidote & 25am

Of course you can also register at the many recruitment companies around Norwich Cocoabean , select  ,  14recruitment  & have a look at whats on offer at The Norwich Job Centre. 

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The Passive Candidate11/01/2011 at 12:46 PM

The Passive Candidate


You know who you are!


You are really playing the game, you're working smart not hard. You have created the perfect profile & it is on JobHop & Linkedin. 


You've branded yourself, you're known as an expert in what you do, your profile photo is professional & is consistent throughout the networks. You regularly blog, post videos & contribute to groups & forums.


If anyone asks you are you looking for a job you will say No however if your dream job was offered to you then of course you wouldn't say no!


You are not an active Job seeker you are a passive job seeker, you are the one that employers really want & you know it! 

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