Targeting a Company

Why wait for a job advertisement to appear or a recruiter to call when you could be proactively seeking out opportunities to target companies by preparing a carefully researched mailshot. The first step is to identify the criteria that will help you locate the right companies and industries to fit with your ideal work preferences.

You need to consider the marketplace as widely as possible. In broadening your job search the chances of success can be increased greatly. 

Research is an essential part of the job search process. You need to satisfy yourself that the opportunities you explore are matched to your needs and aspirations and that you are armed with as much information as possible when attending interviews. This will not only help your confidence but make the interviewer think that you are serious about contributing to the organisation and not just on a round of interviews where you'll take the first thing that comes along.

The steps below should help you to work through the processes involved in targeting and researching companies, industries and individuals.

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