To win the competition, a job seeker must be thoroughly prepared, both in terms of skills required in the workplace, as well as mental readiness and knowledge required to undergo stages of recruitment.
In an age full of competition these days, finding a job is not easy. The high growth of the labor force each year are not comparable with job growth, making it increasingly fierce competition from time to time. To bring job seekers to vacancies available, various job fairs and exchanges held. But these efforts still did not reduce the severity of competition faced by a job seeker.
To win the competition was so severe, a job seeker must be thoroughly prepared, both in terms of skills required in the workplace, as well as mental readiness and knowledge required to undergo stages of recruitment.
Here are some basic things that can help you in your job search efforts and pursue a career in the field of employment:
1. Selection and career planning
Selection of career fields to be occupied new should not be done after you graduated from college or when you're looking for a job. Since the beginning of study in high school, you should have started to make a map of your career based on your interests and your main talent. Career planning early on will help you to not become confused in the selection of majors in college, and also narrow the gap between the educational background to the field of your field of work. Career planning much earlier will give you a good opportunity to prepare for and obtain a lot of information about your chosen career field.
2. Apply for a job
In the job search process, this section is one of the important stages. When you apply for a job, it means you are 'market' yourself in the job market. Samples of the 'product' is being marketed is your cover letter along with an overview of information about yourself that you are prepared to apply for the job. As a representation of yourself, make your job application as well as possible, to include information that is concise yet detailed enough about the educational background, experience, strengths, and personal strengths you have.
Prepare your cover letter along with other accompanying documents such that the person who reads it can easily get the impression that you are a good person and be ready to work in the field of job you're applying. Thus you will have a greater opportunity to enter the next stage of the recruitment interviews.
3. The job interview
Job interviews are intended to get to know closely the prospective employee will be received by the employer, and also perform the necessary verification for the information that you provided in your job application. When you face a job interview, arose naturally and full of confidence. Dress with a neat and professional looking.
When explaining about yourself, give a concise statement but strength. Provide a clear statement to formulate a variety of information about the background and abilities, to lead to the conclusion that you are the most suitable candidate for the position you're applying. This explanation is enough with a duration of 30 seconds to one minute, do not need to talk at length.
In addition, if you are asked about your weaknesses, mention one common weakness possessed by almost everyone. Based on experience, explain how you have managed to handle it so that a negative impression of weakness can be turned into a positive.
4. Probation
When you finally accepted to work in a business organization or other organizations, remember that your employer a little more play of chance in hiring you because they do not know you completely. That is why, before you are accepted as a permanent employee, you are given probation for a period of time to assess the performance, reliability, and your responsibilities at work.
In addition, this trial period will also be time for you to recognize the orientation of responsibility as well as other things that are expected of you in the job. Therefore, use this time as well as possible to prove that your employer was not mistaken when deciding to accept you, so that at the end of the trial period you are eligible to be appointed with full rights as permanent employees in their organization.
5. Pursue a career
Once you work and want to pursue a career in the field of employment in any institution, both non-profit and all the more commercially oriented organization, remember that in doing your job, you are actually performing the 'barter' with your employer. Because on the other hand, your employer also bear the financial burden on your receipt to work in their organizations. You must understand that in such bondage, you agree to exchange the performance or contribution that you provide for the achievement of organizational goals where you work, with compensation in the form of salaries and other facilities that you receive for these contributions.
Although your work is often expressed in units of time, but do not forget that you are not paid solely by the amount of time you spend working for your employer. Again, that you change is the amount and quality of performance or contribution, not the amount of time. Your time is not valuable to your employer, they appreciate is your contribution to the success of their organizations. Therefore, give the best performance, the performance of which deserve to be appreciated expensive. Through this way you build a strong foundation for the development of your career.
If you feel that your work demands are not commensurate with the compensation you receive, do not degrade the quality of your work to menyetarakannya. Keep superior work because maybe there will be other people who are willing to pay you more dearly for your great performance.
Happy working!
