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I'm looking for some guidance here. My daughter is a 19 year old second year student at University in Scotland and has been looking for part-time work to help support herself through her studies. She is an EU national but has lived in UK for a number of years, speaks excellent English, has settled status so legal employment is not an obstacle.
During the past year she has applied for dozens of jobs online and during that time has received only two or three acknowlegements and no interviews. The only feedback she has is for a lack of experience (one for filling online shopping baskets in Tesco and another for directing people at the NHS vaccination centre). She is not being particularly choosy, beyond not wanting to do late night bar work or cleaning.
So what more can she do? She has a well written CV emphasising her personal qualities but is not tempted to exagerate it with experience she doesn't have. It seems to be a problem of no job without experience and no experience without a job.
Any practical advice will be appreciated. For example, should she include a photo with her CV? Advice on internet is mixed on this point. Should she send her CV with a covering letter or is it unnecessary? Should she be proactive and send her CV to potential employers or is that frowned upon? She did visit the Job Centre but they were totally unhelpful beyond telling her to keep searching the internet. What more should she do?
Thanks for your suggestions.
During the past year she has applied for dozens of jobs online and during that time has received only two or three acknowlegements and no interviews. The only feedback she has is for a lack of experience (one for filling online shopping baskets in Tesco and another for directing people at the NHS vaccination centre). She is not being particularly choosy, beyond not wanting to do late night bar work or cleaning.
So what more can she do? She has a well written CV emphasising her personal qualities but is not tempted to exagerate it with experience she doesn't have. It seems to be a problem of no job without experience and no experience without a job.
Any practical advice will be appreciated. For example, should she include a photo with her CV? Advice on internet is mixed on this point. Should she send her CV with a covering letter or is it unnecessary? Should she be proactive and send her CV to potential employers or is that frowned upon? She did visit the Job Centre but they were totally unhelpful beyond telling her to keep searching the internet. What more should she do?
Thanks for your suggestions.