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Employers are not always selecting the best candidates in
term of academic results or the most experience in the field to fill up their
job vacancies. What actually make those success candidates in an interview
session stand out of crowd and be successfully secured the job? You must be
surprised to the answer from most employers: Self-motivation on how a person is
committed to the job that made them being offered to the job position.
You might know this is the key differentiator that can make you stand out of
crowd. The question is how are you going to demonstrate to the employers that
you are motivated and be able to commit to the job if you are offered with the
job?
During the interview session, you can tell the employer that you are motivated
with the job offer, but the employer may not be able to see through your action
if you don't demonstrate it. How to demonstrate you are self-motivated? You may
ask. Fortunately, it isn't all that difficult as you may think to prove that you
are a good self-motivation person. In fact, it can be surprisingly easy to do
through some simple actions that may, on the surface, seem like nothing special.
If you demonstrate these actions, you are showing that you are self-motivated
that will automatically make you stand out from crowd and being noticed by
employers.
What actions are we talking about? Here are some examples:
1. Conducting Informal Interviews with Employers
Let the employers see your self-motivation by contacting the prospective
employers to learn more about the career opportunities in their company. The
companies may not have any vacant position for new hiring at the moment, but you
can show your initiative by contacting the employers and have an informal
discussion or a short interview with the employers to see any possibility to
start your career there in the future. You could also hand in your resume to the
employers to review and remind the employers to call you for a formal interview
when there are vacant positions that meet your career interest.
2. Tailor Your Resumes and Cover Letters To Each Company's Need
Do you know that some differences on your resumes or cover letters may make you
stand out from crowd? Most of job applicants are using the standard format of
resumes and cover letters. Imagine that when the employer screen through the
stack of application letters and reviews the resume of each applicant, if they
see one that is tailored to the company's need, they definitely will pay an
attention on it and resulting in positive impression. You are showing the
employer that you are spending time and effort to write your resume and
application letter to their specific needs. With that, you have offered tangible
evidence of your self-motivation.
3. Doing Something Out of the Ordinary
During your internship or summer job or any volunteering work that you have done
for a company for free or specific projects during your college time, try to do
something that is out of the ordinary. For example you may offer yourself to
develop a website for a local nonprofit organization or volunteer yourself for
doing the evaluation tests to help in finding solution for a problem, or you can
even develop a project to meet the company specific needs. In these cases, you
are showing a self-motivation behavior and these companies may approach you for
a job after your graduation.
Summary
Self-motivation is very important to make you stand out from crowd and being
noticed by employers. Don't just tell employers that you are a self-motivated
person, instead, show to them with your actions.
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