We all heard of Strategy, Plan & Execution. Apply them to maximise our chances of landing a job.
We all know ... to win a new role in today's highly competitive job market requires a level of application that many job seekers may have thought was only required when preparing for their school-leaving examinations.
We must know where we want to get to, and work out our Unique Selling Propositions (USP), which includes our background, achievements, skills, qualifications and experience.
Prepare a valuable CV.
Keep our skills up-to-date. Those are our weapons.
Knowing how to market ourselves, will immediately get our application stands out positively from the inevitable mass of others.
To quickly find a job, use online resources. Sourcing has expanded rapidly into social media channels including sites such as Linkedln, Facebook and Twitter. Thorough research the company and job description. Understand the job opportunity prior to the interview.
In the current vacancy-driven employment market, employers are taking the opportunity to be more rigorous and selective than ever in their search for top quality talent to bring in to their organizations.
Therefore, thorough preparation is essential if we want to enter the interview and assessment processes in the best possible shape to progress.
Give specific examples of where and when we demonstrated skills and achieved results that are relevant to the role we are being interviewed for.
An in-depth understanding of the organization and the markets in which it operates will not only enable us to answer most of the questions interviewers may throw at us, it will also arm us to ask probing and pertinent questions of our own.
Good Luck!