9 More Tips to Get Your Job You Want!

Writing an effective resume will give you a higher chance to an interview. But that is focusing on the resume only. That's not enough to land you the job you want. What is actually lacking is the extra human touch that you should be giving to your employer. We have nine more ways for you to help you get the job you want! Follow them closely and we believed you will be rewarded with the career that you long been waiting for!

1. Understand that the resume and CV needs to be done correctly before you can talk about an interview - Therefore, do not waste time thinking that about your interviewing process or how much to ask for. Use your energy in perfecting the resume and CV.
2. List down the industries you are interested in - Then do a search on all job portals. Do not limit yourself to local portals. You may find something interesting from regional portals as well.
3. List down the companies you are interested in - Then search for the jobs through each individual company career website. Recruitment firms and job portals may not have all the listed jobs you want. Therefore, it's good to look for the jobs directly from the employer (company).
4. Increase your chance of employment by dropping your resume with a few recruitment firms - This recruitment firms will help you get your job. Why? They receive commission and bonus for getting a staff to the employer! Therefore, they will be more desperate to get you a job!
5. Keep track of all the applications made - If you left this step, you will be confused when prospective employers call you and you are unable to tell which company that you applied for. And unknowingly, you confused with the company's competitor. Not good for a first impression!
6. Follow-up with your employers - Call in or email in to confirm if the employer have received the resume. Do this after two to three days after you submitted your resume.
7. Do not be saddened after a series of applications - Call up the employers if they did not get back to you and learn from them what you are missing to get the job. It may be some key skills and experience you are lacking. It may be some information that you are missing in the resume which you can amend easily too.
8. Call your employer to thank him for sparing the time for the interview session - That is when you are given a chance for interview. Also, thank him for considering you for the position.
9. Call your employer to thank him even if you are not employed - You may not be the suitable one that they are looking for. It's ok. Leave a good impression as it may come in handy in future. They made consider you for other positions too! Also learn the mistakes that you are lacking and fine tune your approach and the resume.

The author is well-versed in the area of personal productivity, personal growth and career advice, and runs a successful blog over at Lost In Cubes. You can also learn other proven career advice tips in Lost In Cubes.

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