New Job wanted
 

I have decided to start looking around for a new job and was considering approaching a recruitment agency or two

I have been in the same job since 1988 but have had enough this year of having to on average 30 hours overtime a month, so far this month I have done 14 hours overtime consiting of a 10 hour day on Wednesday, over 14 hours on Thursday and 11 hours on Friday and not only do you get no thanks for it you find hardly anybody else ids doing more than the bare minimum.

its been ages since I did a CV in fact it was way before I had a PC

So any advice, recomendations greatfullt received.

Here's an example of what I think I need to include on my CV

Current employment January 1988 to present day, working as a shift supervisor, responsible for the day to day running, maintenance and improvement of two Electron Beam accelerators that were originally part of the United Kingdoms Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) nuclear physics program
Part of this job included faultfinding and repair of

1. L-Band Rf system up to 60MW
2. Electronic control circuits
3. 3 phase control systems
4. High Voltage pulse modulators
5. Water cooling systems, controlled and uncontrolled
6. Various magnet systems
7. Ultra high vacuum systems
8. Conveyor system with PLC control
9. Oxide coated Cathode and dispenser cathode electron guns

Previous experience includes fault finding and repair of

1. Robots
2. Multi-track conveyors
3. Automated framing stations
4. Construction of satellites, building wiring looms and circuit boards

I served a full 4-year Electrical Apprenticeship at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment (AERE) Harwell


So any pointers please

Thanks
Kev

CV's also need to contain you education history from school, college etc...

Your personal details, age, married etc... and your interests. This just give the agents and potential employers a bit about you other than your career.

Usually the latest info goes on page one after your personal stuff and ending with your last job. etc..

Blimey! Didn't realise that we knew a nuclear physicist!

Do you want to do the same job but just somewhere a bit more hospitable? If so, why not give the universities near you a call and see if they need someone with your skills?

Cheers for that
I realise my personnel info will need to be included along with my quallifications and education, but listed what i did hoping it will help someone point me in the right direction, are their agencies that specialise in technical maintenance and operational staff recruitment or do they all have a wider scope, I have heard stories of people being put forward for jobs that don't have any relation to their experience

Sorry to hear of your predicament Kev, but it sounds like you are doing the right thing. I'm sure someone more qualified than me will be along to advice on the CV.

By the looks of you experience above North Korea might well be interested:lol:

See ya tomorrow M8

Cv's are good as a "calling card" but the important thing to bear in mind is that 90% of jobs are filled without a formal application process (and this is probably the reason that you hear about so many people doing their jobs badly).

CV's only get your foot in the door with an interview. If you speak to the right people, eventually you'll get to someone who could use you. I've only ever written one CV and that was a formality for HR.

Same sort of job would be ideal, preferably working with professionals and not some of the amateurs I currently have to put up with.
Quite a few universities here in Oxford, must be one or two that have the right type of research program, I wonder if they deal with any of the local agencies, i do recall seeing job ads in the local papers for jobs at the universities but never anything suitable.
ideal place would be the new Diamond project (http://www.diamond.ac.uk/default.htm ) but nothing suitable in the jobs section of their website at the moment. The Nuclear Physical Laboratory (http://www.npl.co.uk/uknsf/ ) would be another good place to get a job

kev - have you looked at AWE website?
https://careers.awe.co.uk/wd/plsql/wd_map?p_web_site_id=505&p_category_id=673&p_forma t=full

couple of positions on there mention electoron beam whotsits thingymejigs

Kev, I used to be a recruitment consultant, mainly for engineering and avaiation ( airbus) so if you need any help, just shout... in fact if you want me to, I will do your CV for you, if you haven't already done one.

Terri

Lots of guides on line, just search for CV.
http://www.cvbuddy.com/
http://www.prospects.ac.uk/cms/ShowP...tent/p!epmgied
http://www.greatcvs.co.uk/
Hope this helps

kev...your skillset has some crossover with mine (I'm from the semiconductor industry) - you may find a niche there. International Rectifier in south Wales are recruiting atm. You may find you can fit into their requirements if they have ion beam implantation technology.

Ion implanters have:

Robots
High voltage supplies
Ion guns
Magnets
Robots
PLC control systems

etc.


You get the idea?

Cheers TWPD

we currently do work for IR, in fact they are about to increase the amount of work they send us for the Electron Beam high Dose 12MeV irradiations.
We also do a lot of semicondutor Ion implantation work on our NEC Tandem accelerator
We also do work for Westcode and Dynex

South Wales is a bit far off, but they do have Pembrey

Cheers for those
Gives me a template to work with

Hmmmm..fellow geek/freak! ;-)

I am more into high density plasmas myself, but I use to work a fair bit in implant.

I was reading in todays newspaper that there are 6 Arab countries that want to get into " Nuclear Development ". Go sign up for them mate .:D

I would recommend not putting this type of information in your CV. It is irrelevant and while someone cannot be discriminated against because of things like age, why risk it. If an employer wants to figure out your age they can make an educated guess from your employment and educational history.

Mine contains personal details about me - ie name, address, contact details, DOB, post-school qualifications, languages spoken, nationality, profession, skills specific to my profession (in my case CAD skills). Then it has a brief summary of my work experience, then a detailed job by job, project by project breakdown of who I've worked for and what I've done on each project - starting with the current project and working backwards.

Works for me, but then I've always been a contractor and moved around plenty. I've never bothered including anything about my private life and interests which is not relevant to my ability to do a job.

Good luck Kev

Cheers
Martin

Is that 30 hours O/T a month average? I usually average about 100 hours a month to survive!

A CV shouldn't be too long, no one wants to spend ages reading it, keep it brief and to the point. An agency should always ring you and/or invite you in for a chat for more information, and they will then create a profile for you, which they then send out to clients.
Also ask the consultant if they would consider working proactively on your behalf, marketing your CV out to companies, this can work well if you have a particular company that you would like to work for... you can even do this yourself.

No need to put details on there like married, kids etc. age, well up to you... personally I would put it on.

Kev,

Try the direct approach to organisations that you know and would like to work for, ones that match your location preference etc.

As said above, very few jobs are advertised now, referalls through a network of business contacts is what you want.

By making direct contact attaching your Cv to a letter or email you can get them thinking about the benefits you would bring to them.

I'll email some stuff to you, example CV's and letters. I've been under notice of redundancy all year and are now coming to the end of my contract, 1st Dec, so have been shopping myself about a bit lately. Best options have come from refferals not adverts for me.

But I only work with strange things called people, not complex machines like you do!!! LOL

Cheers.

Its no good me offering you a job then Kev, we only get to work with picks,shovels and hammers :-)