Introduction: When people move from one country, or province, or city to another, the first thing they look for is a job for themselves or their partner/spouse. The second step is looking for a home to rent, or to buy a detached home, semi detached home, freehold townhome, condo townhome, condomium apartment, etc. Many people look for opportunitie sell their homes at 0% commission. In this article, I shall speak about the 14 steps to getting a job/interview.
The general trend of most job seekers is to respond to job ads in the newspapers or job postings on the Internet. Or sometimes, when friends or relatives inform about vacancies, the job seeker submits his/her résumé and waits for a response from the employer.
It has been stated that 80% of available jobs are not advertised. At first, this sounds strange, but, this is not so. Very often, when the person making a decision about jobs, i.e. CEO, General Managers, etc. decide to hire staff, they have to inform the head of human resources and that person has to put an ad in the media and so on. In the meanwhile, if a prospective candidate takes the initiative to meet the CEO, General Manager, etc. directly and presents himself/herself as a suitable candidate, chances are they could get hired even before the job is advertised. This is the strategy on which I have prepared this document.
The steps I present will enable you to achieve a "foot in the door". What does this mean? It means that I am going to show you how to get an appointment with the decision maker, i.e. CEO, Head of Department, General Manager, etc. before the job is advertised. This way, you get the opportunity to make a first good impression. Thereby, the CEO does not have to spend resources, time and money from the HR budget to recruit a candidate who has taken the initiative to do a "pre-emptive" strike in offering his/her candidacy.
Some of the steps included below are:
•° Research
•° Sending an appropriate letter/email
•° Preparing for the meeting with the CEO/Manager
•° Conducting the meeting in a professional manner (this includes suitably dressed, excellent handshake, good body language, high standard of dialogue and business discussion, etc.)
•° Appropriate follow-up
Conclusion:
If the steps I recommend are properly followed persistently, you can be assured of getting an interview and a job. Remember, persistence pays rewards. You cannot give up if you get a few rejections. If you have sent hundreds of résumés and not got a job, would it hurt you to send 50 letters and get the job that you want?
Good luck on your job hunting!
14 Steps to getting an interview - and a job that you want!*
•Step 1. Make a list of companies that you would like to work for and in the area that you would like to reside. For example, if you feel that you would like to work for companies in Mississauga, make a list of those companies.
•Step 2. Go to the Mississauga Central Library on Burnhamthorpe Road (or any library in your area) and get a directory of businesses. You can ask the librarian and they will assist you. From the directory find out the following information on those companies whose list you made in Step 1 above and enter them in your notebook or enter in a spreadsheet on your computer:
•— The mailing address
•— The name of the President or CEO or General Manager, etc. (i.e. the top executive of the company)
•— The email address of the Executive
•— The Phone number of the Executive
•Step 3. Research those companies on the Internet and find out as much information about the company and the executives there. You will need this information to ask questions during your meeting with the Executive.
•Step 4. Prepare an introduction letter. If you need help, please send me an email and I will send you a template which you can use to send to any employer, which will generate a definite response.
•Step 5. After sending the above letter by email and by snail mail, wait for a few days and call up the Executive's office/secretary and draw his/her attention to your letter and request for a meeting.
For steps 6 to 14, kindly select the "contact" button above and send me the completed form. I promise to respond to you within 24 hours.
Good luck on your job hunting. You will be successful - if you are persistent!!
*Taken from http://www.tinosellshomes.com/
