Hello Flocks!!!
My name is Jack and I’m here to share with you my experience related with job market here in Canada.
I’ve been living here with my wife and our three kids for almost 2 year ,in Mississauga and I can say that it is not easy to find a secure job nowadays due to recession. In our country my wife used to work in pharmaceutical field and me in processing meat industry, both of us having a bachelor degree .Here the things are different and we decided that she remain home looking after kids and me to look for a decent job so we can have a quiet life. I start to send my resumes to every factory I knew ,looking in yellow pages or on internet and I was very disappointed that I didn’t received any answer. Somebody told me about “cold calling” and here is the idea I want to discuss with you flocks. Do you guys actually do this?
I doubted it works any less well than random resume sending and finally I admitted I was right.
What I did was called the employer and asked to speak to HR. I was put on the phone with an HR person, I sad something to effect of, "Hello, My Name is So And So ,I am calling to inquire about the position X or Y you have advertised in/on this or that newspaper or website or if you have any internships or positions available at the present." I always been friendly when I was asking .What is it very important here is learning to accept the answer they give and turn it into something positive. They may say, "You can look at our website." Now's your chance. "Would you happen to have your website address." or "Would you mind if I mailed my resume to you." Anyway I sympathize with them and also tried to get on their good side. Always I got their name before the ending of our conversation and then I send again resume by resume with the HR’s name I gathered believing this is a step in front of the others. Finally I was wrong.
One raining day ,full of frustration and desperate I get myself in the car and I take a ride along with my resumes to check directly to the companies which were closed to my area .I was almost crying when I entered the building of a middle company with my cell phone ready to speak to an HR and right in that moment I saw that girl ,my first love from the high school .She has been working for this company since 2003.I could not to defined the mixture of different sort of feeling which flooded suddenly inside me. I saw in her eyes the light from the end of the tunnel and I was wondering if she remember me and she is able and wants to give me a hand .One second she was staring at me like she was trying to remember something and in the next moment I saw her smiling and ready to embrace me .I was touched ,moved …actually my ass was moved two weeks later in the HR’s office for the interview. During those two weeks we both kept in touch and she gave me a lot of information which turned out to be very helpful for me .As someone mentioned later, and gave that example with the flee and mosquito in the park ,it is not a good thing to tell the interviewer that you are able to do many things but one you are the best to. I was documented myself about all the aspects regarding the company and I didn’t miss the chance to mention this to show them that I care about and I ‘m the person that suit the best for this position. Forget to tell yak, flocks that I was applying for a quality assurance job Finally I got that job and couple of months I was very happy with this job but I didn’t know the nightmare will get over me soon .This is another story ,what trouble I got …will be my next story.
I look forward to hear yours now
Jack