
Originally Posted by
leogirl876
In any line of work, when you're applying for a job, you have to be aggressive in getting it & asking for it. For example, you send in your resume to an office, then 2 days later, you call the office to "make sure" they got your resume. You know they got it but they probably got 100 of them, by you calling, saying your name will make you stick out in their head. Most likely they'll say, we haven't reviewed it yet but when we do we'll call you. 2 days later, you need to call again and say "Hi, my name Jenny Johnson, I talked to Mr.Smith on Monday & was wondering if he reviewed my resume yet?" If they say, not yet, you say thank you, blah, blah. 2 days later you call again and do it until you get the interview. Once you have the interview, you do the same thing by calling every other day until you get the job. That's something I learned from a Regional Sales Manager, that showing persistance and showing that you really want the job more than anyone else, shows them that you are serious about the job and will make you a good employee. A lot of people think that by calling like that will just annoy the person, but TRUST ME, it won't!!! If you want a job and want it bad enough, you have to be persistant and you have to ask for it because nobody's going to beat your door down for it.
So, hearts, call this agent/employer whatever he is and ask him when's the next available job opening and to put you down for it. If he didn't want to work with you, he'd tell you flat out that you don't fit the job description or you're just not what they're looking for. I own a small business in which I've hired people and the ones that have gotten the jobs were the ones that called & called & followed through. It showed me they were serious about the job, would be reliable, good workers and really wanted the job. Also, when you're really busy and you get 1 phone call from someone or one resume w/o a followup, you forget about the person. Not because they were necessarily not qualified but because there were others that showed persistance and they got the job first. I can guarantee that's what's happened in your situation. He probably is in charge of several bookings per week with lots of employees, so to get the job you want, you need to hound him and when you get him on the phone, ask him if there's a job open and if he says yes, tell him to put you down. If he says no, then call him back tomorrow and ask again and so on and so on......
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