How to find a job to match your career aspirations

Finding job to match your career aspirations

How to find a job

Start early and look for a job from the last semester onwards.

Keep on browsing the career help and job websites like careers-india.com and apply for jobs that fit your qualifications and aspirations. Do not hesitate to apply for jobs even when you are doubtful about your eligibility because that will keep your continuity and practice. Make it a routine to apply for at least 5 jobs a week.

If possible attend to resume critique sessions organized by Career guidance Services. They will train you in systematically presenting the relevant information about you and your achievements to each prospective employer.

Your CV and cover letter has to be custom made for each employer. Your CV should indicate what type of positions you are looking for and what are your passions. Use as many keywords given in the specific job advertisement as possible in your CV so that during the electronic CV search you might be rated higher.

Provide your profile in Social Networking Websites and job boards and always keep it updated. Also get as many recommendations as possible from your supervisors and this will catch the attention of the recruiter.

Collect email id’s of recruiters of probable companies over Google search. It may be available in the Career services websites. Contacting the recruiters directly and communicating your interest might grant you more attention.

Follow up with recruiters regarding applications. Attend all possible interviews. Perseverance and learning from mistakes are really important for job search.

When you attend an interview, make sure that you know all possible details about the company and their job descriptionmethodically. Have questions prepared to ask interviewer.

Make sure that you are prepared for all kinds of questions asked in the interview. Write down possible questions and also write down good answers to it. The answers should contain descriptions of situation, action, and results. The employer would want to know how you handle different types of situations in work environment, and would be happy to hear good examples from your past experiences.

It is especially good if you can point out situations from your past career when you fought failure in succession but succeeded in the end. Focus only on those skills that are required for the specific job.

Take a notepad along with you for the interview so that you could write down important points when the interviewer describes about the work, or focus a problem. You could also scribble down questions that you might ask to the interviewer later when it is your turn to ask. This would impress the interviewer. It would make them feel that you are an organized person, and you have great interest in the job that you are being interviewed.

It is important to be cheerful throughout the interview, and never show any signs of nervousness.

Always behave in a professional way.

For questions to which you did not know the answer, never hesitate to say that you do not know. You can say that you are keen to learn about it or you are not sure but can give it a try.

You can also ask for business cards from each and every interviewer. You would need it to follow up with them later. You can even send a thank you mail to all the interviewers later.

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