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What job search trends do we expect to see in 2022? I think we'll see people reflecting
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a lot over the Christmas break and there will be a lot of candidates looking for new positions
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in the early part of the new year. I think people are less concerned about any kind of
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instability based on the pandemic and are just looking to find a job that they enjoy
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that has conditions that suit them. So I think we will definitely see more candidates on
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the market and I think that they will be looking for roles that offer more flexibility, whether
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that be remote working or more working from home or more flexibility around hours and
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things like that. So yeah, I think that's absolutely what we're going to see, more job
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seekers and looking for more flexibility in the positions that they go for. Will job seekers
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and recruiters be focusing more on remote positions? I think it's fair to say that job
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seekers will certainly be more interested in remote positions. I think the pandemic
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has proven that there are more ways of working flexibly and remotely, so there is a bit of
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an expectation or a preference of that from candidates. Whether there is a match for that
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from the employer side, I suspect not. I think most employers are more flexible now if they've
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been able to work in that way during the pandemic. But I think for many employers, they're going
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to be looking to get back into offices, they might not be office-based anyway, so therefore
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there's not that opportunity. But I think there'll be more job seekers looking for that
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remote opportunity and less remote opportunities, but certainly an increase in terms of that
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flexibility and remote working in a way that we've never had before. So hopefully enough
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opportunities for people to go after. How can job seekers better prepare for remote
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positions? Well, if you're offered a job and you are working remotely for that job, then
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that company will have, hopefully, a really strong induction programme ready for you
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So it'll be very much immersing yourself in that and learning a lot about how things are
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going to work. I would also suggest that you think about what extra support you might need
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that you could request from your employer. Think about how you get yourself into a good
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routine. So if you're working remotely, are you going to do office hours, are you going
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to do different hours, what's going to work for you, what's the setup going to be like
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at home, are you going to work from a spare room or the kitchen table, or how's that going
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to work? And thinking about the health and safety elements of that as well, because you
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don't want to end up working on the sofa or hunched over something and get very uncomfortable
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And I think it's really important as well when you're working remotely to have regular check-ins, both with your manager and your colleagues, so that you feel connected and
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that you're able to share any concerns or ask any questions that you have throughout
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What tips should graduates follow searching for a job in 2022 with little to no experience
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I think that there will be a lot of students and graduates that don't have any work experience
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due to the pandemic or certainly very little, so you won't be alone if that's the case
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If you do have any work experience at all, even if you think it's not relevant for the
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role or the industry that you're applying for, still put it on your CV and your application
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There will be transferable skills that will be relevant to an employer. If you have no
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work experience at all, be a bit creative. Think about where you can add skills from
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So have you got any extracurricular activities that you've been involved in, whether it be
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at university or outside of university? Is there any hobbies or something interesting
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that you get stuck into that could provide some examples of skills that you might get
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otherwise from a work setting? So be creative and make sure that you put something in
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Which skills will be in high demand in 2022? Well, I mean, it will very much depend on
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the industry and on the role, won't it? But I think in terms of soft skills, we'll be
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looking at things like resilience, particularly for graduates. So being able to handle challenging
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situations and be able to bounce back. And I expect that you'll see all sorts of different
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application form questions that relate to that kind of topic. I think employers will
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be looking for people that can work autonomously, particularly for remote roles or roles where
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there's less office time. So I think that will be really important as well. So you might
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hear that described as being a bit of a self-starter or working autonomously. I think teamwork
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is also going to be really important because the makeup of teams with people working from
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different locations perhaps might also be a bit different and will require different
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skills from those traditional workplace settings. So, I think that's it for this week. I hope that you found this information helpful. And
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