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How to Create a List of Warm Contacts
Usually when you are looking for a job, you would ask for help from
family and friends. You would contact these people to ask for
information on current job openings, business opportunities and tips.
Your family, relatives and friends belong to your warm contact
list. The warm contact list is the list of people with whom
you have or had some personal association. A former
classmate, officemate or neighbor may belong to your warm contact list.
Who may be included in your warm contact list? Here are a
number of selections.
* Relatives and Friends
These people are always willing to help you in your job search or
business venture. They will be able to provide you
information if they have some, or refer you to trustworthy people who
will be able to help you. If they will introduce you to some
of their contacts, they can surely provide honest information to you
regarding the person you are going to associate with.
* Members of the church, political party, social club or fraternity or
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See Also:
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Often times, the Yellow Pages does the
important job of providing
information on how and where to call to look for a job. This
gives an accurate list of companies and prospective employers in a
chosen area. Visiting the library is also a tool than can be
useful when looking for a job. There are libraries that have
a list of local employers, just asks the librarian for more information.
Contact these employers personally, even if they did not advertise any
vacant positions that needed to be filled
Lastly, be observant of signs posted on doors and windows of shops and
stalls being passed by. If lucky, just walk in and ask for
information about the job and how to apply.
After submitting application forms and resumes to the respective
companies, keep track of the progress by creating a chart where you can
jot down the name of the company and when the application was
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Choose reference that can provide the applicant an
objective
description and information, teachers, friends, and previous employers
can be willing and honest enough to provide that information.
The application form must be consistent with the resume.
Since many of these employers standardize and gauge the information the
applicant is providing in his application form and resume, these must
be full of complete and honest information. This will be
their basis when considering to have a one on one interview to see if
what they read is true enough.
Arm oneself with positive
strategies and knowledge to get those invitations for interviews come
after you. Remember that this will also be a marketing tool
that any applicant can use for other future job hunting
experience.Since many of these employers standardize and gauge the
information the applicant is providing in his application form and
resume, these must be full of complete and honest
information. This will be their basis when considering having
a one on one interview to see if what they read is true
enough. Arm yourself with positive strategies and knowledge
to get those interview invitations coming to you. Remember
that this will also be a marketing tool that any applicant can use for
other future job hunting experience.
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