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Greenside Quick Tips for Job Seekers With the overall Irish unemployment rate down (at the time of writing) but standing at more than one in ten people in Ireland (10.1%) - and youth unemployment standing at more than one in five young people (21.6%), Trainer and Motivational Speaker Frank Newberry offers a few quick tips for job seekers. Frank Newberry In this article I just want to offer a few suggestions to motivate turfcare job seekers. Tip 1 - Get any job rather than no job If you cannot get the job you want in turfcare then do voluntary work, internships or even helping out people by doing odd jobs. Employers want people with the ‘work habit’ not those who wait around for work to come to them. At a job interview you will at least be able to say you were actively seeking and doing work from the outset. Tip 2 - Get government help You can go online right now and visit http://www.welfare.ie/en/ Pages/jobseekers_home.aspx . On this government web page you can get started on your job search immediately by, amongst other things, downloading a ‘Jobseeker Pack’. Tip 3 - Apply for vacancies that do not exist Family and friends of mine in hard times have got back into employment by first - taking an interest in employers they admired and second - by asking the employer to consider them when a vacancy next occurred. In recent times a middle-aged pal of mine sent out 50 CV’s to prospective employers and very quickly one (with an unannounced vacancy) replied with an invitation to a job interview. My pal’s letter of application arrived before the vacancy advertisement had been drafted. He went for the interview and got a job that matched his skills and experience perfectly. The employer was also pleased because he got the right person without spending money on agencies or advertising. Tip 4 - Get on someone’s succession plan Tip 3 can be extended to include asking to be placed on someone’s succession plan. Most sensible employers will have someone in mind to take over a job when and if, the current job holder is suddenly incapacitated or decides to leave the job. Typically a Deputy would be asked to cover for the Golf Course Superintendent until a selection has been organised and people are invited to apply for the vacancy. The person covering the vacancy for a few weeks can put themselves in pole position for the permanent job with a good performance as the interim job holder. What is there to stop any of us applying to be on the succession plan of any employee working anywhere? Nothing - we just have to indicate and update our availability. Tip 5 - Get interviewed in advance Tip 4 can be extended to help you even more if you not only suggest you be on someone’s succession plan but you also offer to be interviewed in advance. Why should the employer wait and wonder about an eventual successor when they can interview you now and have you waiting in the wings when and if the vacancy occurs? Again - we just have to indicate and update our availability. The best part of this for you is that you know you have passed the interview well in advance. Frank Newberry has been helping people to develop their careers and get better results in the turfcare sector for over 25 years. If you are having problems writing your CV or preparing for an interview and you think it might help to talk about it you can contact Frank directly via the contact tab of his personal website: www.franknewberry.com | © 2015 Frank Newberry www.gcsai.org 12
News Welcome to the Green QAmpus Project Following on from the success of the EU Green-e project, a second EU project Green QAmpus is now underway. The purpose of this project is to contribute to an agenda by design, test and implementation of a Quality Assurance framework monitored by Greenkeeper Training Europe, formerly the European Golf Education Unit (EGEU). This will ensure standardisation of golf education, enhance the employability of individuals and provide global recognition of qualifications. The project addresses general objectives of Vocational Education and Training, focusing on operational objectives to improve quality, transparency and recognition of qualifications and increase volume of co-operation between organisations providing learning. The Green QAmpus project includes 7 partners from 4 European countries, these being: • Benesov College, Czech Republic • Czech Greenkeepers Association • Kainuu College, Finland • Luua Vocational Training Centre, Estonia • SRUC Elmwood Campus, Scotland • Federation of European Golf Greenkeepers Association • Greenkeeper Training - Europe This experienced group will make a significant contribution to Vocational Education Training systems in the partner countries by building upon good work done in the previous Green-e project. The results of this project will be based on research methodology, reporting, collection of data, development and testing, training, analyzing and validation of results and dissemination. Through the project, a robust Quality Assurance framework, will be adapted to suit the Ministry requirements of each country. This will be offered to new and existing staff within the Golf industry in order to enhance the work in the sector and help them to gain recognised qualifications within the European community. Following on from the previous project, the work will have a major impact on the Vocational Education Training programs in each partner country. The implementation of a homogeneous Quality Assurance framework, monitored and supported by GT-E/ FEGGA shall ensure future knowledge, skills and qualifications are accepted across Europe. Out and About: A group of students from the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin who attended the GCSAI Croke Park Education Day last November from left; Adam Feekery, Ruairi Coyle, Daniel Plummer, Donal O’Keeffe SOL GOLF A5 Ad 12/19/11 3:30 PM Page 1 CREATORS OF THE WORLD’S GREATEST GOLF COURSES Courses which have hosted the Ryder Cup, Walker Cup, Curtis Cup and the Open Championship are just some of the many prestigious courses which SOL GOLF can count amongst our portfolio. SOL GOLF have recently completed the prestigious Trump International Golf Links course in Scotland. Above is a view of the stunning Par 3 13th Hole. CALL +353 64 775 1006 EMAIL info@solgolfconst.com WWW.SOLGOLFCONST.COM Photo courtesy of Trump Golf Scotland, taken by Brian Morgan 13 greenside magazine | April 2015
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