Gibb - Get that Job!: the Complete, Thorough, Hands-on Guide to the Whole Recruitment and Selection Process - For Graduates and Ambitious Executives in Early Career

Appendices

As you open this book, what are you looking for?

Are you self-assured, idealistic, tech-savvy and already have expectations about the work and lifestyle you want, but would welcome clear inside track information to help you get there?

Or you may be a little anxious, keen to make the right choices but not sure what these should be or how best to go about it. You want a structure to help you choose a career, and complete guidance on how best to get through the selection processes; also examples of cvs, interviews, assessment centres and psychometric tests to practise on.

Or have you a friend or relative who has to make career decisions and pass important interviews? They may not listen to every suggestion , but you would like them to have access to clear impartial advice to help them arrive at the best decisions for themselves.

This book aims to provide you with everything you need to help you achieve the lifestyle you want by getting the right job for you. It is for people who are trying to get it right, whose sensitivity, ambition and natural impatience in todays plugged-in multi-tasking life requires quick answers, accessible interfaces, respect and consideration . Work and university are increasingly challenging yet team-oriented and diverse and less focused on long-term commitments. A job is judged by how it fits your desired lifestyle, contributes to others, and how much value it adds to your skill set, and rsum/cv.

Organisations are increasingly aware that they will survive and thrive, or fail depending on how successful they are in attracting and recruiting the right people to fit into their teams, be motivated by the task at hand and achieve their full potential so that the organisation can itself achieve its goals.

My goal in this book is to put together people and organisations. The advice and recommendations given are based on real situations, real people, real rsums and cvs, real interviews and assessment centres in the UK, the USA, the Netherlands, Australia, Asia, Africa and in many other countries around the world.

So where does my expertise come from? Well, I began my working life as a psychologist, first in Britain then on a Fulbright Scholarship to the USA. I became a business executive for one of the largest multinational energy corporations in the UK, Middle East and Asia, and recruited staff for a new business venture in Malaysia. As a chartered occupational (business) psychologist I have designed and run hundreds of interviews and assessment centres in four continents for new graduates and experienced staff, both technical and financial (and trained the interviewers and assessors). I have designed testing and screening processes for thousands of rsums/cvs, and as a head-hunter interviewed hundreds of people for senior positions.

Finally I headed up a worldwide recruitment business, leading recruitment staff in the USA, Europe, Asia and Australia, and researched the crucial factors that make the difference between high-flyers and those who may find more satisfaction in their work but will not be promoted as fast. I have counselled executives and students who are seeking to develop their careers and who want to achieve their desired lifestyles.

In addition, I have held discussions with the graduate recruiters of many of the top organisations, and been on the committee of business psychologists who prepare the annual conferences in Britain. Most recently I have been employed by one of the largest and best professional services firms in the world, working with head-hunters and researchers to recruit partners to expand their international operation.

All of that experience forms the basis of this book. You can read through the whole book from start to finish, or skip through it picking out those bits that you need at the time. Useful websites are included in Appendix 12 if you need to go deeper or to practise some are excellent but not well known.

Andy Gibb
Langwaki, Malaysia