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BWJ Enterprise http://www.bwjenterprise.co.uk/ BWJ Enterprise RSS News Feed Renata B <p>"Having been made redundant 3 months ago, I attended 10 interviews without success. The training you gave me was very different from anything I've been taught before. In just over a week, I got the job I was looking for."</p> http://www.bwjenterprise.co.uk/Renata_B--post--51.html Michael Goody - Business Owner - Colour Sells <p>"I have heard Barry Jackson speak on a number of occasions and each time I have been enthralled by his wit and down to earth common sense."</p> http://www.bwjenterprise.co.uk/Michael_Goody__Business_Owner__Colour_Sells--post--50.html Dawn - Genesis TMC <p>"Thank you so much for delivering such a superb speech."</p> http://www.bwjenterprise.co.uk/Dawn__Genesis_TMC--post--49.html Terry Cooper - Managong Director - Cooper Bradbury Sales <p>"Barry's passion was infectious and the whole room was captivated by his ease of delivery."</p> http://www.bwjenterprise.co.uk/Terry_Cooper__Managong_Director__Cooper_Bradbury_Sales--post--48.html Lisa Ventura - MCIPR Head of Business Development - Titania PR & Marketing <p>"I can't thank you enough.The best £120 I have spent in my business career to date."</p> http://www.bwjenterprise.co.uk/Lisa_Ventura__MCIPR_Head_of_Business_Development__Titania_PR__Marketing--post--47.html Peter Luff FCIPR MP - Chairman - Business an Enterprise Committee - House of Commons <p>"I am so pleased things are progressing for it seemed an initiative that deserved to succeed".</p> http://www.bwjenterprise.co.uk/Peter_Luff_FCIPR_MP__Chairman__Business_an_Enterprise_Committee__House_of_Commons--post--46.html Martin Firman - Managing Director - CanHave <p>"One of the most genuine people I have ever worked with."</p> http://www.bwjenterprise.co.uk/Martin_Firman__Managing_Director__CanHave--post--45.html Year 10 student - Churchdown School - Gloucestershire <p>"I felt I could have talked with Barry for hours."</p> http://www.bwjenterprise.co.uk/Year_10_student__Churchdown_School__Gloucestershire--post--44.html Matt Mammana - Lightwater - Surrey <p>"Before my sessions with Barry, I always felt uncontrollably nervous at the thought of public speaking. Our team had already won the U.K. final but I knew I would need some help as the global final, in Kuala Lumpur, was on a much larger scale. Barry showed me how to project my natural personality, how to be more fluid and less robotic. My team mates had not seen me present since the U.K. final and they could not believe the difference."</p> http://www.bwjenterprise.co.uk/Matt_Mammana__Lightwater__Surrey--post--43.html M.B.E. - for contributions to education - and Career teacher for 25 years at Dean Close Private school - Cheltenham <p> </p><div>"There ought to be a copy of this program (C.D. program) in every home where there are teenagers." </div><div>Vanessa Aris,</div><div><br /><strong>M.B.E. (for contributions to education) and Career teacher for 25 years at Dean Close Private school, Cheltenham.</strong></div> http://www.bwjenterprise.co.uk/MBE__for_contributions_to_education__and_Career_teacher_for_25_years_at_Dean_Close_Private_school__Cheltenham--post--41.html Managing Director - Paravail - Business Telecomms expert <p> </p><div>With a wealth of business experience behind him,Barry is an excellent guide for students making the difficult transfer from education to employment. Barry is sincere and diplomatic, is a pleasdure to work wth and I have no hesitation in recommending him.</div><div><br /><strong>Terry Lockwood Managing Director, Paravail, Business Telecomms expert</strong></div> http://www.bwjenterprise.co.uk/Managing_Director__Paravail__Business_Telecomms_expert--post--40.html Student Worshop Co-Ordinator - Working Knowledge <p> </p><div>Barry is a fantastic communicator. He has lots to offer students and business experts alike. Barry has the ability to instal confidence is others, especially in terms of public speaking; he is quite the expert. If yopu have a chance to work with Barry, I would recomment doing so; such a great character.</div><div><br /><strong>Oliver Collard Student Worshop Co-Ordinator, Working Knowledge.</strong></div> http://www.bwjenterprise.co.uk/Student_Worshop_CoOrdinator__Working_Knowledge--post--39.html Head of 6th Form - St Edwards Private School - Cheltenham <p> </p><div>"Our students .......loved your style. They said the highlight of their day was Barry."</div><div><br /><strong>John Lewis, Head of 6th Form, St.Edwards' Private School, Cheltenham.</strong></div> http://www.bwjenterprise.co.uk/Head_of_6th_Form__St_Edwards_Private_School__Cheltenham--post--38.html Work Related Learning - Prince Henrys School - Evesham <p> </p><div>"Our students have described you as a legend."</div><div><br /><strong>Jane Tozer, Work Related Learning, Prince Henry's School, Evesham.</strong></div> http://www.bwjenterprise.co.uk/Work_Related_Learning__Prince_Henrys_School__Evesham--post--37.html Fellow of Professional Speaking Association and Director of Stretch Development <p> </p><div>A  light under a bushel if ever there was one. Barry engages people with expert, research based comment, wrapped in humour and genuine desire to help others. Great combination. The students said "you rocked.."