THE RESUME:
Your hunt
for your ideal job starts with the preparation of your
resume. The resume should attain two objectives:
* To present to the company your
qualities and what you can do for the company; and
* How can the company get in
touch with you. It should also be accurate and clear.
It should highlight your qualities in a truthful sense.
* In formatting your resume,
fresh graduates should keep their resume to only one
page, unless there are more significant details you
can add to it;
* encode your resume using a
readable font, i.e. 12 points;
* use good quality paper, preferably
colored white paper in printing your resume.
* Use a large envelope in enclosing
your resume. It is best if you could submit your resume
personally, so as to guarantee it safely reaches its
destination, not to some other department of the company
that the mailman might mistakenly give it.
THE COVER LETTER:
* The cover letter should
be specific, personal, neat and clean.
* It should not be mass-produced.
Each cover letter should refer to a specific person
in a specific company.
* Just like the resume, it should
tell the company what you could do for them and how
they can contact you.
* You should be able to stress
what makes you different from other applicants. Take
note of the areas you are good in.
* The cover letter should be
written in standard business letter format.
* Avoid using terms like “To
whom it may concern” in your salutation.
* Limit the cover letter to only
one page.
* Sign the letter with a black
pen.
* Put the cover letter in front
of the resume but do not staple them together.
THE TEST:
Prepare
yourself for an exam or two. Companies need to evaluate
your intelligence and be able to simulate your working
abilities.
Being
asked to take the test is a positive sign. It
brings you one more step closer to your goal. It means
that your prospective employer is interested in you.
If
you need to train yourself before taking the exam, do
so. It may help build your confidence in taking the
exam. It will also help you brush up on forgotten stock
knowledge that you have. Stimulate your capabilities
through these practice exams.
It
could also help if you time yourself, so as to evaluate
how fast you could finish the exams. Recall the tactics
that you used when you were taking college entrance
exams. During the test, skip those numbers that are
hard to solve. Finish those questions that are relatively
easier to solve. You can go back to those hard questions
after answering the easier ones.
THE INTERVIEW:
* This is the stage where you
get to seal the deal with your prospective employer.
You can lose your chance of being employed if you
lose in this area.
* Your attitude is a factor that
weighs heavily in this department. If you show your
DESIRE to give your best effort and commitment
towards the work and to the company for that matter,
it is most likely that you would be chosen for the job.
* To do this, you must rehearse
yourself.
* Go through the questions that
the interviewer might ask you and how you will answer
them.
* Your appearance counts as well;
it allows them to evaluate if you can command respect
through your dressing sense solely.
* It is a good idea to be a little
bit overdressed for the occasion but remember to dress
conservatively.
* It is best to avoid dresses
with colors that are too eye-catching, i.e. red, orange,
etc. Neutral-colored suits do not distract your interviewer’s
attention; it allows him or her to focus further on
you and not to what you are wearing.
* Always maintain eye contact
with your interviewer and eliminate negative facial
expression, like frowning. It tells the interviewer
that you are interested in what he or she is saying.
* Maintain a good posture and
take control of your gestures. Unnecessary use of gesture
distracts the listener.
* After the interview, you should
take note of your mistakes, if there are any, so as
to correct this and prevent yourself from repeating
it again.
Follow
these simple guides to successful job hunting. It would
do a person good to observe proper decorum and respect.
A good hunter will be nothing more than another savage
in the jungle without these. Good Luck!!! |
