How to Apply for a Job

Video Transcript

"Hi! This is Tine Buechler from Business Growth Training on behalf of Expert Village.com. In this clip I want to talk about actually applying for the positions. You’ve created your documents, you’re already to go, you have created your list of possible or prospective employers that you want to apply to and it’s now time to actually apply for a position. When you are applying for positions, there are a couple of things you need to really focus on. Number one that you have created a cover letter that is targeted to that specific employer, outlining your key skills and abilities and how those skills and abilities would benefit this specific employer. Have you ever received a letter that says Dear Homeowner or Dear Occupant? What do you do with those letters? Imagine yourself to be a Human Resource Manager and you receive all sorts of resumes directed to Dear Occupant of the Human Resources Seat compared to a letter that says to Tine Buechler. The difference of that impact is very remarkable. So in the process of applying for positions, there are a couple of things that you need to think about. First of all you need to find out the name of the person who hires the position you are looking for. You need to create a cover letter that you are mailing to that person for this job and once you have mailed, e-mailed or dropped off that resume, you need to do a follow-up and it’s like this. You ask the employer first of all in your telephone conversation; ask the employer if you can give them a copy of your resume. If the employer says, “yes indeed I would like a copy of your resume”, then your first approach would be find a good time that you could drop that off. If you can drop your resume off to any employer, there is a chance that you might meet that prospective HR Manager or prospective person who could hire you. Time management says 30 seconds with you right now could save me a lot of time. I will decide right away if I should hire you or not within 30 seconds so it is very important if you are going to drop your resume off that you are looking good, feeling good and smelling good because you really need to be ready to have an employer decide whether or not to hire you. If you are going to drop it off, you need to be dressed for the position and you need to be very well prepared. You can mail your resume. If you drop your resume off, you need to do a follow-up in 3 to 5 days. If you mail your resume, you need to do a follow-up 5 to 7 days to indeed see if your resume was received and if the person who does the hiring has any questions to ask for you. Your goal in the process of applying for jobs is to apply for 3 jobs per day. Find from your list of 25 to 50 employers; find 3, do 3 cover letters and get them out. The next day find another 3; do 3 written cover letters and follow-up. This process of doing that job everyday and applying for positions every day helps with motivation, helps with morale and keeps your spirits high. Also, you can’t help but be successful. We know that within that first list of 50, there is somebody that wants to hire you. "