</div><div><br /><strong>David Hyner, Fellow of Professional Speaking Association and Director of Stretch Development</strong></div><div> </div><p> </p> http://www.bwjenterprise.co.uk/Fellow_of_Professional_Speaking_Association_and_Director_of_Stretch_Development--post--36.html Student Futures Advisor - St.Gregorys College - Bath <p> </p><div>"The discussion was lively and friendly, due in part to Barry's depth of knowledge and experience, but also because of his deep interest in the development of motivated, inspired young people. I found his approach both reassuringly competent and sufficiently challenging to keep students interested in the excellent message he imparted."</div><div><br /><strong>Martin Gailey, Student Futures Advisor, St.Gregory's College, Bath.</strong></div> http://www.bwjenterprise.co.uk/Student_Futures_Advisor__StGregorys_College__Bath--post--35.html Deputy Head - Brockworth Enterprise School <p> </p><div>"I would like to formally thank you for your work on the employability course. It has been an absolute pleasure working with you. I think the nature of the course we have developed is absolutely superb – it really does meet the needs of, what I believe, is a growing number of 6th Form students who cannot afford to  or do not want to go to University, but who are ambitious and want to gain employment with suitable training. I believe this group has been overlooked in the past and we have certainly helped our students to achieve their goal."</div><div><br /><strong>Stuart Langworthy, Deputy Head, Brockworth Enterprise School.</strong></div> http://www.bwjenterprise.co.uk/Deputy_Head__Brockworth_Enterprise_School--post--34.html Work Related Learning - Chipping Campden School <p> </p><div><span style="font-size:12px;">"The feedback from the students has been superb. They are already asking when your next session will be."</span></div><div><br /><span style="font-size:12px;"><strong>James Slattery, Work Related Learning, Chipping Campden School</strong></span></div> http://www.bwjenterprise.co.uk/Work_Related_Learning__Chipping_Campden_School--post--33.html Head of Careers - Chew Valley School <p> </p><div>"You gained one of the top ratings for talks given to our students.....you made the topic interesting and relevant to them."</div><div><br /><strong>Nick Hammett, Head of Careers, Chew Valley School.</strong></div> http://www.bwjenterprise.co.uk/Head_of_Careers__Chew_Valley_School--post--32.html Careers Manager - Writhlington School - Radstock <p> </p><div><span style="font-size:12px;">".....your session gave our students an excellent insight into employability skills. I have had excellent feedback from the students...."</span></div><div><br /><span style="font-size:12px;"><strong>Emma Cox, Careers Manager, Writhlington School, Radstock.</strong></span></div> http://www.bwjenterprise.co.uk/Careers_Manager__Writhlington_School__Radstock--post--31.html Learning and Intervention Mentor - Lode Heath School - Birmingham <p> </p><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:12px;">"Barry Jackson gave an assembly to a group of 200 year 10's and 200 year 11's about the dos and don'ts of application ltter writing. he avoided the usual power point presentation but instead, stood on stage with great stage presence. His ideas and examples were interesting whilest humorous ensuring all 14-16 year olds were fully engaged and undersstood the perils of bad job and college applications."</span></span></div><div><br /><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:12px;"><strong>Frances Burcher, Learning and Intervention Mentor, Lode Heath School, Birmingham.</strong></span></span></div> http://www.bwjenterprise.co.uk/Learning_and_Intervention_Mentor__Lode_Heath_School__Birmingham--post--30.html Head of Specialisms - King Edward the 6th Grammar School Bham <p> </p><div><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">"For the second year running, we have achieved our highest ever number of Oxbridge offers".</span></span></div><div><br /><span style="color:#0f5791;"><strong><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Terry Law, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ">Head of Specialisms, King Edward the 6th Grammar School B'ham.</span></strong></span></div><div> </div> http://www.bwjenterprise.co.uk/Head_of_Specialisms__King_Edward_the_6th_Grammar_School_Bham--post--29.html Head of Careers - Balcarras School Cheltenham <p> </p><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:12px;">"One of the best speakers we invited to the school last year.."</span></span></div><div><br /><span style="color:#0f5791;"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:12px;">Kevin Clancy, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ">Head of Careers, Balcarras School Cheltenham.</span></strong></span></div><div> </div><p> </p> http://www.bwjenterprise.co.uk/Head_of_Careers__Balcarras_School_Cheltenham--post--28.html NOTES ON INTERVIEW TECHNIQUE <p> </p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'">I’ve used the word technique, and techniques are important; BUT only when applied with conviction. Conviction is critical to your success. The tone of your voice, as well as your body language, must convey the highest level of self belief. This is not easy when you haven’t had the success you were hoping for. You have to discipline yourself to act “as if.” As if what? As if you believe that:</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'"><b>You are the candidate that all the others have to beat.</b></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'"><b>You are the one that all the other candidates should be worried about.</b></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'"><b>Yes, you are out to sell yourself, but you’re also there to establish whether the interviewer deserves to have a person as good as you in his/her team.