QUOTE(neozetta @ Apr 9 2014, 10:23 AM)
I assume you send letter?
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dear mr _____ (put according to the name in the ads or "To whom it may concern" for ads that didn't specific who to send to) ,
I saw your ads about the vacancy of the position of _________ in ___________(newspaper: state the newspaper, online: state the website name). I would like to apply for the position and below are my resume:
(*insert your resume*)
for the format, try refer to jobstreet.com or some other job finding websites.
(*resume end*)
I did my industrial training at ________ and the reports are attached along with this mail. (there should be a report of your performance in the industrial training, put it in add marks if performance good). I think I'm suitable for this job because _____(think of your good point, teamplayers, able to solo, learn fast, etc just think of any. This one important to show how confident you are any provide them a reason of why they should hire you.)
I'm very looking forward for a chance to join your company and your reply.
Thank you
Best regards,
(sigature & name)
Don't worries about writing a top class resume, your resume should be clean and straight to the point. You could also make your resume special by putting in extra stuff like your aim of the careers (wanna find big money, wanna be success, etc) and reason of why you choose their company (saw their portfolio, think they are awesome. Big company, etc.)
If this is your first job, don't ask too much of salary. Get the job, start learning, and most importantly, enjoy your work.
I almost forgot, put in references (your lecture, intern boss) contacts. Some company will call.
Thank for the example.
I think i will apply the job online, like through jobstreet or directly send email to the company with my resume attach to the email.
With a medium level CGPA result in engineering, if i put expected salary RM2000, is this salary considered high or low for first job applicant like me?
QUOTE(evolove15 @ Apr 10 2014, 09:09 AM)
If they have a professional working relationship with you, it would be suitable to put as a reference. The higher standing they are, the better. Your reference will change over time when you gain more working experience.
One important thing to take note is make sure to inform him/her before hand, just for a heads up. It looks bad if the company calls them up and they have no idea who you are or have nothing good to talk about.
Give them a call earlier to see if they would be willing to be your referrer so they can prepare what good things they can say about you.
Good luck.
So normally at which stage of the hiring process the company will call the referrer? Will the company call the referrer even before they contacted the job applicants? Or they will call the referrer only when they have high certainty that they will hire the job applicant?
I ask this because in order to increase the chances of success i plan to apply to multiple companies at once, but i afraid the referrer will get too many phone call from multiple company. Will this happen?
QUOTE(flyf @ Apr 10 2014, 06:52 PM)
Let me tell u this.
A good piece of photo worth 50% of your resume.
Maybe 70%.
No. Not your kiddy secondary school one with your blazer kind.
How can be considered a good piece of photo?
Actually my outer appearance is not too good and not too ugly. But some time when i dont smile i feel my face look like very angry. I afraid if i put photo, it is not that good.
QUOTE(TheOwl @ Apr 12 2014, 06:34 PM)
Good thing you changed your avatar. This avatar definitely gives the audience a positive idea of you - courageous,go-getter,adventurous,zorro, hero,cowboy-indians saga,riding away from the sunset towards success, riding into the sunset toward retirement haha I think must be the former.
A much better avatar than the previous one of some baby animal,moving so slowly and looking so timid and helpless. An avatar gives people an impression of you. We choose an avatar that says something about us.
Yeah, you are correct.
Hopefully my resume will give the same impression to the companies that i apply.
Thanks for teach me the impression thingy. I am actually not good at this.