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| Income and Jobs Discuss jobs, career options and of course salaries |
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| 04-10-2016 11:03 AM | ||
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I personally would not recommend including the compromise. Not unless your target company is a small scaled SME.. then maybe yes. If your target company is a MNC or SME that is big enough, I don't think they sweat such little stuff. I will recommend including all your past achievements and experience, and how that will translate to their benefit. For example, if you know a certain project that company is embarking, it will be good to state how you can contribute. The hard part is not to oversell yourself, while keeping the cover letter succinct. |
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| 03-10-2016 09:54 PM | ||
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Guys, I don't think op was unemployed for 6 years, try reading it again. He states that he is currently jobless, but has 6 years of experience in his field. Personally I don't think it's a bad idea to include the compromise, but it might be better to structure your letter with an exact position that you want to take, unless it's a company with no opening and you die die want to get in there. |
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| 03-10-2016 04:55 PM | ||
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Go and apply for real openings and do the standard rounds with all the common manpower agents like Recruit Express, Kelly, GMP etc. They range from obnoxious to average in terms of attitude, but you have no choice. For entry level jobs, HR won't even bother to read cover letter. In your case this company don't even have any openings, and your CV is really bad (sorry hard truth) with a 6 years employment gap (bad for most jobs, but IT jobs it is a 100% deal killer). The 99.9% chance is HR will press the delete button without opening your cover letter. Also I have to agree with the bros above. Unless your last drawn pay was really low in the first place, just 10-20% paycut for an IT job that you left 6 years ago is totally unrealistic. |
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| 03-10-2016 10:51 AM | ||
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Should I indicate explicitly in the cover letter what I can accept (e.g. weekend shift work, entry level position) instead of keeping the HR/manager guessing? Would they assume that I am only not willing to compromise and would not even consider me for a downgrade to an entry level position or only looking to work on jobs requiring skills or technologies similar to my past experience or not willing to do shift work/after office hours? |
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| 03-10-2016 09:37 AM | ||
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I would just focus on willing to take up entry contract jobs. The rest like can do ot, willing to learn etc. is expected for any job anyway. |
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| 03-10-2016 09:24 AM | ||
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| 02-10-2016 06:11 PM | ||
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It might be very difficult to change industry and still expect 10-20% pay cut from previously drawn. |
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| 02-10-2016 02:43 PM | ||
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Indicate compromise in cover letter I am jobless with 6 years of experience. Recently job market is bad, and I am interested in joining a company because I feel the work is interesting to me. This company is not advertising any opening at the moment, but I intend to send in an unsolicited application just to test my luck. I am willing to compromise on several factors just to have a job and bring in a stable salary to pay the bills and have some stability.
Should I indicate these in my cover letter? Or is it a no-no from HR or hiring manager perspective? I am afraid that without indicating these, most HR/manager would assume I come with certain expectations that I will be expecting a senior executive or manager level position e.g. minimum salary from number of years of experience, or not open to entry level position. |
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