Job Hunting Tips
►Job-hunting is a full time
job; you should spend at a minimum 15 hours a week.
►Take the initiative and
meet with employers face-to-face.
►Chances of getting a job
are better with smaller companies than with large ones.
►Know yourself; identify
your skills in detail and in priority.
►Research your potential
employer; find out all you can about the organization, this will show the
employer that you are interested.
►Be persistent but not
aggressively obnoxious; keep at the job hunt and make return visits.
►Sell your skills, talk
about what you can do, not what you did at your last job.
►Discover or develop
alternate names for the work you do, or alternate jobs where you can use the
same
skill.
► Investigate many
different organizations or businesses for job openings. Don’t limit yourself to one
type of organization.
►Don’t "put all of
your eggs in one basket" by relying only on relatives, just sending out
resumes, or just
applying to your first employer choice.
►Decide what makes you
better at the job you are applying for than everyone else, and then sell it to
the
employer.
►Get as many other people
helping you look for a job as possible: friends, relatives, coworkers,
professionals, and so on.
►Look as sharp as possible
when out looking for a job; be clean, well dressed and alert.
►Be sure to write thank you
notes to everyone who assists you in your job search, do it daily if possible.
►Remember: No one "owes" you a job; it’s up to you to
"win" a job by showing a potential employer that you have what it
takes to do the work required.