Sometimes you have to get creative to get a job. Consider some of these ideas the next time you feel like you’ll never get the job you want.
- See if you can volunteer at the place you want to work
- Offer to work for free for a couple weeks
- Send a balloon bouquet or a box of donuts to the box with a note saying you would love a change to interview
- Ask around – perhaps someone you know, knows someone where you want to work, ask if this person will make a call on your behalf
- Make sure you have the basic skills you need for the job – why try to get an office position if you can’t use a computer or a job in a busy clinic if you can’t draw blood or take vital signs.
- Get letters of recommendation from a few key people in your professional life – make copies and include them with your resume
- Make getting a job, a full time job.
