Is
your Curriculum Vitae:
TARGETED?
We
all know how irritating it is to receive endless "Dear
Occupant" junk mail.
Employers
feel exactly the same way about the job applicant
who starts a letter with "Dear Sir/Madam"
and then drones on about education, training and work
experience that are completely irrelevant to the employer's
needs.
Do you really want to work for this
organisation?
Do you really want this specific job?
Are you really suited to this kind of
work?
Have you found out enough to be able to answer those
questions?
If
your answer to these questions is a resounding "yes,"
then make sure that your enthusiasm comes across in
writing. If your answer
is "no" then DON'T APPLY!
Really
- save yourself the time and effort and just don't apply.
The job market is too tough, too crowded and too uncertain
for you to be banging out CVs in the hope that one of
them will land you a 'drinking money' job.
Remember
this and remember it well - every time you apply for
a position, you are up against someone for whom this
is the dream job. The job
that they have been waiting for all of their lives ...
If you are not really committed, you don't have
a chance of beating that person.
