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Hub You - The Speculative Approach - The Hidden Job Market
"The purpose of the Program is to attract to the Federal service outstanding men and women from a variety of academic disciplines and career paths who have a clear interest in, and commitment to, excellence in the leadership and management of public policies and programs." President George W. BushThe Presidential Management Fellowship, or PMF, is a 2 years' program with a stipend paid by the Federal Government through the office of Personnel Management, or OPM. If selected, it opens an avenue of golden opportunities for candidates, many of whom are quite young. Just check the partial list of departments where you can be placed and how high:1. Commerce2. Treasury3. Homeland security4. NASA5. FBI6. Justice.A Brief History Of The Federal Management FellowshipThrough an executive order in 1997 and as amended later in the year 2003, the PMF has entered the arena to attract the best talent from an outstanding pool of young men and women who have just graduated from college.T
Have a close look at the example below, we can discuss it afterwards (Ignore the puctuation used for spacing and formatting in the address section and date line):-
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.............................123 Some Street
.............................Mytown
.............................Whatever County
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Many materials used in industrial processes are potentially dangerous to our health and to the environment. With the increasing complexity and sophistication of modern industrial processes, the use hazardous materials, such as chemicals, solvents and rare metals, are also on the rise. The wastes produced by these industries are equally hazardous, if not more so. Improper handling of hazardous materials can have disastrous consequences. It is, therefore, vital that employees know how to recognize these potentially dangerous substances, how to handle them safely, and how to dispose of them correctly. To regulate the handling of hazardous waste, the EPA created the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) in 1976. In 1986, OSHA was tasked with the responsibility to protect employees who work with hazardous material and waste (HAZMAT workers). In response, OSHA created a regulatory standard known as the Hazardous Waste Opera
The speculative approach is where the job applicant makes applications to companies who are not currently advertising a vacancy. In many ways this is similar to cold calling and like cold calling you can expect a similar number of rejections. Please, please, please realise that this does not mean that the speculative approach is not working, in fact you will find it is working just fine.
Month after month the statistics demanded of Jobclubs by Employment Services showed that more of our members found employment using the speculative approach than by any other method.
Is that surprising?
It shouldn't be when you look at the efficient method we used when employing the speculative approach. Our Jobclub members had a target of 10 job leads a day. They typically looked for advertised vacancies first as these took the longest to prepare for. The bulk of the remaining applications came from the speculative approach.
Job leads for the speculative approach come from locating companies that employ people in your chosen field by using publications such as:-
Local Newspaper
National Newspaper
Specialist Trade Publications
Personal Contacts
Business Contacts
Phone Directory
Business Directories
Local library
Internet
One key piece of information that you should take time to locate is the name of the Human Resources Manager or if it is a small company the business owner (CEO or Director) or a Manager in the Department you are applying for a job in.
How do you get that information?
The quickest was is by phone. Call the company, you will normally get a receptionist or switchboard operator answering. So ask them! Simply say something like....
"I have a letter for the person that deals with job applications but I can't find their name, can you tell me who's name I should put on the letter?"
How simple is that? Now I know some of you probably don't enjoy calling people you don't know by telephone, but does the minor discomfort really matter compared to the potential results? It's a sixty second call, easy.
Now if you can find out a little bit more about the company, then you can make sure that you fine tune your approach to them.
But having located the potential vacancy what should the covering letter look like?
Before I show you an example, please understand that you should always write in your own style, but certain phrases within the example are key to the success of the approach, in particular, the one's that suggest why you are writing and the closing statement that prompts the employer to take action.
Have a close look at the example below, we can discuss it afterwards (Ignore the puctuation used for spacing and formatting in the address section and date line):-
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.............................123 Some Street
.............................Mytown
.............................Whatever County
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Is that surprising?
It shouldn't be when you look at the efficient method we used when employing the speculative approach. Our Jobclub members had a target of 10 job leads a day. They typically looked for advertised vacancies first as these took the longest to prepare for. The bulk of the remaining applications came from the speculative approach.
Job leads for the speculative approach come from locating companies that employ people in your chosen field by using publications such as:-
Local Newspaper
National Newspaper
Specialist Trade Publications
Personal Contacts
Business Contacts
Phone Directory
Business Directories
Local library
Internet
One key piece of information that you should take time to locate is the name of the Human Resources Manager or if it is a small company the business owner (CEO or Director) or a Manager in the Department you are applying for a job in.
How do you get that information?
The quickest was is by phone. Call the company, you will normally get a receptionist or switchboard operator answering. So ask them! Simply say something like....
"I have a letter for the person that deals with job applications but I can't find their name, can you tell me who's name I should put on the letter?"
How simple is that? Now I know some of you probably don't enjoy calling people you don't know by telephone, but does the minor discomfort really matter compared to the potential results? It's a sixty second call, easy.
Now if you can find out a little bit more about the company, then you can make sure that you fine tune your approach to them.
But having located the potential vacancy what should the covering letter look like?
Before I show you an example, please understand that you should always write in your own style, but certain phrases within the example are key to the success of the approach, in particular, the one's that suggest why you are writing and the closing statement that prompts the employer to take action.
Have a close look at the example below, we can discuss it afterwards (Ignore the puctuation used for spacing and formatting in the address section and date line):-
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.............................123 Some Street
.............................Mytown
.............................Whatever County
..........................
