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OQP 资料2
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Job Seeking Checklist
If you truly follow the advice you received during the OQP course to the best of your ability, our experience of job-seeking results tells us that you will greatly INCREASE the number of successful employer phone calls you get and REDUCE the time it takes you to have a successful job interview.
The professional recruitment process in Australia is deliberately designed to test your potential as a professional-level employee. So it is NOT EASY. If you want a career of this kind, you must first ensure that you have all the qualifications AND the attributes expected. This is not just to obtain your first job in the professional sector, but also to REMAIN in that sector. Many OQPs succeed in getting an entry-level professional job, but unless they continue to demonstrate their professionalism, employers will not keep them in those roles. Here’s a checklist/summary of our advice. Keep it in the front of your job application file!
Develop the professional attitudes and appearance expected in Australia
• Become part of the Australian community: explore the area; learn about the popular culture, history, sport and entertainment; keep up to date with local and national affairs.
• Look at the business, employment and technical sections of the newspapers to keep up with events in your field and get a list of active companies who are expanding.
• Be relaxed, cheerful and confident, ready to offer opinions, show initiative and be proactive. Employers are primarily looking for applicants who are “on the ball”. Remember to smile!
• Work daily to improve your listening skills and pronunciation. Speak clearly and slowly; record Aussie speech from TV and record yourself copying the rhythm and tone.
• Keep a phrase book with you always to write down slang, idioms and useful jargon and technical terms. Make sure you put these local phrases into your own speech.
• Become the one who makes the conversation when you meet somebody new, regardless of whether it has to do with jobs or just results in a friendly social or professional contact.
• Volunteer skills or labour for community or sporting groups (see volunteer websites).
• Efficient phone infrastructure: have a contact landline phone and mobile phone each with professional voicemail and answering machine.
• Have an easily identifiable email address (e.g. michael.chen@gmail.com ) with a professional provider (and check it every day).
• Wear suitable professional clothes for interviews and personal enquiries to employers (observe other professionals in your sector carefully).
• Have a good quantity of professional business cards printed (see online sites). Have access to a car (so you can say “Yes” to the “Own car?” question.
• Become an accredited member of your professional organisation and attend its events.
• Continue to enrol in part-time classes to upgrade your skills and communication ability, Australianise your qualifications and meet people who are working in your industry.
• Don’t give up! Being determined and persistent is the mark of a true professional.
Direct applications to likely employers who have not advertised a vacancy:
• LinkedIn: have a detailed, professional profile; join all relevant groups and connect with group members who will agree; send placement request emails to any relevant people who connect with you; ring specific employers and ask to be directly connected to people you have seen on LinkedIn; ask about the possibility of placements or future jobs.
• Research your industry on internet, Yellow Pages and personal enquiries. Googlesearch “pages from Australia” for titles of jobs. Gather company names, professional associations, journals, industry terms, jargon, Australian standards and regulations.
• Locate the realistic level and type of job for you in your present situation.
• Talk with all family, friends and acquaintances about workplaces they know about.
• Visit every specialist private sector employment agency in your field – especially the smaller ones. Try to get an interview and leave a résumé with a good general introduction letter aimed at your realistic job-type.
• Email this application to all agencies in Melbourne that you cannot personally visit.
• Thoroughly research all likely individual companies (Yellow Pages, then Google as above). Make a prioritised list to visit personally.
• Phone the companies to find out more current information about them and possible vacancies and ask for the HR Manager’s name and direct contact details.
• Cold calling: visit offices of likely employers and ask for newsletters, brochures, reports.
• Don’t appear too anxious to get a job. Ask about the employer generally before asking about jobs. Give the impression that you will select a company as much as it selects you.
• In interviews and phone calls, be direct, honest, to-the-point and specific about yourself – avoid general descriptions, vague language and clichés.
Applications for advertised vacancies (both sectors: public and private)
• Don’t apply for too many job vacancies at once – concentrate on one at a time.
• Get your application in early – especially for private sector jobs.
• Register a personalised and limited job-seeking profile with ALL the online employment sites. Concentrate mostly on small agencies or vacancies advertised directly by employers.
• Research each company thoroughly before applying – and not only their own website.
• Contact the agency/company before applying to ask for more details of the position: e.g. Have a full Position Description and/or a Key Selection Criteria document sent to you.
• Write a new application letter aimed specifically at that Position Description.
• Modify your CV for the position description (get a good English speaker to check it).
• Write a Response to Key Selection Criteria document, answering ALL criteria separately. This is VERY important for all public sector jobs. If there is no KSC document, write a Response to the Requirements of the Job, addressing all points you find in the position description – both technical and general.
• Have prepared written answers to employer enquiries, interview questions and Key Selection Criteria. The initial phone call from an employer is vital.
• Practise answering possible telephone or interview questions with a friend or spouse. Record your answers using webcam or sound recorder – play back and improve them.
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和JMs分享我的30KG减肥经验~真人秀已撤~姐妹们继续努力~ (2010-7-25) 刺青小紫 
发表于 2013-9-17 00:12
发表于 2013-9-17 11:52
（说到这个就来气，有了1，2年的工作经验，我干吗还要申请entry level的阿？！！）
