Key points for job hunters

Fed up of job hunting? Here are some of my experiences of job hunting

 

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Before everything..
First make sure your CV is created with utter concern and according to one of the standards which you can easily find from a google search. (Good article from BCS: http://www.bcs.org/content/conWebDoc/3035) It is all about marketing yourself, promoting yourself but you have to make sure that you don't exaggerate yourself which sometimes ended up representing someone else rather than you. Try to limit your CV to two pages but if you really can not afford your content, feel free to go to the third page. Spend much time and revisions as you would like with this step since this can make a significant impact. You could also make a general covering letter which you can use with any application.

Approaching the employers..
The best way I see on approaching employers is to make your CV public on popular job boards. I will make a list of this later. Okey you have uploaded your CV but that's not enough! Regularly search for the opportunities which match your skills and criteria of your own and apply directly by sending your CV, Covering letter to corresponding people. A Golden Rule - If you feel like you are having an odd CV or responses are getting low, change your layout/format/content or anything immediately you think should be updated, doing will make it a fresh CV on the job boards which then will come up again for agencies and employers. Remember not to overdo this since that will result on you as a bad candidate.

Some valuable attributes..
professional email address, working mobile number which you carry always, create a linkedin profile and attach to your CV, professional layout

Hope this will help.You get the call, half of the job is done and then it is in your hands.

Happy Hunting