Praetorian Outsource Marketing on How to Sell Yourself in 15 Seconds.

Praetorian Outsource Marketing has spent a lot of time reporting on the difficulties facing graduates and young people when it comes to finding a job. There is no doubt that at the moment the job search is incredibly hard, but that doesn’t mean you should give up hope. So the direct sales and outsource marketing company from Birmingham wants you to be prepared when opportunity comes knocking at your door.

As a job seeker you should be prepared to pitch yourself at any given moment, you just don’t know when there might be someone with a job to fill. Even more importantly you should be able to do it professionally, succinctly and impressively. How on earth can I do that in 15 seconds or less, you might ask? Praetorian Outsource Marketing has a few tips.

Firstly practice makes perfect. Never allow yourself to be caught off guard. You should have a self-pitch ready to share at any moment, it must be clear, simple and impressive and you should be able to deliver it with confidence. Praetorian Outsource Marketing would recommend that you write it out to make sure you include all the important points then practice it until it doesn't sound rehearsed.

We’re taught not to boast but that doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t sell yourself. It is a fine art to blow your own trumpet but in a classy way. Practice it on a close friend, they will tell you honestly whether it sounds on the right side of impressive or boastful.

Finally it’s important not to simply reel off your CV. A spokesperson for Praetorian Outsource Marketing advises, “Instead of telling someone how long you were in your last job focus instead on the impact you made there and what your future career goals are.”

Keeping yourself on the lookout for opportunities at all times, and being ready for them when the chance presents itself, will ensure that you give yourself the best possible chance of success. Praetorian Outsource Marketing believes that by keeping your pitch to 15 seconds or less, you’ll keep their attention and hit all they key points. Praetorian Outsource Marketing wishes you the best of luck in your search.

Praetorian Outsource Marketing Understands Graduates To Face Earning Slump

Praetorian Outsource Marketing has learnt that graduates are to expect a tough time on leaving university with rising fees and an earning slump.

Praetorian Outsource Marketing has been reporting over recent months that graduates, and young people in general, are expected to have an incredibly tough time in the job market for the foreseeable future. For those that are fortunate enough to find a job it seems that they should expect lower wages than their predecessors might have enjoyed. New figures released yesterday show that real graduate pay has fallen to its lowest level in almost a decade.

Though the average starting salary for university leavers is unchanged at £25,000 this is actually a significant fall when you take into account rising prices. Once they are inflation adjusted, starting salaries are the equivalent of £18,705 which is less than the £18,839 paid to new graduates back in 2000. Praetorian Outsource Marketing can also report that the demand for graduate positions is still incredibly intense with on average 43 applications for each vacancy, up 12 per cent from 2010.

A spokesperson for the outsource sales and marketing company said, “There is a glimmer of sunshine from the Incomes Data Services (IDS) research which expects a 9.1 per cent increase in graduate hiring this year. However nine out of ten firms will still freeze graduate starting salaries.” The freeze also seems to be hitting the traditionally highest paid graduate jobs with new lawyers unchanged at £36,000 and those in banking and finance at £31,250.

Praetorian Outsource Marketing has reported that in the wake of the economic downturn many young job-seekers and graduates have decided to follow less traditional routes to ensure they are earning. “We’ve heard a lot of stories about young people joining family businesses and indeed starting their own businesses, rather than leaving their employment fate up to a stagnant job market. At Praetorian Outsource Marketing we are impressed by the ingenuity of these young people and believe that as a result of the downturn we will see a new wave of entrepreneurs. We wish them all the best of luck.”

Praetorian Outsource Marketing Delighted Graduates to get Helping Hand with Start-Ups

Entrepreneur First plans to help graduates start their own businesses. Praetorian Outsource Marketing looks at the scheme and the investors.

Entrepreneur First is a new initiative to encourage the brightest graduates to start a business instead of heading down a traditional career path. Praetorian Outsource Marketing, a marketing and outsource sales company based in Birmingham was delighted when they first heard of the scheme which is backed by investment from organisations like Microsoft, Silicon Valley Bank and successful entrepreneurs such as Songkick founder Pete Smith.

The scheme was inspired by Teach First, a scheme which encourages the best graduates who would not previously have considered a career in teaching to work in some of the toughest schools in the UK. The first set of applications saw 425 entries from 88 universities and 34 will be chosen from those. The successful applicants will start making a business plan over the coming months and then they will start their companies, along with their peers, in September.

