Creative Job Hunting Strategies
Currently,
the labor market has a very large number of people in it, and this is why there
is the need for you to be good and even better, to land the job you are looking
for. There are a lot of people that would be vying for the same job you are
gunning for, therefore you must perform well above standard before you can get
noticed enough to impress the people you are trying to convince to employ you.
Of
course, you would need to get out the best CV that would captivate your
interviewers, but that is not the long and short of it all. You would need to
impress the employers by showing off your skills and ideas, as well as your
zeal or drive for the sector you are looking for. Below are some ideas to work
on to strike a win when contesting for a job opening.
A
marketing job? Here’s how!
If
you are eying an opening as a marketer in that company or firm, there are many
ways you can employ to get your employers to notice you above the rest of the
pack. One of the best experiences so far has been the technique employed by a
popular search engine marketer. He used a (Google Ad words) Google’s
advertizing medium to sell himself. He basically used these Google Adwords, to
target specific keywords and was able to attract the companies and CEO’s he was
trying to gun for. He targeted four of the companies, and before long, he was
offered a position with two of the four.
Jobs
for Sales Persons
First
of all, you need to know the basics of being a sales person. To be a sales
person, you would need to sell yourself. Think about the various ways you can
sell a product, and then generate ideas that would help sell the product easily
and faster. And when you have done these apply the methods on yourself first of
all and see how good it gets. Whatever a company is doing, whether online or
offline, they would need to have sales. It could be the direct contact sales,
or sales by way of adverts in media houses as well as online. Whatever the
case, you can put your thoughts in focus by asking yourself this important
question: why does the company need you and for what good would you be to them?
Public
Relations Jobs
Here
again, the importance of promoting and selling yourself becomes emphasized. In
fact, a recent example of this technique was demonstrated by a young student.
The young man built himself a website, and this website proclaimed his talents,
his skills and ideas for the world to see. He was also found at various
locations during the rush hour, carrying a placard, on which the words “PR for
FREE” were boldly written across. Also, on it was his web address. And before
long he was able land the job he has always wanted, and also bagged some
popularity in the local papers.
A
job in a construction company
Seeking
for a job in this sector can be a little more technical and needs a more direct
approach. This entails putting up or creating some kind of a portfolio of your
previous accomplishment either in school or some other little projects you may
have personally handled or as a member of a team.
You
can have this accomplishment package in a video or a photo album showing your
project history for your intending employers to see.
So,
in our next articles we will be dealing on other areas of job hunting, interview
preparations and resume writing skills that will help place you ahead of the
job seeking pack.
About The
Author:
Richard
Chidike is the Co-founder of Africanary.com and also the Owner Motivatory.com.
Africanary is the first and biggest Books Sharing Social Networking site in Africa, with loads of materials free for download. Also,
as a professional blogger with valuable years of experience in internet
marketing, his Motivational blog is
fully dedicated to helping bloggers and internet marketers succeed online. You
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