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Originally Posted by alferret
I hear you about the CV, my wife was made redundant last January and her CV is bob on, I'll be using hers as a template and will make my CV suit the type of jobs I apply for.
I would like to get into management, production/general with the skills I have I'm sure something will come along in that area. Until then I'll even clean toilets and serve up burgers for minimum wage, heck I could even become a geriatric stripper  |
A great many people these days job hunt the 'easy way' and sign on to a few job sites then wait for the offers to flood in, which of course they never do. Its not long, then, before desperation sets in and things get harder...
Once you've carefully taken stock of your skills, preferences etc., draw up your CV accordingly and then, in addition to targeting advertised posts, use your initiative to identify potential employers to whom you have something to offer and vice versa. Nobody responds well to a generic CV and standard cover letter received out of the blue, but if you do your homework and produce documents which clearly relate to the current needs of those employers, sooner or later your CV will arrive on the right desk at the right time. A great many jobs are never advertised even nowadays, the key to success is finding them and that demands time and effort. I always tell my clients that when job hunting, less is definitely more - send out fewer applications but make sure they're properly researched and followed up.
One final tip, even though you may at times feel really desperate, don't show it. Everyone will appreciate redundancy is a great shock to the system but you'll be doing yourself a massive favour if, when in job hunting mode at least, you remain focused and positive about what you want and why.
Best of luck!!