Getting a Job Easier than you’ve Expected!

We are taught every­thing in the uni­ver­sity but not the skills needed to get into the work­ing world.  Nor are we taught how to sur­vive in the work­ing world.  We guessed that they want to leave that for you to explore it when you are in it.  Now the first thing when you get out of uni­ver­sity is to get your first job!  We’ve got tips for you to get a job eas­ier than you expected!  This is also applic­a­ble for mid-career pro­fes­sional as well!

1. Under­stand how HR works – HR will have done an ini­tial screen­ing of the resumes and CV.  They will look for key­words and phrases, and if you do not have them, you will be fil­tered off.  Those that looked com­mon or unin­ter­est­ing will be fil­tered off too. So how do you sur­vive this ini­tial round?  Read on!
2. Under­stand how online job appli­ca­tion sys­tem works – Online appli­ca­tion is to allow the HR employer to bet­ter search through the appli­cants.  What will they search for?  Key­words, key skills and cer­ti­fi­ca­tions in your resume.  This is impor­tant to under­stand as you will know what to pro­vide in your resume. 
3. Don’t use Microsoft Word resume tem­plate – Every­one is using the resume tem­plate.  You won’t be dif­fer­ent from them and leave you a higher chance not to be fil­ter off.  Cre­ate a tem­plate of your own to dif­fer­en­ti­ate from the oth­ers!  (And do not use those tem­plates on the internet!)
4. Cover let­ter should write in employer con­text – Craft it in what they want, not what can you give.  How­ever, you can write what you can give to sat­isfy their incumbent’s position.
5. Cover let­ter should be one page long – Limit the amount of scrolling and not deter­ring the employer from reading
6. Write resume con­tent with key­words – Remem­ber about how online sys­tem works?  Key­words, key skills and cer­ti­fi­ca­tions are just a few things they will search for.
7. Send a printed copy to your employee – Do this on top of the elec­tronic appli­ca­tion.  This shows your sin­cer­ity of the job.  This is another dif­fer­en­tia­tor that you can employ.
8. Talk to an “insider” – It is eas­ier to get into a job through rec­om­men­da­tion and it had always been the case.  There­fore, get a good net­work that can lay you the job in the com­pany if possible.
9. Fine tune your resume – Fine tune your resume after each round of the inter­view.  Through the appli­ca­tions (after being rejected or being approached), you will even­tu­ally learn what the indus­try really want (not what you can pro­vide) and you can fine tune your resume to suit their needs.

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