Posted By Gary Clarkson I am a Safety professional with over 5 years safety management experience, due to complete BSC in Occ health & safety this summer. I have applied for numerous jobs but as yet haven't been asked for interview. What am I doing wrong? If anyone has any hints & tips to improve my chances of success I would be very grateful. Cheers Gary

Posted By peter gotch Hi Gary. Suggest you make your email visible, so that potential employer could email you direct. Plus suggest that you give some indication as to the sector(s) you have worked in whether as safety professional or otherwise. Regards, Peter

Posted By Brigham Mary, The subject title might give you a clue.

Posted By AF Central belt of Scotland normally covers a band across central scotland - Sorry could not be a little sarcastic here. Normally a band incorporating the cities of Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee and Stirling (yes this is now a city) and stretching across to both east and west coasts This band will cover the main industrial heartlands of Silicon Glen (in Renfrewshire, west of Glasgow), Lanarkshire, Lothians, Kingdom of Fife (between the Rivers Tay & Forth in the East), and the Central Falkirk/Stirling areas. Another option would be to imagine both Edinburgh & Glasgow as 2 centre points and establish a 40-50 mile radius on each. This will give you roughly the area of central Scotland. Fort Agustus is a little bit out of the way Alex

Posted By AlisonSM Gary A lot of companies seem to be looking for CMIOSH even for trainee positions so if you haven't already looked at the membership categories, I'd have a look there (and then mention you are working towards chartership from IOSH somewhere in your covering letter). Your CV shouldn't be too long (2-3 pages at most). I use headings such as "research" and "Consultancy" then bullet point the issues. Keep a note of closing dates and phone for an update if you don't hear anything (and it doesn't say anything about not contacting people etc - ask why you haven't been selected for interview. At the very least, it will mean they have another quick look at your CV and may include you if someone decides not to go for the interview after all). If you've been with the same company for a while you could try by giving future employers details of how you've improved the safety culture in your company (if possible, include some BRIEF financial savings). If you can show you made a significant difference to the health, safety and wellbeing of the company you worked for, a future employer might want to speak to you about what you could do for them... Keep an eye on the IOSH edinburgh website as there is sometimes jobs advertised on there (it's where I saw the job I'm doing at the moment!) and remember don't give up...

Posted By Andrew M Where are you looking for jobs?

Posted By jmc Hi All Toe cap We dont like that word Thank You very much Gary Im based in glasgow,starting a new job on monday, had lots of interest and believe there is at least 5 good H&S adviser (in construction)positions on the go just in glasgow. Email Me and Ill give You some numbers to call Ill respond A.S.A.P Kind Regards JMC

Posted By Gary Clarkson Alison/ Alex - thanks for the advice and reassurance. Toecap - Hee Hee, Jock indeed, you missed the whinging bit out :-)It is a growing industry right enough, but one I know very little about. Andrew - I've been trawling monster, s1, SHP, etc and have applied for more than a few jobs - the problem is I have been getting very little response & no interviews. JMC - thanks for that, it very good of you, e-mail on its way. Thanks all for taking the time to respond. Gary