Cold Calling will NEVER get you employed!

Thursday, August 26th, 2010 - Cold Calling, Job Application Process, Job Search

(Even if you want to work as a cold caller!) As someone who works in the employment market place, I was interested to read from a job coaching website recently that one of the techniques that they coach their clients on to get employed in this tough market place is cold calling. This is apparently [...]

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Who is the “right” job applicant?

Thursday, August 19th, 2010 - Job Application, Job Application Process, Job Application Rejection

Who is the “right” job applicant? In many job seeking forums and groups which discuss employment, you can often find job seekers who are disappointed by an employment system which they conclude coldly rejects them, when they know they were the “right” job applicant for that job: They don’t know why they were rejected They [...]

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Worlds simplest and most successful Job Application strategy

Thursday, August 12th, 2010 - Job Application, Job Application Process, Job Application Rejection, Tutorial

Worlds simplest and most successful Job Application strategy (even a 5 year old could apply this, yet most 50 year old’s seem to fail in doing so – why?) Today I hope to enlighten you on the Worlds simplest and most successful Job Application strategy. Here it is: Know who you are, and what you [...]

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Job References: the easy LinkedIn method

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010 - Job Application, Job Application Process, Job Reference, LinkedIn, Tutorial, Uncategorized

Job References: the easy LinkedIn method Most job seekers approach their job search serially: write a CV, find some jobs, apply, get job interviews, then provide a job reference. The problem with this method is two fold: You only learn each section as you go along You only know what you are doing wrong in [...]

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Job Application: Direct to the Hiring Manager?

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010 - Hiring manager, Job Application, Job Application Process

Job Application: Direct to the Hiring Manager? James, a job seeker with sales experience, asks: Is the direct contact method an effective way in getting a job? Instead of networking, a job hunter decides to contact hiring managers of targeted employers as the only way of getting a job. If a job hunter depends only [...]

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