4 quick tips for a successful unsolicited application.

1. Do a little, but do it well.
There is no need to send out your resume and cover letter randomly to any and all companies that are popular or otherwise. Do the exact opposite: target! Target, target, and target again! Carefully research the company of your dreams (that, of course, matches your skills, abilities, education, experience, and level of study) and go for it! It is better to send 2 targeted resumes per week than 20 completely useless applications. The more you know who you are addressing, the better your chances of getting a positive response.
Also, remember that the days of the single resume sent out endlessly without considering the recipient are long gone. One might even wonder if they ever truly existed…

2. Adapt your resume.
Ideally, you should constantly adapt your resume to the recruiter you are contacting, the desired company, the position you are applying for, and the job you want. It is necessary, even essential, to match the expectations (clearly stated in the job description, normally) of the person you are addressing.
For example, if a general engineer has multiple professional goals, they will rework their resume and cover letters according to the positions they are targeting: they will write a resume focused on design offices, a second one more focused on quality, and a final one focused on methodology, in order to better personalize their application.

3. Adapt your cover letter.
The cover letter should naturally follow and match the resume. Always remember that you are being asked for a perfectly commercial document that aims to convey your professional message, not your personal message. However, it is better to include "emotional" data than to mechanically reuse stereotypical phrases that will undoubtedly repel your reader.

4. Provide concrete, practical, and useful information.
Offer what the company really needs. Remember to properly highlight your skills, emphasizing your good knowledge of the professional environment you wish to join. Your mission, should you accept it, is to convince the recruiter, without cheating, that you are not just a job seeker but more precisely a "service provider". The nuance is subtle but makes all the difference here.

The ReKrute.com Team

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