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Careers • Job Shop • Placement
The Job Shop hasOffice vacancy notice boards which JobCentre Plus you are free toHouse, browse during opening hours, Wallacetoun John Street, Ayr, KA8 0BX however full vacancy details can be found Tel: 01292 666000 online: www.uws.prospects.ac.uk Web: www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk
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RecruitmentNet Agencies Hays Recruitment The Job Shop also maintains a vacancy 1 Parkhouse Street, Ayr information portal on Netvibes - a free resource Tel: 01292 618 677 providing RSS feeds and many links to Job Search Web: www.hays.co.uk websites. www.netvibes.com/uws-jobshop GH Resourcing 36 Portland Road, Kilmarnock Tel: 01563 543 941 netvibes Web: www.ghresourcing.com
Volunteering
Adecco Recruitment At UWS we value andAyr support volunteering 3 Wellington Square, activity. Tel: 01292 292 943 Web: www.adecco.co.uk Volunteering can have many benefits in terms of the Newspapers skills you learn and the wider network of Local contacts you can make. It is also a rewarding Daily Record activity that can give enormous sense of Recruitment satisfaction. Day: Thursday Web: www.dailyrecord.co.uk www.uws.ac.uk/jobshop Click on Volunteering Ayrshire Post Recruitment Thursday Know YourDay: Rights Web: www.ayrshirepost.net It is important that you know what the current Ayr Advertiser National Minimum Wage is and what you Recruitment Day: Wednesday rights are as an employee. Check out our Web: www.ayradvertiser.com website for useful links.
Vacancies The Job Shop has vacancy notice boards which you are free to browse during opening hours, however full vacancy details can be found online: www.uws.prospects.ac.uk The Job Shop also maintains a vacancy information portal on Netvibes - a free resource providing RSS feeds and many links to Job Search websites. www.netvibes.com/uws-jobshop
Volunteering At UWS we value and support volunteering activity.
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Volunteering can have many benefits in terms of the skills you learn and the wider network of contacts you can make. It is also a rewarding activity that can give enormous sense of satisfaction. Local Volunteer Centre: Voluntary Action South Ayrshire 60 Kyle Street, Ayr, KA7 1RZ Tel: 01292 263 626 Web: www.voluntaryactionsouthayrshire.org.uk www.uws.ac.uk/jobshop Click on Volunteering Contact Us Ayr Campus Room 3.04, Student Link T: 01292 886267 E: sts.jobshop@uws.ac.uk W: www.uws.ac.uk/jobshop
Ayr, Dumfries, Hamilton & Paisley Campuses and online at www.uws.ac.uk/jobshop
The Job Shop - www.uws.ac.uk/jobshop Writing a CV for a Part Time Job
Top 10 Tips To Help You Find Work
National Insurance Number
A part time CV should be shorter than a graduate CV. More detail should be given to practical skills relevant to the position being applied for.
1. Register with our online vacancy system at www.uws.prospects.ac.uk and sign up for email alerts.
Everyone over the age of 16 who works in the UK pays National Insurance contributions, as long as earnings are more than a certain level.
Career Objective - this can be omitted from a part time CV - unless the position being applied for is a stepping stone to your career aspirations.
2. Register with other online recruitment sites (for a full list visit our Netvibes Portal www.netvibes.com/uws-jobshop
British citizens in the UK are issued with an National Insurance number automatically once they turn 16 years old.
3. Check out our Virtual Careers Library - Looking for work & Applying for work.
International students who wish to work in the UK may apply for a number by calling 0845 6000 643 (text phone 0845 6000 644). They will ask for your details and a post code, and arrange an interview for you at the nearest centre which is in Glasgow. Please note this number can be very busy.
Education - your degree title and institution you are attending is sufficient. Practical skills gained at University will also be useful eg. Working as part of a team, good communication skills, IT Skills, working on your own initiative. Work Experience - relevant work experience for the position being applied for should be included. Other Skills - eg. First Aid, Driving licence, computing skills, languages. Interests - can be included but only if the interests are relevant to the position being applied for. Referees - two referees should be included preferably employer references, although academic references can be used.
4. Have your CV checked over by one of our Careers Advisers. 5. Register with local recruitment agencies. 6. Visit your local JobcentrePlus office or visit their website.
NATIONAL INSURANCE NUMBERCARD
7. Look in the Local Papers. 8. Hit the local high street or local shopping centres. Many jobs are advertised just by a poster or card in the window.
NI Number
SS 20 11 90 A YOUR NAME THIS IS NOT PROOF OF IDENTIFICATION
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Drop a copy of your CV into all the shops, bars & restaurants that you would like to work in, even if they are not advertising vacancies in the window.
10. Try contacting “Large Chains� eg. Tesco, Asda, KFC, Pizza Hut, Morrisons, Boots, WH Smith, Frankie & Bennys.
NB Your NI number is not proof of identity or proof of your right to work.
Know Your Rights It is important that you know what the current National Minimum Wage is and what you rights are as an employee. Check out our website for useful links.