Don’t Be Generic

When applying for a job, if at all possible, get decision maker’s name. Scan website, attend network functions, find out who’s hiring. There are many directories and magazines that run a special feature about who is doing well in business world. Find out where you fit in and who you’re going to target. Be specific and relentless. Take time to address and tailor your cover letter.

Jill Appleton (not her real name) tried this approach and it worked for her. After sending out 100 emails she received one reply that mattered. There wasn’t a career page (Unheard of, you say?) or contact name for employment so she emailed President and asked if there were any openings for her background. As it turned out, he was thinking about hiring someone in Marketing department. They set up a meeting and she got job. Coincidence, luck maybe? Perseverance will get you job, but being smart and creative will secure it.

Remember Ellen Church? Innovator, Humanitarian, History Maker, War Heroine. Not a bad way to spend your life. What will they say about you?

Email Tamara @info@canjobs.com

Tamara Jong is the Marketing Professional for www.canjobs.com, a leading Canadian owned and operated on-line recruitment site.

And not only do these resourceful people make reference to these extraordinary moments, they draw strength, wisdom and compassion from these glimpses of their true power. They have learned how to tap into these past moments of heightened awareness and achievement in order to surmount present life challenges. Whether it be excellence in athletic or artistic expression, or success in business or romance, these potent moments of "transcendence of ordinary" act as wells of inspiration and inventiveness that enable people to handle current predicaments.

With a degree of benevolent innocence, I decided that if these people could break free of their restrictive belief systems and tap into power of previous peak experiences, then I could as well. Their successes inspired me to try this approach myself-to reach beyond my perceived boundaries.

Every day now I invite magic into my life and welcome miracles into my world. It is my heartfelt wish that you too are inspired to go beyond your own self-created limits.

What do we have to lose-except our fears and imaginary walls?

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