Wednesday, September 17, 2014

How To Make Your Job Search A Success

By Alxa Robin


Planning is essential when it comes to making your next job search to minimize your chances of failing. The reason for this is that it takes more than just a resume for hiring managers today to consider you, mostly because of the rise in internet speed that has increased the competition for jobs whose interviews were once applied locally. You will thus need some important tips to ensure that you are successful in your job search.

Before applying, make sure you do a thorough review of your credit card scores and reports. Many hiring managers today do not accept certain credit scores. They review your scores to determine your credibility, honesty, and reliability. That said, you need to completely review your credit report to find out if there are any disputable errors, and if so, you can take action and have them eliminated beforehand.

Hire a professional resume writer to improve or write your resume, LinkedIn profile and cover letters. Despite your professional level and how much money you want to make in a year, if you fail to invest in yourself, chances are high that you are on the path to failure. Make efforts to make your resume excellent, and if you already are an excellent writer, it does not hurt to find editing and proofreading assistance.

Have a minimum of four professional and personal references at hand for any interested employer to refer to, when need be. Make sure the contact information for each of the references is accurate, but avoid giving out all the details in case the person gets annoyed and decides to have their name scrubbed off your references list. Most employers value references a lot, so you are less likely to advance to the next stage if you have none.

Design a stylish letter addressed to your professional network including your family, friends, and relatives explaining your recent employment situation, your favorite industries, and believable and realistic goals in terms of your job search. If you activate your network connections, most of them are bound to step up and aid you.

Start networking now, if you have not yet begun. Now is the time to take part in those business lunches with professionals who can help you. You will be surprised by the results those friendly business breakfasts and lunches with the experienced professionals can reap, including giving you valuable inside information, either now or in the future.

Always have a journal for your job search to help on your routine follow up as well as remembering the names of your business contacts. Roughly twenty to twenty five percent of new job candidates in most hiring industries today wash out in the first three months. As such, following up in a friendly manner on a regular basis can accelerate your job search easily.

Before applying for a job, make sure that you can clearly express yourself in making a statement as to why you are perfect for the position. Recommendations and certificates might work, but do not limit yourself to this. Someone once printed something that looked like a flyer to show what he can do and attached it to his resume. While this might not be synonymous with your preferred industry, it worked for him.




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