1. Things to do
to find a job

2. YOUR GOLDEN RULE 1:
I WILL CALL PEOPLE
ON THE PHONE

3. RULE 2:
I UNDERSTAND THAT
MOST JOBS ARE NOT ADVERTISED
and therefore I won’t find them
advertised on the internet

4. RULE 3:
I WILL STOP
SPENDING THE ENTIRE DAY
SENDING RESUMES TO PEOPLE
WHO DON’T KNOW ME

5. RULE 4:
MY CONNECTIONS ARE THE
EASIEST AND FASTEST WAY TO
FIND A JOB: I HAVE MANY
CLASSMATES, FRIENDS, FAMILY,
TEACHERS ETC

6. To simplify, we will assume that
The manager recruiting is female
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7. The manager is busy
gets too many Emails
reads only the most important ones
works on too many projects
and could DO EVEN MORE
if you worked in her team
She has little or no time to find you

8. NOTE:
Jobs are not advertised because:
The procedure takes precious time
write job description, update the advertisement, receive
and read all CV, invite for interviews etc
The procedure can be expensive
The manager (from experience) does not believe
she will find the right person
The company is not allowed to advertise externally
The company does not want/know to advertise externally
etc

9. TO DO ACTIONS:

10. Call people on the phone
Many stop everything they do
to answer the phone
Some are too busy
to read every Email
Phone = important

11. Find the best person to contact
in the business:
the manager who may need you in her group
or can help you find the colleagues
who need more staff
and their contact details

12. Send your CV to the technical manager
=
the person who is the most interested
to have you work for her
after you called her on the phone
or saw her face to face
or after she heard about you

13. On the phone ask questions about
open projects, skills required
Understand what the manager needs
If you find out that other managers
need more staff do not hang up
before you get their contact details

14. Ask as many questions as needed
to understand what the manager needs
The manager doesn’t always know!!
but can find out more by talking to you

15. The notes you take
can be used to rewrite your resume,
cover email & during the interview
to say the things
the manager wants to hear

16. Look for products that interest you
It’s easier to get a job
when you are truly interested
Research which companies
are making this product
or providing the service
Find via Internet, magazines, newspapers.

17. ASK YOURSELF
WHAT DO I LIKE?

18. Call the business, research on the internet
to get the name of the manager
responsible for the product, producing it,
designing it or whatever
depending on your expertise
This is the person you should contact

19. Some teams publish their findings in
technical publications
that you can find online
with their contact details
If you want to talk to someone in particular
thanks to the internet
with the name of the person and business
you will find a way to talk to her

20. Online networks can be usefull
to find contact details
depending on the country:
Linkedin, Xing, etc
Add your profile on Linkedin!

21. Get yourself nice business cards
You don’t need many but high quality
A business card reflects who you are
Don’t wait to get a job to have your own

22. Find your employer at fairs, trade shows
In London: ExCel, Earls Court…
Look for FREE entries to fairs and events
on topics that interest you
Don’t lie to yourself
Go where you like
not where you think it looks good to be

23. There are fairs about EVERYTHING
EVERY INDUSTRY needs staff
Travel, fashion, HR, advertisement,
furniture, gaming, toys, books, fitness,
pharma, sports, investors, optics, software
etc etc etc

24. At the fair, talk to people
Ask questions about their product
Be curious
Take their business cards
Don’t wait for them to call you back
They are too busy!
Even if they could really need you!
You have to call them

25. If you can’t go to the fair,
look on the website which companies
were present the previous year
The size of the stand
is representative of size of the business
Meet companies from different countries!
Great if you want to work abroad

26. Go to start-up events
that are advertised online
(Meetup.com, Linkedin etc)
Read blogs about start-ups
Go to co-working spaces
Get in touch with businesses
that already have a product

27. THE DON’T LIST:

28. Do you believe
that if you send an email
someone will read it ?

29. During your first contact
if the person doesn’t know you
and you are unsure who you must approach
don’t say right away that you are
looking for a job
or you will be sent to Human Resources
=
GAME OVER (in most cases)

30. Don’t send your resume to HR
without having contacted
a technical manager before

31. Say that you are looking for a job
is rather passive
Better say that you would like to
“work on a product” or “work in finance”
Use vocabulary that reflects ACTIVITY

32. Don’t go to fairs for students
where you meet another 1OOO
who have the same skills
(Unless you plan to talk to a manager
for longer than 5 minutes)

33. Don’t send you CV
and wait for something to happen
Nothing will happen
You have to talk to people

34. Don’t think for hours
what you could write in the “cover letter”
After talking to the manager who needs you
you will know what to write
A short Email is better
The manager has no time
to read long letters

35. Don’t send your resume
without having a clue
what you could do in the business
You have to find out before
… talking to people

36. Please do not ask for a job in a business
where you are not interested
in the service or the product
The universe is thanking you

37. Do not speak about things
you do not know how to do
Do not speak about your weaknesses
Speak about what you can do
Think about what the manager
wants to hear

38. Do not send a massive amount of resumes
day after day
Choose Quality
Over Quantity

39. Do not believe your resume is perfect
We’ve seen too many REALLY BAD ones

40. FINDING A JOB
ABROAD?

41. You know someone who works abroad
contact her
You know a company next door
with a branch in an interesting foreign
country, contact the one next to you

42. Essentially you can use the same method
to find a company in your
own country or abroad

43. Send your resume in English or in the
language of the foreign country
Do not say that you want to work for the
company to improve your English
(you are interested in the tasks)
Do not say that your English is bad
everything is relative

44. Make sure that whatever you write
can be understood by a foreigner
Ask yourself if a foreigner
who did not live your life
can understand every line of your resume

45. REMEMBER
A negative answer does not mean that the
company does not want/need you
This is your interpretation
The person you will contact
is not = the business
in most cases

46. REMEMBER
DO WHAT YOU LIKE
LISTEN TO YOUR HEART
GOOD LUCK!
Alexandra Grandpierre