Make Your Job Search Count with Hullo Jobs

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Tips To A Good Job Search

• Tips from Hullo Jobs to prepare yourself

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How do you begin a Job Search?

• In this presentation, we will lay out some basic
  practices you can adopt, when you start your job
  search.
• Keeping these points in mind is a great way to
  ensure you search for the right kind of jobs, and
  with your target clear in mind.
• Lets start with a few points to make it easier
  for you, the jobseeker, when you start searching
  for the right career opportunity.

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Three important things to do before your job
search

• Before applying to a job
• Research the company youre applying to
• Customise your resume to each job
• Highlight your domain experience, skills

• Before attending the interview
• Learn more roles responsibilities of the job
• Learn about salary trends for this position
• Prepare list of relevant questions to ask
  interviewer

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1 Research the company prior to applying
contacting them

• Industry experts say most people dont make this
  a habit, but it is a necessary step When you
  browse the website of the company you are
  applying to, visit the sections that are relevant
  to you especially the About Us page, the latest
  News page, the products they offer etc.
• Before you start applying consider if this is the
  company for you, in terms of work culture and
  other reviews you can search online.
• This helps in making an informed decision when
  they call you for an interview.

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2 Customise your resume according to the job

• Tailor your resume to each job you apply to,
  altering your resume summary to include keywords
  from job description.
• Highlight those skills that are applicable to the
  particular job.
• Mention cases where your skills were utilised in
  previous roles.
• In case you have special certifications relevant
  to the job role, mention these.

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3 Highlight your achievements

• In your resume, highlight your achievements over
  the span of your career. Mention cases of
  exceptional performance, handling issues etc
• Include keywords from job description to empasize
  the relevance of your skills

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4 Learn more roles responsibilities of the job

• Gain some basic knowledge of the working
  conditions of this job position, what roles
  responsibilities will be expected from this role,
  from research online.
• Be prepared to listen carefully when interviewer
  lists what will be expected from you on the job.
  Answer smartly, take your time to compose the
  response.
• Highlight your skills with handling similar
  issues, give examples when you applied your
  experience at previous jobs.

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If you a fresher - highlight your readiness to
learn

• As you dont have experience so far, you have to
  leverage your skills and domain knowledge when
  writing your resume.
• Provide details like internships or summer
  training college projects and other projects you
  have undertaken.
• If you have been an exceptional student, mention
  those in detail showcasing your special honour
  and talent.
• Highlight how are ready to learn and adapt to new
  challenges to perform well.

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Be aware of the salary trends in this position

• This point arises only when salary negotiations
  begin, it is best to come prepared with a fair
  knowledge of what salary range the job earns.
• Dont mention salary until the end of the
  interview, only when the interviewer(s) bring it
  up.
• Take your time to consider all aspects of the job
• Be firm yet flexible to their proposal. Let it
  not be the only deciding factor in selecting the
  job.

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Prepare Questions for the interview

• This is as important as answering their
  questions. This shows the interviewer you are
  invested in this job and the company.
• Ask about roles and responsibilities, mentioning
  special instances and what woudl be protocol in
  such cases.
• Demonstrate your willingness to work in a team,
  and step up to the occasion, through examples of
  your own.
• Ask about more learning opportunities available
  at the company that you can use to improve
  yourself professionally.

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Summary of how to get good jobs

• Be confident, be humble in your job search.
• You may receive rejections from a few companies,
  but be sure to present the best professional
  version of yourself in your resume and in your
  interview.
• Enhance your resume with Hullo Jobs Visual
  resume, to make an additional impact before
  getting selected.
• Learn more how you can make yourself a
  professional, neat resume here.

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