Results: Unemployment

Being unemployed is horrible and I was running out of ideas on how to actively look for suitable employment but found out applying to relevant companies speculatively. I urgently required a job.

To do this, I needed to enquire about vacancies speculatively as quickly as possible, without reducing the quality of communication and Health and Safety.

I thought of, and wrote down a list of strong, relevant questions I needed to ask, then I set a date and chose several roads in close proximity within the Manor Royal area. My research skills kicked in, so I researched the companies on those chosen roads. From that research, I altered my CV to tailor it for each company and I printed them of. On that date I set, I got myself ready and set off early, where I started one side of the main road and finished on the other side. I visited every company, asking the strong, relevant questions and kept eye contact whilst taking notes. For those companies who required a CV, I passed them the correct tailored CV and a business card to those who did not.

From this, not only did I completed a speculative approach, I received calls from three of the companies for three different job interviews.

Skills used

• Results
• Research
• Communication
• Health and Safety
• Planning
• Initiative
• Microsoft Word
• Editing
• Customer Service
• Organisational
• Listening
• Eye contact