Know where to hunt for THE RIGHT JOB!
1. With hiring managers having little patience with forced applications and competing candidates being too many, job hunting is a tough task ask today! In this environment, you will have to sell yourself as the best candidate to prospective employers to get that coveted job.
2. Begin your job hunt as early as possible, since this is quite a task in itself and often a time taking in itself and often a time taking and stressful process that last longer than expected, leading to anxiety, insecurities and depression.
3. Use an honest self assessment to get in to the rights frame of mind. Arm yourself with positive realistic and optimistic attitude. Approach job hunting with plenty of time at hand, energy, patience, diligence, motivation and will to win! Eat, exercise, mediate, socialize and sleep properly during this phase while strictly budget your money.
4. Set a flexible achievable target date by when you expect to land a job and then a weekly time table of reaching those goals. Draw up a strategy to market yourself and convey that employing you makes god business sense for your employer.
5. Classify the types of employers who might want to employ someone with your training and skills. Draw up a list of potential employers with their contact details using the internet, telephone directory, yellow pages trade magazine, editors of trade journals, recruitment agencies, job advertisements, career counselor and contacts or friends within the industry.
6. be enterprising! Build a great CV and prepare for Group discussion and Interviews. Maintain a separate diary of important names, telephone numbers and email-ids, of contacts, a list of those to whom CV’s have already been sent, Interviews has been scheduled and where follow-up calls to be made. Pick up the phone, walk up to people, introduce yourself and attend relevant seminars to build contacts.
7. It is better to address the envelope containing the CV in the name of the contact identified, rather than just by his designation, whether in a company to in recruitment agencies. Always accompanied with a personalized covering letter that explains why you want to work for the particular company.
8. If confused about the above, then call the company reception to find out, who you need to address the CV to , the Departmental head of the HR Head. You can also upload our resume, on to leading recruitment agency and company.
9. It is always advisable to phone the secretary of the decision –maker, unless referred to someone else, as a first introduction and ask him/her to look out for your letter, before drop your CV at their office. Then make a follow up call to ensure that your CV has been received and check on any feedback, what so ever.
10. Networking is the ultimate key to finding the best opportunities. Building contacts among smaller business contacts among smaller business houses in the work, sector you are seeking a job in can lead you to your goal. Given that most owners and directors know each other well, they serve as important career advisors and references.
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