| No one has ever said that finding a job out there in the | | | | to evaluate job candidates on the basis of resumes |
| urban jungles is easy. It never is, by the way. But what | | | | sent electronically, there are still those who understand |
| is your way of job hunting? How have you been | | | | that the job market is a competitive world and |
| looking for that elusive job? The method you use in | | | | appreciate the perseverance of door-knockers in |
| looking for a job is a very important yardstick that will | | | | exhausting all means possible to come face-to-face |
| decide whether you can land a job or continue hunting | | | | with a prospective employer. This is especially true of |
| for a long time. | | | | companies that need to fill a slot immediately. |
| If you have been unsuccessful in finding a job and | | | | However, it is suggested here that you should know |
| have remained searching for one, here are ways (that | | | | when to knock on doors and when to use the |
| have been proven to be effective based on | | | | computer. |
| experience) to make you succeed in landing a job: | | | | - Be forthright about your market worth. Be careful |
| - Be a resolute job hunter. Arm yourself with | | | | though not to appear boastful for you will surely turn |
| determination before stepping into that interview room. | | | | off the person in front of you. Let your potential |
| Resolve firmly to be hired and let the interviewer | | | | employer see your value. Here's how to do it: During |
| sense the passion burning within you. Here's a clue: | | | | the interview, concentrate on what you can do for the |
| Never search for a job you only half-care about | | | | company rather than focusing on what the company |
| because you will only search for it half-heartedly. | | | | can do for you. Employers will prefer a potential |
| Instead, search for a job you are desperately eager to | | | | resource person for their organizations over someone |
| land, and you will hunt for it with your whole being. | | | | who can simply be busy at work. Remember that in its |
| - Show proof of the skills you got. If, for example, you | | | | day-to-day operation, a company contends with two |
| are good at drafting or sketching preliminary designs, | | | | main preoccupations: the problems it is facing, and the |
| bring samples of your work and indicate which | | | | possible solutions that people can come up with. While |
| particular projects these were used for. Keep in mind | | | | your prospective employer is interviewing you, he is |
| that most employers would like to take in someone | | | | actually trying to figure out whether you will be part of |
| whose work they have seen. Most people have the | | | | the solution or part of the problem, if he so decides to |
| wrong notion that "skills" are confined to certain | | | | engage your services. |
| characteristics as in getting along well with people, | | | | - Don't stop searching. Do not impose a quota on |
| being persistent, and being dynamic. But skills are more | | | | yourself, as in giving up your search after so many |
| than just these personal qualities. Skills include abilities | | | | tries. You are certain to remain jobless if you fix a limit |
| on supervision, organization, planning, arbitration, | | | | to the effort you exert in landing a job. |
| conceptualization, innovation, and focusing on even the | | | | Just keep going. Continue with your search without |
| minutest of details. | | | | letup. In due time, you will be rewarded for your |
| - Be a walk-in applicant. While many companies prefer | | | | persistence. |