</b></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'"> I am not encouraging arrogance. Arrogance is bad; but that’s not the point. The point is that, unless you project your belief that you’re that good, why would the interviewer  believe you either? The truth is that the <i>interviewer will never rate you higher than you appear to rate yourself.</i></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'"> </p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'"><img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/notes_image.png" style="width: 227px; height: 257px; " /></p> http://www.bwjenterprise.co.uk/NOTES_ON_INTERVIEW_TECHNIQUE--post--26.html INTERVIEW TECHNIQUES <p> </p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times">Interview techniques are important; but interview techniques are not as important as approaching the interview with the right attitude of mind. The right attitude of mind helps your interview technique more than anything else. So what is the right attitude of mind?</p><ul style="list-style-type: disc"><li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times">Go to the interview believing that you are the candidate all the other candidates ought to be worried about.</li><li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times">This is not about being big headed; but no interviewer is going to rate you higher than you rate yourself.</li><li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times">Selling yourself is not about telling the interviewer how good you are. That’s <i>not</i> selling yourself. That’s boasting. You need to <i>demonstrate</i> how good you are <i>without actually saying</i> how good you are? That’s what selling yourself is all about.</li><li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times">Your first goal at the interview is to convince the interviewer that to offer the position to any other candidate would be a foolish move.</li><li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times">Your second goal is to encourage the interviewer to convince you that, if you were offered the job, you would be a fool not to accept.</li></ul><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times">With the right attitude of mind, the interview techniques will often take care of themselves.</p> http://www.bwjenterprise.co.uk/INTERVIEW_TECHNIQUES--post--25.html INTERVIEW PREPARATION <p> </p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times">It’s one of the commonest complaints made by interviewers, “Candidates come completely unprepared.”  That’s good news. If your interview preparation is good, you already have a head start over your competition.</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times">Here are the basics of good interview preparation.</p><ul style="list-style-type: disc"><li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times">Visit the employer’s website. Print off a few pages. What will you be expected to know? What questions might you be asked? What questions would you like to ask the interviewer?</li><li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times">Read your own C.V. <i>as if you were the interviewer. </i>What questions would you ask? Have you got a well prepared answer to these questions?</li><li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times">Gather together everything you need to take to the interview and <i>do it the night before.</i></li><li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times">Do you know how to find the place? </li><li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times">Do you have a contact telephone number in case you run late? Interviewers will not hold it against you if you’re delayed. They will hold it against you if you don’t bother to let them know.</li><li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times">Have you got your mobile phone? Is it charged up?</li></ul><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times">If you can’t put a tick against every one of these, your interview preparation is not as good as it ought to be. </p> http://www.bwjenterprise.co.uk/INTERVIEW_PREPARATION--post--24.html INTERVIEW COACHING <p> </p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times">If your little girl wanted to learn to ride a horse, where would you take her? A professional riding school, right? If your son wants to lean to drive, who do you approach? A professional driving instructor, right? And you expect to pay. You don’t approach Uncle Tony because Uncle Tony will do it for free! How about an interview coach?</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times">We all like a bargain; but when it comes to the things that really matter in our lives, like the house we live in, the car we drive, a meal out, we do not opt for the cheapest we can lay our hands on. We buy the best we can afford. Maybe interview coaching doesn’t rate that high.</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times">When it comes to the things that we value most, including the career prospects of our children, pound shop mentality does not pay off. Maybe interview coaching is not something we value all that much!</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times">If you want to be a champion at anything, you need a coach. Ask Usain Bolt, ask Roger Federer, ask Venus and Serena Williams. Interview coaching is no different, not if you want your son or daughter to be a champion.