Recently I began to look for my first real job. This is a scary adventure that we all must face at some point in our lives. Jobs do not land on our laps just because we graduated from university.
To anyone who is looking, or shall soon be looking for work, be warned, looking for work does take up a lot of time and energy. There is truth to the statement, that it is a job looking for a job.
My first day of job hunting was taken up pulling together a rough draft of my CV for the type of work I am looking for. The next day I acquired some expert help on how to improve my CV, and then spent several hours following up on her advice until I had created a CV I was proud of. I spent the rest of the day writing a cover letter and submitting my first application to a potential future employer.
For each new job I've applied for I have used the same CV (with some minor changes), as most of the jobs I am applying for are looking for the same skill set. However, for each job I write up a cover letter from scratch which can take several hours.
So far this work seems to be paying off. I have been called back by four potential employers, three of them in the past two days.
So now I seem to be in the second phase, preparing for interviews.
I better start preparing,
Dew.
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