Seven Habits of Highly Successful Jobseekers
- Look for jobs in every way at least two hours a day during the week. Take the weekends off and do things that are active and fun and have nothing to do with job search; however, if you need to get an application done for a job then do it on the weekend. Don’t apply late!
- Make it a habit to change your resume and your cover letter, if you have one, to fit each job. The smallest change you can get away with is to match the job title (or the objective-same thing) to fit exactly what is asked for in the ad. If you drive light to heavy trucks and the top of your resume says Truck Driver and the ad says Delivery Driver, you know what to change your resume to.
- Add a short note on the fax or email, don’t just attach your resume.
- Go regularly to see employers in person.
- List friends, neighbours, ex-coworkers and bosses and anyone else who might know of work. Phone some of them one week, the rest the next week, over and over. Get names, phone numbers and emails. Ask if you can say that your contact suggested that you call.
- Reduce or eliminate bad habits, you know the ones: anything that costs money that you need for gas to get to employers. You can’t afford those habits!
- Get free help from employment centres regularly. Ask. Don’t try to do it all yourself.
