Find The Perfect First Job Through A Recruitment Agency

Find the Perfect First Job through a Recruitment Agency

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Compete Infotech

It is possible to find a job by looking in the local and national newspapers, or dedicated careers publications, but this can be time consuming and offer very little return on the effort you put into providing a good quality CV and letter. Signing up with a

recruitment agency

on the other hand puts your information into a system that will pull up your information immediately a suitable position comes up, and the recruitment agency staff will contact you!

Before making initial contact with a recruitment agency, do a little homework. Find out what kind of jobs that agency usually handles. Often you can do this by reading their current vacancy listings which are usually placed on the agency window, or on a notice board in their reception area. If they don t have any in your chosen profession, you could ask the receptionist if they handle that kind of work. If not, they probably aren t going to find you a job so you should move onto the next agency. There are some recruitment agencies that deal specifically with certain professions, for example a computer graduate would do better signing on with a dedicated

IT recruitment agency

than one that deals with mainly management positions.

Once you know which agencies you think will find you the best

IT job

in the least amount of time, make an appointment to go and talk in person with one of their recruitment officers. Before the meeting you should make a good quality copy of your CV, have an idea about what kind of job you re looking for, know what kind of salary range you need, and any other information such as geographic restrictions. If you have any written references from past employers, take these with you to the meeting. Dress as if you were going to an interview with a potential boss first impressions are important and the recruitment officer you meet with will take notes about how you present yourself. You need to be as professional as possible. Aim to arrive at the recruitment agency 5-10 minutes early so you have time to calm your nerves and collect your thoughts together before the meeting begins.

After the meeting write a letter to thank the recruitment officer for taking the time to see you, and state that you hope to hear from them soon. This may seem un-necessary but it helps to get your application noticed when a suitable job comes up. Anything that can put you ahead of the pack is time well spent! This also applies once you have a job, because this is a first job and it could be that you will hope to move on and move up the career ladder in the future. So once you have successfully landed the job, write a thank you letter to the recruitment agency that helped you secure the position. This way your file will end with a positive communication from you that shows you in a good light the next time you re ready to use their services!

For more details contact at: http://www.recruitmentagency.net

David Brett is a highly experienced IT professional and a well known

SEO service

consultant who has successfully ranked major websites into leading positions in Google, MSN, Yahoo, etc.

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