Michael Rawcliffe’s Post

🏆Are you ready for a podium finish?👟💨 If you're looking for a new role, do you have the following ready? 📄 Updated CV catered to your top selection positions. ☎ Teed-up references, ready to be spoken to about or with prepared statements to supply. 🖼 Examples of your work, portfolios or customer testimonials if your service isn't a tangible product. Don't be the reactive candidate on the market. If you do, you could fall behind the curve. Be ready from your first application to be 🥇 Orion Automation #jobhunting #jobapplications #lookingforwork #careerdevelopment #careeradvice #personaldevelopment #personalgrowth #engineeringjobs #engineeringcv #automationjobs #designjobs #automation #robotic #designengineers #engineeringrecruitment #automation #engineeringcareers

🦚Peacock with your CV📄 If you're not talking about achievements, proudest projects, or top accomplishments on your CV, you're doing it wrong. 🎟That document is your few pages to create a ticket for entry.🎫 Don't just list what you did on the job. Tell us where you excelled. Tell us why you were great there. Tell us why they were sorry to lose you. Brag & boast as much as you can😉 Orion Automation #cvtips #cvwriting #cvadvice #cvsuccess #cvhelp #careerdevelopment #careeradvice #personaldevelopment #personalgrowth #jobhunting #jobapplications #lookingforwork #engineeringjobs #engineeringcv #automationjobs #designjobs #automation #robotic #designengineers #engineeringrecruitment #automation #engineeringcareers

👼Honesty is the best policy📜 I had a candidate this week reluctantly confess a career break in their CV was down to a difficult time in their personal life. Life isn't always a smooth road. Tough times come for us all and people will understand. It's far better to front this than try to avoid the question. We took an excellent reference from a previous employer. Submitted it to our client and received an interview request.🎉 You don't have to share details, but if you hide the truth, it looks suspicious. Orion Automation #jobhunting #jobapplications #lookingforwork #careerdevelopment #careeradvice #personaldevelopment #personalgrowth #engineeringjobs #engineeringcv #automationjobs #designjobs #automation #robotic #designengineers #engineeringrecruitment #automation #engineeringcareers

🤝Commit. Don't Quit🔕 It's easy to get swept up in all the opportunities out there from recruiters in the current market. I'm sure candidates are being presented with numerous roles every day, and probably saying yes to most of them. The trouble with saying yes to everything is you can't fully invest in the roles you are applying for. How can you have a meaningful commitment to 20 job applications?!? Inevitably, you will find yourself pulling out of a few. Which will probably feel like no harm done but you will leave a reputation with that business. Companies will remember those who let them down over the candidates who showed up and weren't successful. Don't burn your name on the market🔥😉 Orion Automation #jobhunting #jobapplications #lookingforwork #engineeringjobs #engineeringcv #automationjobs #designjobs #automation #robotic #designengineers #engineeringrecruitment #automation #engineeringcareers #careerdevelopment #careeradvice #personaldevelopment #personalgrowth

🍃Leave No Rock Unturned↪️ How well do you know the business you are about to interview with? Have you utilised every resource possible? The perfect practice absolutely starts with studying the company website, however... Are you looking at the LinkedIn page? Checking out the other employees there? Reviewing the hiring manager's profile? Looking at their career path and previous employers? Get to know the people you are going to meet and have some great industry talking points ready. You will stand out, head & shoulders above your competition. Orion Automation #jobhunting #jobapplications #lookingforwork #engineeringjobs #engineeringcv #automationjobs #designjobs #automation #robotic #designengineers #engineeringrecruitment #automation #engineeringcareers

📜NDA Blocks🚫 After posting about portfolios putting you ahead of your competition, I had a great question today. "How do I show my work if it's all sensitive information?" Definitely a big challenge. Especially if your whole career has been under NDA terms. It might mean going the extra mile. Create projects on your own time and pursue creating a portfolio of work that conveys your ability outside of work projects. Use concepts and ideas that can demonstrate knowledge from work projects in a new application that won't break your agreed terms. It means thinking outside the box. But what better way to show your work ethic than an extracurricular body of work? Orion Automation #jobhunting #jobapplications #lookingforwork #engineeringjobs #engineeringcv #automationjobs #designjobs #automation #robotic #designengineers #engineeringrecruitment #automation #engineeringcareers #cvtips #cvwriting #cvadvice #cvsuccess #cvhelp #careerdevelopment #careeradvice #personaldevelopment #personalgrowth

🔗Connect the Dots🧩 🔬So you've done your research for your interview. 👍You know your own experience like the back of your hand. Now comes the role-landing magic...🔮 How do they relate? If you are not preparing like this, you are not offering higher-level initiative. Demonstrate your research and experience simultaneously. It'll show you understand the company and the work. More importantly, you'll be demonstrating you can do the job😉 Orion Automation #jobhunting #jobapplications #lookingforwork #careerdevelopment #careeradvice #personaldevelopment #personalgrowth #engineeringjobs #engineeringcv #automationjobs #designjobs #automation #robotic #designengineers #engineeringrecruitment #automation #engineeringcareers

💹"I'm looking for progression."📈 What does that mean for you? How do you quantify this? I hear this all the time and those are always my responses. "Progression" can mean a multitude of things. If you want to achieve it in your next role, consider what it means to you. Is it...? 🎓Skills 💸Salary 🎩Seniority 🧠Knowledge 📋Bigger projects 🗃️New responsibilities We all want this for our careers but what are your priorities for your move? Know your motivations and communicate them. It could help you find the perfect match. Orion Automation #jobhunting #jobapplications #lookingforwork #careerdevelopment #careeradvice #personaldevelopment #personalgrowth #engineeringjobs #engineeringcv #automationjobs #designjobs #automation #robotic #designengineers #engineeringrecruitment #automation #engineeringcareers

💼Career Experience📜 Arguably the most important area of your CV. What you contributed and achieved throughout your role. It shouldn't be an area to share opinions, talk about your colleagues, the business structure or where the business stands. It's your opportunity to say, I accomplished this! Keep it focused on what a future employer wants to know. Orion Automation #cvtips #cvwriting #cvadvice #cvsuccess #cvhelp #engineeringjobs #engineeringcv #automationjobs #designjobs #automation #robotic #designengineers #engineeringrecruitment #automation #engineeringcareers

💯Maximise your Impact💥 Are you getting calls about your CV? In this market, you absolutely should. If you're not you might need to look at your CV. So how do you improve? 📜Collect job descriptions of the roles you want. - Make sure your experience cross-references the requirements. 💼Research the businesses you are interested in. - Ensure there is related experience from your background to their projects. 🔎Understand keyword criteria. - Be it on company websites, job descriptions or LinkedIn pages of experts in your field. Get to know the relevant terminology in your industry, it needs to be on your CV. Orion Automation #cvtips #cvwriting #cvadvice #cvsuccess #cvhelp #jobhunting #jobapplications #lookingforwork #careerdevelopment #careeradvice #personaldevelopment #personalgrowth #engineeringjobs #engineeringcv #automationjobs #designjobs #automation #robotic #designengineers #engineeringrecruitment #automation #engineeringcareers