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Asking For A Job

  • 02-03-2012 10:06pm
    #1
    irish_goat
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 5,838 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Right, there's a company I really want to work for and I have a couple of ideas for the company that I think they would want to hear. Basically my plan is to send a letter to the head of the company, outline my ideas and tell them I'm looking for a job.

    Just wondering if anyone has any experience with anything like that? Good idea/bad idea you'se reckon?


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  • #2
    omen80
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 639 ✭✭✭omen80


    irish_goat wrote: »
    Right, there's a company I really want to work for and I have a couple of ideas for the company that I think they would want to hear. Basically my plan is to send a letter to the head of the company, outline my ideas and tell them I'm looking for a job.

    Just wondering if anyone has any experience with anything like that? Good idea/bad idea you'se reckon?

    Sounds like a good idea to me. It shows initiative. You got nothing to loose, go for it!


  • #3
    mikemac1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,395 ✭✭✭✭mikemac1


    I like it, go for it


  • #4
    carbon nanotube
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 994 ✭✭✭carbon nanotube


    with the way things are you got absolutely nothing to lose so go for broke.


  • #5
    Jim2007
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 10,604 Mod ✭✭✭✭Jim2007


    irish_goat wrote: »
    Just wondering if anyone has any experience with anything like that? Good idea/bad idea you'se reckon?

    Well if you are going to do it, do it in person - show them how passionate you are. Remember that it is all to easy to blow someone off in a email...


  • #6
    DavAliRac76
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1 ✭DavAliRac76


    As Jim2007 says do it in person. Not only is it easy to ignore an email, it is also easy to take the ideas but not employ the person.


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  • #7
    abouttobebanned
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,943 ✭✭✭abouttobebanned


    As Dav says...this is risky.

    I've tried this before and nearly always the replies I've gotten were:

    "hi...thanks for your interest in our company. The ideas you have mentioned are actually in the pipeline at the moment...blah blah"

    They will more than likely just rob your ideas.


  • #8
    irish_goat
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 5,838 Mod ✭✭✭✭irish_goat


    It's quite a large company so I'm not sure if I'd actually be able to get a meeting face to face. It'd be a letter I'd send as well, not an email.

    Slightly worried they might just rob my ideas but I suppose, as said, I've nothing to lose.

    Should I include my cv?


  • #9
    Janey_Mac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 139 ✭✭Janey_Mac


    What size is the company? Will the head of the company ever see the letter?


  • #10
    OneIdea
    Closed Accounts Posts: 249 ✭✭OneIdea


    irish_goat wrote: »
    It's quite a large company so I'm not sure if I'd actually be able to get a meeting face to face. It'd be a letter I'd send as well, not an email.

    Slightly worried they might just rob my ideas but I suppose, as said, I've nothing to lose.

    Should I include my cv?

    abouttobebanned mentioned that. So with that in mind, your letter should read, that you have great/good/intriguing (whatever) ideas for the company and you would love to discuss these in a meeting, then your meeting will be about, "given the chance you could implement these ideas etc...

    Mention your love/interest for the company and yes do include your CV and make sure its presented to suit the position your interested in.


  • #11
    irish_goat
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 5,838 Mod ✭✭✭✭irish_goat


    I guess my dilemma is that I've 2 options.

    A: Send a letter saying that I have some good ideas and asking for a meeting and risk them not taking it seriously and ignoring the letter.
    B: Send a letter outlining my ideas (maybe not all them) and ask for a meeting to discuss them further but risk the company simply taking the ideas and not bothering to contact me.

    It's quite a large company but I think if I used option B the CEO would read it. Not sure about Option A.


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  • #12
    krissovo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,645 ✭✭✭krissovo


    Hey OP,

    I think both options are a no go:

    Option A: The first thought that the reader will have is "why does this smart @ss think they can run the company better than me?"

    Option B: Hey this is a good idea, thanks and good bye......

    Your only real option is to catch a senior manager in person and discuss your ideas. I would try and find a seminar or similar that one would be attending and casually discuss some of your ideas and ask for a follow up meeting.

    If that route is a no go then use something like linkedin to make contact or even just turning up at reception and leave your business card and a very quick summary and ask for a 10 minute meeting with CEO or a suitable senior manager. Approaching via linkedin does work and they can check out your profile at the same time to see if your credentials are worth while their time and effort following up with you.

    If you do mail something out put your ideas in a quick presentation format and deliver it like a blend of a executive summary and a business case. Remember the first page needs to impress a PA enough to pass it onto the CEO.


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