Written by: bikram
For new job aspirants finding a good and apt job is a difficult task often, since many of them remain confused about the entire process of job hunt. If you are on a job hunt, and looking for a good job; but don’t know how to start the process; here are some essential tips for you.
First of all, know what you want to do. What’s your goal? Does your goal match with your skills? Often youngsters remain confused about jobs, designations, skills required and get convinced by what others are doing or what is highly paying. Never do this mistake. Know what you wish to do and if it suits your skills or not. If you wish to be a school teacher, stay determined. Whatever may come your way, you have to be firm with your decision. Don’t get lured by other job profiles.
From where will you come to know about the job opportunities? You may not know each job recruiter personally. So start registering yourself in different job portals. Pick up the popular ones and also niche job portals which specialize in an area of job like academics and media jobs etc. Submit your resume there, write a nice cover letter and finish your personal and professional profile. Mark all the areas of work, from which you wish to receive job alerts in your mail inbox. Make sure you complete all details, more explicit your profile is higher are the chances of getting interview calls. Apart from regular job alerts, make an effort to visit the job portals regularly and do a manual search for new job opportunities.
Look out for the job opportunities in your local dailies. You may refer to the job category of your interest like ‘academics’, ‘media’ etc. Browse these job advertisements regularly. They may ask you to send resume by email or post. Do the needful.
At times forced CVs do wonder. If you are eyeing at a company in particular, but in recent times they haven’t advertised for upcoming vacancy you may give an extra effort towards the same and send your resume. In such case, if they like your resume they may call when a vacancy crops up in future.
These are the few ways of job look out. It will ease the process of job hunt.
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