What do Praetorian Outsource Marketing think this means for graduates? A spokesperson for the company believes it is a really exciting prospect, “With the incredibly high rate of graduate unemployment we have been encouraging graduates to look for less traditional career routes for some time now. This scheme is a fantastic initiative and will give young graduates the support they need to do something incredible, to start their own business.”

One of the graduates on the scheme is Emily Brooke who quit her physics degree at Oxford to study product design at Brighton University. She said “At Oxford, all I could see was a City career mapped out ahead of me and I wanted to do something more creative.” Praetorian Outsource Marketing believes that this scheme will encourage more people that there are other career options out there.

Microsoft is on hand to offer places on the software giant’s graduate scheme if after two years the participants wish to opt for a more conventional career. The Praetorian Outsource Marketing’s spokesperson continued, “This is an incredible win-win scenario for these graduates. They get a chance, and the support to follow their dream, but have a fall-back plan if they decide it’s not for them. We believe this scheme will put entrepreneurship on the radar for the best and brightest students.”

Praetorian Outsource Marketing Asks: Can Mary Queen of Shops Save Birmingham High Street?

8 shopping centres in Birmingham are turning to Mary ‘Queen of Shops’ Portas to help them to solve their problems. Praetorian Outsource Marketing looks at the bids and asks, will it work?

The government recently enlisted the help of TV show host Mary Portas to help rescue the struggling high street. Praetorian Outsource Marketing, a outsource sales and marketing company based in Birmingham city centre, is well aware of the problems facing small businesses and were interested to see what she would do. Portas has put together a pilot scheme, to which 8 bids from Birmingham have been submitted, to see if they can revive independent shops that have been struggling in the financial downturn.

Praetorian Outsource Marketing has seen shop after shop close in Birmingham, aside from in the city’s flagship Bullring which seems to be weathering the storm. Independent retailers have seen rents have go up and sales go down. A total of 12 high streets from around the UK will be selected to get grants of up to £100,000 each. The competition was launched in February after Portas submitted a report on struggling high streets which suggested 28 improvements to try and revive the shopping areas.

The managing director of Praetorian Outsource Marketing is delighted that something is being done to help small businesses around the UK by the government. He said, “Huge shops like ASDA and Tesco have been forcing out smaller businesses for years but when the recession hit these shops struggled even more as they just weren’t able to compete on price when there were less people buying. I’m thrilled to see that 8 impressive looking bids have been submitted in Birmingham.”

The bids include rock ‘n’ roll themed branding for Erdington, a loyalty card scheme for Kings Heath and start up shops for new retailers in Boldmere. Does Praetorian Outsource Marketing think that Mary Portas’s scheme will work? “Well we feel it’s had a positive effect already, it has brought the problem to the forefront of the governments attention and they are finally doing something about it. If it encourages people to support their local shops and also revive some dreary looking high streets then we’re sure that it will be effective.”

Council member of Bourneville, Timothy Huxtable, said “the bids are all designed to improve the vibrancy of these local centres. I have been very impressed with the range and quality.”

Praetorian Outsource Marketing are keen to see which bids win and is hopeful that some of the Birmingham bids will be among them.

Praetorian Outsource Marketing 2012: 3 month review January-March

Praetorian Outsource Marketing has started 2012 with a bang, seeing some of their best ever results and solidifying plans for expansion over the next six months.

The Birmingham based outsource sales and marketing company has seen remarkable results for their clients in the last 3 months. Their clients, including a high profile telecoms and broadband provider, have seen customer levels in Birmingham rise thanks to Praetorian Outsource Marketing. Plans are now in full motion to expand with a further four offices set to open in as many months in cities across the UK.

PraetorianOutsource Marketing is an Outsource Sales and Marketing company based in Birmingham. Specialising in client representation, Praetorian offer clients a full service approach to direct marketing and outsource sales by providing professional and sustainable direct marketing campaigns.

The managing director for Praetorian Outsource Marketing commented on their recent success.  Attributing the results to ‘good old fashioned hard work and determination’ he said ‘At Praetorian Outsource Marketing we have had a fantastic start to the year and seen some great results for our clients of which we are incredibly proud. However, we are only in the first quarter of the year, meaning this really is just the beginning of the results we expect to achieve for our clients over the next 12 months. Due to the results we’ve seen, we are set to expand to new cities and add additional clients to our repertoire, with solid plans to open up four new offices in the next few months. The opening of new offices is also set to offer new opportunities to work alongside Praetorian Outsource Marketing which is an additional positive’.

The opening of four new offices will mean that Praetorian Outsource Marketing will be able to implement the same service that has brought them such great success, five times over. This will allow the company to reach new areas, more customers and even new clients.