10 Things That Every Job Seeker Must Know

1. See if you get a job where you can use your favorite skills:

All of you might have something called as favorite skills you would like to use in your professional life.If you are good at computer programming, then opting for a career in that profession in that stream will be easier for you to enjoy your professional life. So, to get your dream job firstly be sure on what is your strength and talent, even though it takes more time to figure it out, reports

2. Don’t Beg for experience:

It is also good if you offer your sincere service to the employer, but don’t ever try to beg for the experience to your employer. Don’t ever mention in your covering letter that how desperate you are to get an experience in their company. Employers will hire you if they think you can help them in a good way and not because you need to get some experience. And also never accept to work for free in any company.

   

3. Load your resume with full of keywords:

A resume looks good when all the keywords are been highlighted than just dumping the information in it. If all the keywords are highlighted, then for sure your resume will attract the essential things to the hiring manager within few seconds. Even the present employers have completely depended upon the keyword-searchable databases and they are using software to search those databases to figure out specific keywords which relates to the job that has been offered, reports

4. Get to know about your ideal work environment:

Just list out all the jobs that you have worked earlier, from the time you have started working and figure out what are the jobs you have liked the most and disliked the most. Every position has some uniqueness in it. So, as an employee you will be having different approach towards different positions. So, by listing out your favorites you can get to know what kind of ideal work environment you need to have for your career success.

5. If your job hunting procedure isn’t working, try something new:

Many of the job hunters will repeat the same mistake again and again while hunting for a job. And many of them complain that they are not getting any good response or not getting any response at all during after applying for the job. So, more than complaining about not getting any response, it will be good if you get a new method of job hunting. So, you need to ask for help from your friends and family who can give you good guidelines for your job hunting process, reports Tanya de Grunwald on the guardian website.

6. Don’t think that only higher education can fetch you good job:

 It is true that to settle down in your career with a reputed job, having a higher educational qualification is very much important from the career perspective. But it is also true that, even if you have a basic graduation from any university with good marks it is easy to get the attention of the employers. With a good academic track record it will be even better if you have a good record of any other co-curricular activities as well because multi talents attract the recruiters the most.

7. Make sure all you job experiences are good:

If you maintain a good work experience, it will be very helpful for your career path. If you go in search of a new job after few years of good work experience in a company, definitely there will be great opportunities in the job market for your talent.

8. Be confident about yourself during the job interview:

While interviewing for a company, many chances are there where you will be asked tricky questions to bring out the hidden talent in you. So, while the recruiters try and ask questions which are a bit away from your actually field of study, don’t lose confidence. Try to remain calm and confident and try to answer the question. If you don’t know the exact answer even after try it, be confident in telling the interviewer that you are not aware of the answer, so that your boldness and confidence level will be given a mark.

9. Don’t ever say you are a quick learner:

While attending an interview don’t ever say in front of the recruiter that you are a quick learner, unless and until you need to tell them. If you say that you are a quick learner, it signifies that you are not experienced even after few years of working for another company.

10. Ask your questions at the end of the interview:

It is better to ask your queries to the recruiters at the end of the interview because during that time you will be having more opportunity to shine at the end of the interview. But you must be sure that your questions are relevant to the job you are interviewing, unnecessary questions can damage your chances of getting into the job, reports Jeff Lipschultz on AOL Jobs website.