Looking For A Job

"I'VE JUST GOT TO GET A JOB"
People seek employment under different circumstances.Thus, there are Fourteen specific suggestions, tested with experience, which have been helpful to many people are listed below:
The most important rule is to try everything
The more steps you take, the more people you ask for help, the more prospective employers you see, the better your chances are.You get the point.An interesting fact to keep in mind is that the person who gets the job is not necessarily the most qualified but the person who knows best how to get a job.??
Ask you friends, relatives and acquaintances for help.
It clearly works, or it wouldn't be such a standard procedure.Stretch your mind to think of as many people as possible, and don't forget the alumni of your college who live in the same community, whether you know them personally or not.
Don't rely just on mailing out resumes.
It is necessary to compose a resume at the proper time, but I am sad to report that while mailing out resumes is safe and easy, especially as it does not result in the sense of personal rejection that a failed interview might,rarely does this result in employment.So many people pin their hopes on this procedure and are bitterly disappointed.
Answer newspaper ads and follow news stories.
Answering newspaper ads can be worthwhile, but an additional idea is to call firms who placed ads six weeks earlier and ask whether they are satisfied with their choice, and if not, you would be glad to be interviewed.Nervy? Sure. But the idea is to try everything.
Look for opportunities in news stories about expansions, contracts awarded, branch offices opened.
New product lines and additions to previous ones, as well as reorganizations, can indicate the possibility of job openings.Frequent news stories list promotions, usually with pictures of the persons involved.In these cases, congratulatory letters are in order accompanied by your resume and an offer of your services.
Register at employment offices.
If you have some particular skill that is in demand, for example a computer specialty, registering at an employment office has value.Otherwise, it is a long shot, but worth a try as part of the effort to make use of every single possibility.Frequent call-backs and cultivating a friend in the office help.
Try an imaginative approach.
The best illustration I know of this idea was a plan put into effect by Aristotle Onassis, the Greek shipping mogul, although the goal was not a job.
Early in his career, Onassis needed a loan but felt it would be impossible for him to get a positive reception from the bank president.So he followed the bank president around and stood nearby in a visible, but not obtrusive, position.Everywhere he went, Onassis went.He never spoke, or even looked at him, but when the president left his office, there was Onassis.When he came out from lunch, there he was again, and he was waiting in the street when the banker went to work.Finally exasperated, the president turned to him and asked, "Who are you and what do you want?"
"My name is Onassis, and I want a loan," he replied.
He got it.
Be creative, and try to get employers to notice you.
Highlight your individual strengths.I know a young architect who sent little boxes to three prospective employers. The box had printed on it, "Cut here."When it was opened, an abbreviated resume popped up in 3-D.Architects like an imaginative, visual presentation, and in this case it got their attention. Two out of the three prospects offered him a job, after interviews, of course.
See the employer personally.
The very best way to get a job is to see your prospective employer personally, yet this requires will power, perseverance, and full-time application to the task.It worked in my office-boy effort, and it works better than any other approach.Make a game out of it; look upon it as an adventure.
The best description of the process imaginable is: NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO YES.
The psychological value of constant effort.
Find businesses which interest you.
People have said to me, "I want to do something, but I don't know what to do."The answer is to start calling on prospective employers.Ask everyone you know for advice about potential employers.
Don't be put off by the Personnel Department.
Any person hunting for a job should know about the usual procedures in a large office for handling applicants.One role of the personnel department is to screen out applicants in a way so as not to alienate the public.The standard practice is to tell a person, "Fill out this application, and we will see what we can do."If this happens, you know that the chances of anyone's even looking at your piece of paper again are infinitesimal.You can always say to the person who passes out application forms, probably by the dozens, "Look, I really need a job.Please take an interest in me.If I fill this out, no one may ever look at it.Can't you suggest a better way so that I can get consideration? Who can I see? "Bring that receptionist flowers the next day with a note, "I do need your help."
Hire your employer.
First identify the type of business you want to work for, then identify the company, and then identify the person in the company either for whom you would work directly or who could offer you a position.Set out to get an interview with that person, jumping over the barrier of the personnel department.Undertake a research project on the firm.
Do your research.
In relation to doing research on a given firm or on a vocational field in general, the importance of time and effort spent on research cannot be over-emphasized.And a point to remember is that the best research is that which tells you NOT to do it.There are many more possibilities for wrong and even disastrous choices than for right ones.Solid research can improve the odds in your favor.
Don't part with your letter of recommendation.
If you get a letter of recommendation, don't part with the one and only original copy.Such a letter has more value if it is directed to the potential employer, but you may not get that job and it becomes a problem going back for other such letters.
Work as a temporary.
A final, and one of the best suggestions, is to work as a temporary through one of the many firms specializing in this field. A placement with a business where you perform well, and where they get to know you and you get to know them, frequently turns into a permanent position.It is obviously important to seek such work in a field which you like and in which you have skills.
Use the Internet.
The Internet is a great resource for jobseekers.