getting a job
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- jakeyj
lets says there's a job posting that you come across and you want the job. how do you go about getting it? resume in the pizza box? calling them at home?
i'm curious as to what tactics people use.with all the creative people on here, there's got to be some good ones.
fire away
- Tyrone0
mail bomb
- JazX0
you can get an agency to represent you. I don't mean an agent persay, but someone that can professionally say the right things for you. etc, it's worked for me in the past.
- liquid0
hey jazx..... give me the name of some good agencies.....
- olli1010
If you're really keen on a particular job and the advert doesn't say "Absolutely No Phone Calls" - try this:
1: Ring the company and ask to speak to the HR person or whomever is in charge of recruiting for the magic position. Then ask to confirm the fax number/email address, job details, etc...
2: Start chatting about the company - try and force them to do a little pre-interview with you, but play it cool - don't be pushy or desperate.
3: Follow up and send that CV in.
You'd be surprised at how just a simple phone call will help them remember you and also show you're not just someone sending a CV in for the hell of it.
You never know...
Oh and..
Call once.
Don't call them at home.
Be polite.
Don't waffle.
Follow directions CAREFULLY.Also - for your 1st interview - always arrive half an hour early and figure out EXACTLY where it is you need to go. That way you can just stroll in ON TIME without freaking out because you can't find the street/building/parking/office, etc...
Good Luck!
- JazX0
you have to contact someone and get in good with them. call them and bug them if you have to, but make a contact and then if you see some job that is posted have them represent you, get it? :)
- jakeyj0
hmm - the mail bomb has that explosive in your face quality
but it lacks orginality. i mean teddy was doing that for years man.
- Tyrone0
OK I can do better than the mail bomb. Mail in a poster tube with a turd in the midldle sandwiched between lots of that white popcorn stuff. When the peson gets the tube they will open it and naturally dump the contents on the desk. then they will feel around in the popcorn for whatever is in there only to find that they have been smearing a turd all over the desk. the job will be yours.
- jakeyj0
tyrone - i can see that you didn't want to give out your best secret first. nice
- Tyrone0
jakeyj....they need to earn this knowledge u know what i'm sayin?
- jox0
I think what JazX means is that an agency you worked for BEFORE would gladly put in a good word for you. Not that any firm out there would confirm your greatness ten minutes after you introduced your fancy schmancy dreamweaver templates. (not that you have any fancy schmancy dreamweaver templates, but you catch my drift)
- jpowell0
the other day my creative director got a full size cake.
it said something like:
"john smith for art director
913.555.0000"at first i thought it was really desperate. but, it brought some buzz and laughter around the office. certainly a memorable gesture... and pretty good cake too i might add.
- jakeyj0
?? you mean agency you worked for or hiring an agency to find you a job?
- jpowell0
here at the agency i work for.
the cake was a follow up for an interview i think... but, it could work as an initial response to a job.
you could then call in and say "did you get my cake?" it would be a good ice breaker.
- Tyrone0
who the fuck would eat a random cake sent from someone u don't know. could be poisoned. or have a turd in it. no fucking way!
- jpowell0
i think you've been watching too many movies tyrone.
who would put poison/ a turd in a cake if they wanted a job?
i'm telling you it was a good cake. the guy didn't mess around when he picked out the cake.
- Tyrone0
jpowell that guy now has you on roofies. your gonna get your anus worked tonight. actually i sent the cake. i own your ass.
- jpowell0
where's your mind tyrone?
roofies and working the anus?damn man, all i was talking about was cake... cake, thats it and thats all.
- Tyrone0
cake or your ass ... either way its a sweet treat dog.
- shant0
Every time I've sent an email with a link to my work.
That usually does it.
- jakeyj0
shant - you just wait for them to respond, or do you give em a jingle?