</p> http://www.bwjenterprise.co.uk/INTERVIEW_COACHING--post--23.html Only memorable will be good enough part2 <p> </p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'">I was watching a T.V. program which addressed the question of what a degree is worth these days. Some pretty alarming statistics emerged from the program. Graduate unemployment has reached a 17 year high; this at a time when student loans have never been higher. Graduate unemployment is running at 20% compared with a national unemployment rate of 7.9.  As a parent, what do you advise? Do you advise your son/daughter to go for it any way; or do you encourage them to seek a job after “A” levels? The decision is made further complicated by the fact that, with so many graduates out there, many jobs that you could apply for straight from school ,now require a degree. </p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'">Before deciding what advice to give, the following points should be taken into account.</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 36.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'">Some careers <i>require</i> a degree. E.g. Law, Medicine.</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 36.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'">Not all degrees carry equal weight with employers. A degree in a traditional academic subject from one of the Oxbridge Universities is valued highest, followed by the top 20 red brick universities. (The Russell group). Tell an employer that you can offer a degree in Golf Course Management or Hair Dressing and he’s more likely to laugh at you!</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 36.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'">Remember the law of supply and demand. If the number of graduates in a subject exceeds the number of job opportunities, your son/daughter may have a problem.  This is the reason that unemployment rate among I.T. graduates is high, in spite of the fact that there is no shortage of jobs in this sector. </p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 36.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'">Whatever the chosen career, the successful job candidate will have to impress the interviewer more than all the other equally well qualified candidates. <b>Only memorable will be good enough.</b></p> http://www.bwjenterprise.co.uk/Only_memorable_will_be_good_enough_part2--post--22.html BARRYS BLOG <p> </p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; font: 12.0px Times">A few weeks ago, I was listening to an interview on the Radio 4 Today program. A young lady was being given the chance to tell listeners how difficult it is to get a job. “The problem is,” she said, “that there are at least 50 candidates for every job I go for; so I only ever have a 1 in 50 chance of getting the job.” The implication is that all candidates have an equal chance. No they don’t. One candidate will be more memorable than all the others and this candidate has a 100% chance of landing the job. The other 49 have no chance at all. The secret is  knowing how to be the memorable candidate. Only memorable is good enough.</p> http://www.bwjenterprise.co.uk/BARRYS_BLOG--post--21.html THE RICH ARE GETTING RICHER <p> </p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'">We’ve heard it before, a million times: “The rich are getting richer; the poor are getting poorer.” The implication: the rich are exploiting the poor and if only we could persuade the rich to be less well off, we’d get rid of poverty. How true is that?</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'">When I was a boy, the only people who ran marathons were Olympic athletes. If anyone had suggested that ordinary folk like you and me should be running 26 miles, they’d have been told they were crazy. Today, everyone from late teenagers to 8o year old grannies are taking part in marathons. <i>There are more really fit people around today than at any time in living memory. Yet we have a national obesity problem.</i> The fit are getting fitter, the fat are getting fatter. Why? Because those who are fit and healthy repeat the behaviours that got them fit and healthy in the first place, while obese people also repeat the behaviours that got them fat in the first place. Does that mean that the answer to the obesity problem is to persuade fit people to stop being so healthy? <i>It is all about behaviour</i> and until we recognize that fact, the gap will continue to get wider and wider. </p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'">If you are unfit, either physically or financially, it could be because you don’t know the rules for getting fit, or you know the rules but you’re  ignoring them. So, how many financially deprived people are queuing up to get the advice of those who know how to earn and to save money?</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 11.0px 'Times New Roman'">It’s time they were encouraged to do so.</p> http://www.bwjenterprise.co.uk/THE_RICH_ARE_GETTING_RICHER--post--19.html Only memorable is good enough <p>A few weeks ago, I was listening to an interview on the Radio 4 Today program. A young lady was being given the chance to tell listeners how difficult it is to get a job. “The problem is,” she said, “that there are at least 50 candidates for every job I go for; so I only ever have a 1 in 50 chance of getting the job.” The implication is that all candidates have an equal chance. No they don’t. One candidate will be more memorable than all the others and this candidate has a 100% chance of landing the job. The other 49 have no chance at all. The secret is  knowing how to be the memorable candidate. Only memorable is good enough.</p> http://www.bwjenterprise.co.uk/Only_memorable_is_good_enough--post--17.html