Tips to use before you start your job search

First, start by evaluating yourself, making a personal and professional balance of yourself. You should try to answer the following questions:-

“What can I do?”

“What do I like to do?”

“What don’t I like to do?”

“What sort of activities am I good at?” 

“What do others think of me?”

“In which aspects should I improve?”

“Do I have the need to improve my knowledge and professional skills?”

“Will I be Willing to move far from home?”. 

After reflecting about your skills, tastes and interests, try to make a list about the kind of jobs that could better fit your professional profile. You should dedicate as many hours a day as you would by working in a regular company.

Second, you must organize a plan of action. Keep yourself posted about the job market. 

Read the job section of the daily newspapers, and highlight the ones that interest you. 

• Search and choose the available offers in your employment Centre, private agencies and temporary job companies. 


 

• Try to keep up with the ads you can find in supermarkets and other public locations. 
  

• Call your relatives and friends to obtain some information regarding other job opportunities. 


 

• Analyze what are the most requested jobs by companies, and the requirements they’re searching for. 


 

• Make a list of the professional activities where there’s more search. 


 

• Make a list of the companies that require those specific activities and their addresses. Answer to those offers immediately.  Tomorrow maybe too late.

Make a spontaneous application.  Not all job offers are published; lots of them aren’t exposed publicly, but how to find them? 

• Make an advertisement of yourself. 
   

• Write and publish your own job add. 
   

• Write and send spontaneous application letters with your resumes to the companies you previously selected. The ones who look for jobs aren’t asking for anything, they’re just offering a service. 

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