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A Proposal, Not An Application: Being Entrepreneurial In Your Job Search! by Nicey20(m): 10:55pm On May 17, 2017
Businesses exist to solve problems. In doing this, they must find an efficient way to conserve resources while meeting the needs of their numerous customers.
I hear many say there are no jobs. The fact however is that in the midst of no jobs, there are multitudes of vacuum in every firm that needs to be filled but few suitable hands to handle them. Sometimes, even the firms are unaware that there exist a vacuum(vacancy) that they need to fill until it is brought to their notice. Are you surprised?
Hmmmm...Yea, it happens.
Most times it takes a external view to see these vacancies and work towards filling them. An external supervisor/advisor (who has observed the customers' feedback and the firm's operation methods) will be in the best position to see these vacancies and prompt the firm to fill them to improve efficiency.
Building a vibrant team is one of those key factors to business success. No one employs you because you read in Harvard or had a Masters (though this will go a long way to enhance your chances), they get you into their team because you have the same vision as they do, their kind of goal-meeting spirit or can proffer viable solutions to their business-days' hurdles.
Want to work in that company? Search out all they are all about, identify their goals, sales target, daily hurdles and how you think you can add to their business growth. That's the good step. It is called the proposal method of seeking for a job.
This method entails that you position yourself as an entrepreneur offering your services to the company for a monthly pay. This way you keep your entrepreneurial motivation on.
Remember, If you do not have anything to add to a firm, do not bother looking for a vacancy in there.
My suggestion - DO YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC FIRM YOU WANT TO WORK IN? Search them out on the net, identify and follow them to understand how they operate. Also get a list of their management board, check out their qualifications, search them out also on the net, follow them individually to learn how they think, find a missing link about their products, customers' complaints and build up yourself to fill the gap.
Afterwards, sign in for the next application and see how marvelous you will perform.The board on seeing and hearing you will be like, "It like you had worked here before, welcome back on board."
OH YES!....Build yourself to represent the company you wish to work for by training yourself like an entrepreneur about to be called up to submit a proposal on how to better the lot of the firm.
NOTES
I) You can't be in a team if you do not have the same vision as they do, no matter your qualifications.
II) You can see yourself as an entrepreneur at your working place using your skills to provide solutions to the firm's daily needs.
III) Following a firm you want To work in on the net daily gives you a semi-insider kind of view and also allows you to view customers' feedback thereby enabling you to discover a niche you can fit in best in the company sphere.
IV} See your pay as an entrepreneurial rent and work towards earning bigger by acquiring more skills needed to engage in the firm's daily businesses.
V) Train yourself to become a consultant in whatever you do.
VI) When next they call for a job application, send in a CV-LIKE proposal (showing how you can through the qualifications you have acquired over help the firm achieve its ultimate goals) instead.

Remember, you can also approach any firm with a proposal once you identify that there is something they not doing well on and you have a viable solution to make them more efficient (You do not need a job opening advert before you can reach out to the firm). But be sure to keep the best part of the deal to yourself until they call you in for a round table discussion.


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Re: A Proposal, Not An Application: Being Entrepreneurial In Your Job Search! by Appraizzal: 10:51am On May 18, 2017
How about you go ahead and post a sample proposal to buttress your point. Thanks

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