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Thetford Business Forum Careers Survey

Thetford Business Forum is made up of around 70 local business people anddecision makers. It was formed several years ago to give Thetford businesses a

voice and representation on matters involving the development of the local area.The forum consists of businesses and organisations of all sizes including the likesof Baxters, Century Logistics, Warren, BTO, Lovewell Blake amongst others. Itbrings together the public and private sector and many of the forum memberssit on local councils and boards, representing the local community.

At the Thetford Business Forum Breakfast Meeting, held at Thetford Academy on15.1.14, members were asked to complete a quick survey about employeequalities and CVs.

Each member was given a list of qualities or features and asked to pick the 3most important, in their opinion as local employers.

Results and comments from the 26 respondents are recorded below:

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‘They need to want to learn and do well’

‘They need to be smart, keen, willing and wanting to be an inte gral member ofthe business, helping to see the business reach its goals and targets’

‘A positive attitude and the confidence to use their initiative are very high up thelist’

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Comments:

‘However, ALL are important!’

‘Three choices (for the most important things on a CV) are not enough!

Qualifications are very important, but more so is the right attitude to work. Beenthusiastic and this needs to come across in the CV’

‘They need to sell themselves. How keen are they to learn and be reliable andenthusiastic?’

‘This depends on the job. Make the CV interesting from the start, a coveringletter will help to sell you to a prospective employer’

‘It is also very important that the real person matches the CV. I often seeprofessional looking CVs – but when the person hand writes a form their spellingand presentation fall much lower than the CV standard’

‘If you can’t be bothered to use spell check – then I can’t be bothered to readyour CV’

‘Work experience and evidenced skills are the very first things I look for. Poorspelling and grammar indicate a lack of attention to detail and might affect theirwork ethic’

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