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The years spent as a personnel recruitment officer in a well known international consultancy gave me many insights into what constitutes success in searching for a job.

The most important thing for a job seeker to remember is that the more applications you make and the wider you spread yourself, the luckier you will be. This means you need to approach several placement bureaus as well as scour the local and city newspapers, specialist job seeking publications as well as various magazines.

The more specialized you are and the higher up the corporate ladder you happen to be, the more difficult it becomes to find jobs.As a result you need to be a lot more proactive.Make a list of the companies you have previously worked for and then find out who their direct competitors are and approach them. This is how we used to canvass for job specifications from potential clients when we had applicants.

Get hold of a list of the top one hundred companies and telephone their human resource departments. If they sound interested and request a curriculum vitae then send one.

Many people send out their unsolicited resumes to as many companies as they can and then feel annoyed that they have not received a response. The reason for lack of response in this instance is that nine times out of ten the resume does not reach the person responsible for recruitment.Since there was no job advertised in the first instance your resume will not be required.

Most people believe that they need to go into minute detail about their experience and achievements. Believe me when a company has just received three hundred applications for a position the person who is doing the screening is not interested in the minutiae of your life experience.

Make your resume as short and sweet and as reader friendly as possible. Highlight those jobs that have direct bearing on your application. Mention the job title, the company name and the time you spent there. It is irrelevant to state the amount you earned or the reason for leaving. If you are invited for an interview then these issues will be addressed.Your resume is simply to attract interest and obtain the interview.

When you arrive for the interview make sure you are a little early but not so early that you will cause embarrassment. Five to ten minutes early is usually fine and, whatever you do,do not arrive late. If you have an unavoidable delay telephone, apologise and reschedule.

At interview allow the person interviewing you to control the interview. Do not

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