Clips
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Web Exclusive: The Soap Challenge Duration: 06:31 Episode 2
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Tina Daheley on how to get yourself noticed Duration: 03:00 Episode 1
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How to get noticed - Chris is having a bubble... bath (literally) Duration: 00:56 Episode 2
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Up For Hire Live is coming... Duration: 00:30
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Meet The Recruits Duration: 02:20
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An Insiders' Guide on how to work with customers Duration: 05:18
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What’s Up For Hire Live?
Five shows in four days, 30 work placements, four happy recruits who completed the work experience of a lifetime and hundreds of thousands of you who took part in the conversation online. And how can we forget our celebrity guests - Stacey Solomon, Russell Kane, James Caan and BBC Radio 1’s Edith Bowman, Greg James and Sara Cox who joined us in the studio too. We might not be on Three’s screens anymore but there’s a host of treats on this site, including exclusive clips and tips from celebs and industry experts on how to give your jobseeking skills a spring clean, and how to get yourself to where you want to be. Take a look around…
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Take the Get Yourself Hired Test
Want practical advice on looking for work from 'The Apprentice' winner Tim Campbell? Take the Get Yourself Hired Test, and you can help researchers find out what makes a successful jobseeker too.
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What you said...
Unemployed and struggling to find work? Going nowhere in your job? Or gagging to go it alone in business? We asked for your thoughts and experiences on getting onto the career ladder, whether a degree really matters, whether it’s possible to be young and a good manager and how to think like an entrepreneur.
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Up For Hire on Facebook
Should you mention a company’s rival in an interview? How should you follow up an unsuccessful application? And how can you tailor your CV so that you’re not beaten with the ‘overqualified’ stick? The Up For Hire Facebook page was the place to put your career queries directly to some of the UK’s top companies. We’re closed for business now, but take a look through some of the popular queries and answers from the companies who took part.
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On air
BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra were at the heart of Up For Hire Live. Aled kicked it off on The Surgery, Scott Mills got involved in the action on the breakfast show, Newsbeat tackled employment issues and our four recruits chatted to Gemma Cairney and Twin B on 1Xtra.
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Watch and learn
Working as a team, acing interviews, shining on your CV: these are just some of the subjects our insider guides offer to giving your jobseeking a boost. Want to be head and shoulders above other applicants?
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The recruits
Up For Hire Live followed four recruits as they undertook the work placement of a lifetime. Did the recruits grab their opportunities by the horns? Or turn up their noses? Find out more about them.
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Related links
Want links to CV templates or info on how to become an entrepreneur? Click through the episodes to browse through related links to each episode.
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Placements
The opportunity to apply for one of the 23 entry-level positions at Argos, Greggs, Hilton Worldwide, ScottishPower, Starbucks, Timpson and Virgin Media has now closed. In total, 30 successful candidates were offered paid work placements as part of Up For Hire Live.
Placement T&Cs
