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The Recession is Over? What about a job? By: Aaron Anderson  |
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Jim Cramer of CNBC says it’s all over and although job creation will lag for months behind the economic growth. The worst is essentially behind us. Nice to hear, but when you’ve been without work for a while and your resources are already gone, hearing there’s better days ahead doesn’t help in the here and now.
So the recession is over. But if you’ve been without work, positioning yourself now to capitalize on the coming growth and need for employees is your number one priority. Doing it is easier than you think, it just takes some effort. Here are some tips:
Pick the company you want to work for. Sounds simple right? Well it is. Compose a list of all the companies in your area that have a demand, or will have a demand for your particular skill. Then take the time and research them as best you can to learn all you can learn. When you isolate the best companies, really dig in a research and learn about them. Then, pick the one you want and knock on the door and introduce yourself. It doesn’t matter if they’re hiring or not. If you are as prepared as you should be, you will be the person they have been waiting for. Quite honestly, someone else may lose a job to make room for you.
Keep in touch after the interview, but not just about a job. The reason your told, don’t call us, we’ll call you, is companies just don’t want to take the time for people who don’t matter. If you matter, you’re not in the same category. If you we’re conversational and asked questions during the interview, you’ll have follow up questions. Use those follow up questions to make the call and reestablish contact.
Okay, let’s say that didn’t work. And you didn’t get a job from the company you want. Yet. And I do mean yet, because the courtship isn’t over. Because if you want it, it is only a matter of time before you get it. Now it’s time for follow ups. Every few months make a call. Not just about a possible position, but of what is going on with the company. Why would you want to know, because you intend to work there someday and you can tell your contact that, if they question the sincerity of your line of inquiries.
The idea is to be educated on the company and the product or service they provide. Second is to be educated in your particular field. Third is to demonstrate that you want it. A salesman who doesn’t ask for the sale doesn’t make many sales. You have to want it, to get it.
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