Graduate Coaching

Many of you will have finished with your 3 or 4 years of University and will have spent the Summer sending out applications and attending interviews.  The choices that you make and that are offered to you within the next 12 months could affect your career forever.  But everyone knows that it is just not that easy.  It can be difficult enough finding Saturday jobs, let alone getting that job, your dream job, your number one job at graduate level.

So how do you reach that dream graduate job?

Simple, you need to make every interview count and make sure that you stand out from the crowd.

But how?

In the news recently, it was reported that hundreds of young British graduates are going to China for work experience and to improve their CV’s. This is great, but not everyone can afford to go 5,000 odd miles AND take a year out, for a beefier CV.

A much easier and less costly option is to work with what you’ve got, exploit your own talent, experiences and learn how to sell, both on your CV and in that interview.

 

Professional Coaching from a Professional Coach

A former tennis coach, Peter Botting has over 23,000 hours experience helping people present and sell themselves better. This has included working with 13 PLC’s 2 governments, and over 1000 politicians including coaching and speech-writing for a Prime Minister.

In other positions he has also spent some time as the evil interviewer:-

  • As Group Managing Director of 3 manufacturing companies with 135 staff
  • In Magistrate Selections – Sussex
  • During 12 months working with the Head of International Human Resources at SAP headquarters.

Peter, a regular speaker at YBF Conferences, is offering YBF graduates a discounted rate of £50 off his courses (£20 off for virtual courses).  Please email Peter if you are interested in any of this courses with the Reference YBFGRAD.

Job & Campaign Opportunities

In today’s competitive environment, jobs and employment opportunities are harder than ever to come by. With that in mind, contacts matter. So does coaching and so does advice.

YBF has a network of contacts in London, Edinburgh and Cardiff, in Brussels and Canberra and across the United States that is available for YBF activists to tap into. In 2008 YBF sent a team to work for the McCain/Palin campaign in Ohio that was featured in The Times.

Opportunities are posted on this page, which is regularly updated as jobs are filled. You are recommended to bookmark this page accordingly. 

If you are an employer wishing to offer a role to a YBF graduate, please contact YBF Executive Director, Matthew Richardson, at matthew@ybf.org.uk

Organisation Profile: Big Brother Watch

What: Big Brother Watch, an offshoot of the Tax Payers’ Alliance, fights against the intrusion of privacy and personal liberties.  They aim to name and shame the local authorities which are most prone to impinging on your personal liberties.  They are also available to provide advice to individuals on how to use the Freedom of Information Act, in order to allow you to see what data local authorities hold about you, and understand your legal rights to fight against injustice and allow you to regain your personal freedom.  Big Brother Watch aims to ‘re-establish the balance of power between the state and individuals and families’.  This can only work if individuals provide them with information about the impingement on personal liberties, such as microchips in rubbish bins and an over use of CCTV.  If you have any information please contact them at info@bigbrotherwatch.org.uk

Campaigns: The Big Brother Watch Guerrilla Sticker Action

Have you seen a poster which encourages you to remain silent? Are you followed by CCTV cameras while carrying out your everyday tasks? Is there a building near you which is an icon of the overbearing state?  Well add a Big Brother Watch Sticker and take a picture to name and shame those who invade your privacy.  The rogue gallery is available here http://www.bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/home/sticker-gallery.html.

If you would like to request some stickers email info@bigbrotherwatch.org.uk (details will not be stored on data base!)

Big Brother Watch can provide speakers for your organisation or campus.  Contact them emma@ybf.org.uk for more details.  You can also follow BBW on Facebook ‘Big Brother Watch’ and Twitter @bbw1984