Think and Grow Rich

Successful salesmen groom themselves with care. They understand that first impressions are lasting. Your brief is your salesman. Give it a good suit of clothes, so it will stand out in bold contrast to anything your prospective employer ever saw, in the way of an application for a position.

7 Offer to go to work on probation. In the majority of instances if you are determined to have the position for which you apply, it will be most effective if you offer to work for a week, or a month, or for a sufficient length of time to enable your prospective employer to judge your value WITHOUT PAY.

8 Knowledge of your prospective employer’s business. Before applying for a position, do sufficient research in connection with the business to familiarize yourself thoroughly with that business, and indicate in your brief the knowledge you have acquired in this field.

6 State your qualifications for the particular position for which you apply. Give full details as to the reason you believe you are qualified for the particular position you seek.

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5 Apply for a specific position. Avoid application for a position without describing EXACTLY what particular position you seek.

3 References. Practically every business firm desires to know all about the previous records, antecedents, etc., of prospective employees who seek positions of responsibility.

2 Experience. If you have had experience in connection with positions similar to the one you seek, describe it fully, state names and addresses of former employers.

Education. State briefly, but definitely, what schooling you have had, and in what subjects you specialized in school, giving the reasons for that specialization.