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JobSearch Support Services for Unemployed Professionals, Executives & Graduates

See Arras People - Project Management Recruitment Specialists for more details

For guidance and advice in getting that next management job, Arras has the solution - the Job Search Support Services for Newly Unemployed Professionals.

Arras commenced its JobSearch Support Services for Newly Unemployed Professionals after winning the tender from the Department of Work & Pensions on the 2nd April 2009. The services were launched on Monday 6th April and will run for two years.

Arras tends to focus on specific niche areas to present under and educate within JobSearch Support. Our target is management professionals, ranging from IT to project, office to sales and back again. But even then, the established management professional is not our sole target - often, we have willingly and ably taken on recent graduates looking for a professional career at the executive/managerial level.

Therefore, if you are a:

• experienced manager
• early stage manager
• graduate with designs on a career in management

and are in receipt of JobSeekers Allowance (JSA) and in need of careers assistance, Arras wants to hear from you!

WHAT IS THE JOBSEARCH SUPPORT SERVICE?

As part of the Government's response to the economic downturn, DWP has introduced a range of additional services for all customers. This includes additional help for people at risk of losing their jobs, extra support for newly unemployed customers and a wider range of support options.

An element of that response, the Jobsearch Support Service for Newly Unemployed Professionals, is targeted principally at graduate, professional or executive jobseekers in receipt of Job Seekers Allowance (JSA) who have become unemployed.

Eligible customers will have little or no experience of current job search channels but will have the confidence and motivation to seek work independently. The provision delivery model is a one-day package of focused, intensive job search support for customers.

WHAT BENEFITS CAN I EXPECT FROM ARRAS IN USING THE JOBSEARCH SUPPORT SERVICE?

The services provided will be very similar to our existing Project Management Careers Clinics, participants will have a dedicated one-to-one with an Arras People consultant and receive personalised guidance and advice on a variety of careers-based subjects. Such as personal stocktaking, CV advice, project management market intelligence, new opportunities and job leads, advice on analysing vacancies, employer selection techniques, job applications and techniques & interviews.

Please bear in mind that the services offered are tailored to the client's individual needs specifically. If we find that a particular service will prove of no benefit where another subject may need some additional attention, we'll give you attention on that subject.