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Job Search
Are you unemployed? Are you looking for a job through an employment agency that fulfills all your expectations? Follow these tips in order to turn your job search into a successful task.
- The first thing that you have to do is to perform an assessment of your latest job experiences.
- Carry out a detailed SWOT analysis (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats).
- If you are a student, start looking for a job now and don’t wait until graduation.
- Check out your time availability and make a good choice, it could be: part-time, full-time, internships or working-holiday jobs.
Internship
This program is very important especially for students who are at the last stage of their careers. Companies, state or private organizations and INGOs give internship opportunities. Whether you are studying or in holidays, you can take apply for them. Frequently, internship opportunities are not always paid. Your objective must be to get your academic credits, don’t turn down offers just because they won’t pay you!
Positive Point in an Internship program:
- Worthy experience.
- Meeting professionals in your field
- Improvement of skills such as management, professionalism and, of course, self-confidence.
- Creation of new professional bonds which can assist you in a near future.
- Putting into practice all your knowledge.
Federal Work-Study (FWS) program
This program was founded by the USA government in order to aid students by giving them a financial aid package. FWS provides more than 3,000 jobs in campus departments and INGOs. This is a great program to save money for college or university because your hourly wages are not less than the federal minimum hourly wage. To sum up, this will give you the opportunity to experience business job and save money too.
Most popular between young people: Part- time jobs are on top. Studying in the mornings and working in the afternoons seem to be hard but it is not at all: part-time jobs have flexible hours and if you have an important exam they can give you a day off. Your resume examples will be enriched by this experience and you will be prepared to get a better job.
JOB NETWORKS
Most unemployed people don’t give importance to this point, what a big mistake! Let’s see why:
- Although 85-90% of total job offers are never published, job network can put you in contact with these positions. Keep your job network updated always so they contact you anytime.
- If you are going through a difficult moment, a professional advice from a supportive friend is really worthy to help you to make right decisions.
Cover letter
To get an interview is the purpose of a cover letter. This paper is a brief introduction to your resume; you describe how enthusiastic you are about the position on it.
- Your resume and cover letter must be addressed to the HH.RR manager or the person in charge of recruitment.
- Grammar, that is, orthographic mistakes must be avoided.
- Write the ways in which you are going to contribute to the company development.
If you don’t fulfill the organization’s requirements don’t lose time applying for that job and address your resume examples to specific positions.
- Both, your contact information and your photo must be placed at the top of your resume.
- Keep a concise resume, think that recruiters have only seconds to decide if they will call you for a future interview or not.
- Highlight your qualifications, experience and achievements in the resume.
- Write facts in your resume and ask someone to proofread it.
- Don’t forget to mention your skills, knowledge and achievements because these are keys in your resume sample.
- Show that you are interested in the position by writing action verbs on the resume.
- Keep your reference information updated.
- Your cover letter is the complement of your resume.
DOs and DON’Ts with interviews
All your efforts in job search are focused on getting an interview so in order to get the main prize you must be aware that there are some steps to follow:
- There are many kinds of interviews such as group, individual, formal, informal. Find out which of them you are most likely to have.
- If you don’t have previous experiences with interviews, ask for help and practice a role play of your interview, to record yourself in a camera is a good idea too.
- Questions aren’t always the same but there are some frequently-asked interview questions that you must be ready to answer.
- Asses your positive and negative points with SWOT analysis.
- Practice the tone of your voice in order to have a relaxed but confident tone.
- Have you ever heard “a picture is worth a thousand words”? then look professional, recruiters have only 5 or 10 minutes to see how professional you are.
- Search information about the company or organization, it would be embarrassing if you didn´t know anything about it.
- Punctuality gives extra points in your interview.
- Copies of your resume are important in case recruiter doesn’t find your documents. It will show that you are a prudent person.
- The interview must be like a win-win situation in which you get a well-paid job and the company or organization gains a good worker. Do your best, you will probably be promoted.
- At the end of the interview thank the recruiter for the opportunity.
- If your interviews are not successful at all, then ask for professional advice.
- Keep going and good luck!