Topic ID #6212 - posted 11/7/2009 5:55 PM
Noahw5000
contacting employers
Noahw5000
Hi, I'll just start by saying that this is my first post to this site, but I've been a reader for a while, so thanks for all of the advice.
I graduated from college in May, and in the early summer found phase I work with a large CRM company, and have continued a few projects for them, and am currently still on a project projected to end in december. I am not sure what projects will open, and I figured I'd send out my resume to a few companies that coworkers have recommended. How do I go about doing this? I found my current company on shovelbums, so I never had to contact individual companies. In general, is paper or email better? If companies have multiple offices (as most seem to) do I contact each separately? Many companies have no contact listings for their crm department in particular, should I just send resumes to a general office, or ask around for crm contact info? And lastly, is it weird to send resumes to recommended companies if they have no job postings, just to keep me in mind for the future?
This is pretty broad, and any direction that you could give would be much appreciated. Thanks,
-Noah
I graduated from college in May, and in the early summer found phase I work with a large CRM company, and have continued a few projects for them, and am currently still on a project projected to end in december. I am not sure what projects will open, and I figured I'd send out my resume to a few companies that coworkers have recommended. How do I go about doing this? I found my current company on shovelbums, so I never had to contact individual companies. In general, is paper or email better? If companies have multiple offices (as most seem to) do I contact each separately? Many companies have no contact listings for their crm department in particular, should I just send resumes to a general office, or ask around for crm contact info? And lastly, is it weird to send resumes to recommended companies if they have no job postings, just to keep me in mind for the future?
This is pretty broad, and any direction that you could give would be much appreciated. Thanks,
-Noah
Post ID#16014 - replied 11/8/2009 7:40 PM
FireArch
Moderator
Welcome Noah.
There are a number of ways to go about this, all of which, it seems, will net the same results; some places hiring, some not. You can call, email, and write, but in almost every case you want to move past the front desk and interact with the person making the decisions. But remember, they are busy, so be efficient.
Irrespective of company size or lack of direct contact point in a company, call the reception desk and ask for the name of the company's archaeological/CRM Principal Investigator (for every place/office you are looking to work). Ask them to spell it out for you, and ask if that person has a Ph.D. so you can address them appropriately if they do. You may even be transfered to that person, so you should be prepared to sell yourself then too. Once you have made that contact, sending off a fresh res. every six months or so is not a bad idea. In this tight econ, companies are having to be especially responsive to projects as they come up and sometimes the crew they want just are not around. It just may be that they find yours near the top and pop off a quick phone call or email.
Cheers and best of luck,
Richard
There are a number of ways to go about this, all of which, it seems, will net the same results; some places hiring, some not. You can call, email, and write, but in almost every case you want to move past the front desk and interact with the person making the decisions. But remember, they are busy, so be efficient.
Irrespective of company size or lack of direct contact point in a company, call the reception desk and ask for the name of the company's archaeological/CRM Principal Investigator (for every place/office you are looking to work). Ask them to spell it out for you, and ask if that person has a Ph.D. so you can address them appropriately if they do. You may even be transfered to that person, so you should be prepared to sell yourself then too. Once you have made that contact, sending off a fresh res. every six months or so is not a bad idea. In this tight econ, companies are having to be especially responsive to projects as they come up and sometimes the crew they want just are not around. It just may be that they find yours near the top and pop off a quick phone call or email.
Cheers and best of luck,
Richard
Post ID#16017 - replied 11/8/2009 9:57 PM
Noahw5000
thanks alot, that all makes sense. Now just a bit of persistence, and I'll get myself ready to hear that a lot of companies have no open upcoming projects