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Specialist Trade Publications
Personal Contacts
Business Contacts
Phone Directory
Business Directories
Local library
Internet
One key piece of information that you should take time to locate is the name of the Human Resources Manager or if it is a small company the business owner (CEO or Director) or a Manager in the Department you are applying for a job in.
How do you get that information?
The quickest was is by phone. Call the company, you will normally get a receptionist or switchboard operator answering. So ask them! Simply say something like....
"I have a letter for the person that deals with job applications but I can't find their name, can you tell me who's name I should put on the letter?"
How simple is that? Now I know some of you probably don't enjoy calling people you don't know by telephone, but does the minor discomfort really matter compared to the potential results? It's a sixty second call, easy.
Now if you can find out a little bit more about the company, then you can make sure that you fine tune your approach to them.
But having located the potential vacancy what should the covering letter look like?
Before I show you an example, please understand that you should always write in your own style, but certain phrases within the example are key to the success of the approach, in particular, the one's that suggest why you are writing and the closing statement that prompts the employer to take action.
Have a close look at the example below, we can discuss it afterwards (Ignore the puctuation used for spacing and formatting in the address section and date line):-
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.............................123 Some Street
.............................Mytown
.............................Whatever County
..........................
Bookkeeping is the process of maintaining records of various transactions of a business. The records include total revenue, gain, loss, expenses, dates of transactions, and many other details. Bookkeeping is the basis of accounting process and it is very important, no matter what business you are in.There are several advantages of maintaining proper bookkeeping for small businesses. Basically, bookkeeping is legally required for every business. It helps business owners know the exact position of their business anytime they want. Details like gain or loss, the amount due to creditors, dates of transactions, and the amount due from debtors are critical in assessing financial position and bookkeeping helps a great deal in these things. Small businesses have to maintain bookkeeping to be legally and financially sound.Regular bookkeeping with details regarding transactions, turn over, and profit and loss generations helps small business owners a great deal in getting loans from various public and private financial sources. It is
How simple is that? Now I know some of you probably don't enjoy calling people you don't know by telephone, but does the minor discomfort really matter compared to the potential results? It's a sixty second call, easy.
Now if you can find out a little bit more about the company, then you can make sure that you fine tune your approach to them.
But having located the potential vacancy what should the covering letter look like?
Before I show you an example, please understand that you should always write in your own style, but certain phrases within the example are key to the success of the approach, in particular, the one's that suggest why you are writing and the closing statement that prompts the employer to take action.
Have a close look at the example below, we can discuss it afterwards (Ignore the puctuation used for spacing and formatting in the address section and date line):-
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.............................123 Some Street
.............................Mytown
.............................Whatever County
..........................
Here are five ways prove your worth and get ahead at work from "The Office Coach:"Be Proactive This is the number one problem of new workers in the workplace. They spent their entire career up to this point in schools where they were spoon fed assignments and activities. They were always told where to go and what to do and now, suddenly, they’re at a job and they don’t know that they are required to think for themselves. Believe it or not, I’ve noticed it in some older workers too. We live in a different world now than, say, 20 years ago. This is a world of mergers, downsizing, technology that runs at the speed of thought. If you aren’t in on it, you risk being left behind. One way to be in on it is to develop an innovative mind. Learn a process first, then see how you can improve it. Strive to understand more than just your job so that you can see how what you do affects others. Find new ways to make your boss’s job easier and to make them look good. Do this, and you may find another partner on your path to success.ld always write in your own style, but certain phrases within the example are key to the success of the approach, in particular, the one's that suggest why you are writing and the closing statement that prompts the employer to take action.
Have a close look at the example below, we can discuss it afterwards (Ignore the puctuation used for spacing and formatting in the address section and date line):-
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.............................123 Some Street
.............................Mytown
.............................Whatever County
.............................Postal Code
Named Person
Company Name
Street
Town
County
Postal Code..................DATE
Dear Named Person,
It was with interest that I recently found details of your company in a local publication and it occurred to me that my previous experience may be a close match for any positions you may have available now or in the near future.
As you can see from my enclosed resume, my experience with COMPANY NAME as a JOB TITLE would be suited to a similar position within your company. Previous employers have found my skills coupled with my ability to work as part of a team or on my own initiative to be a useful combination.
Should you have any suitable vacancies now or in the near future, I would welcome the opportunity to discuss my suitability with you.
I look forward to hearing from you in the near future.
Yours sincerely
Signature
Your Name
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Right, lets take a look at the structure. First off, this is a business letter and so the layout should reflect that in the address and date layout.
Next lets look at the opening paragraph;
It was with interest that I recently found details of your company in a local publication and it occurred to me that my previous experience may be a close match for any positions you may have available now or in the near future.
By using language like "with interest that I recently found details of your company" is a subtle compliment and leads them into the letter. The rest of the paragraph is a polite way of say "any jobs going?" :-)
The second paragraph is the real key paragraph;
"As you can see from my enclosed resume" is an invitation to read the resume, in fact the reader should at this point stop reading the letter and start looking at the resume, but just in case they don't, it continues to build a desire to read the resume....
"my experience with COMPANY NAME as a JOB TITLE would be suited to a similar position within your company." At this point they should be trying to find those key skills in your resume.
Now we come to something called third party credibility. That is to say, we want to suggest that other people think you are good at your job;
"Previous employers have found my skills coupled with my ability to work as part of a team or on my own initiative to be a useful combination."
The wording here is critical, if you say "I am an expert at xyz" then you are blowing you
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