Speculative Applications

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Hello All,

Are speculative applications worth sending in? Do they ever provide an opportunity?

Do people send in CVs to companies/consultants were they are are advertising no vacancies?

I have no problem in doing so but I would like to focus my job search.

Any advice would be appreciated.

godtabh

In the current climate probably not. By all means send them in but dont count on them

Mr. Tezza

No harm in sending one in I'd say but I wouldn't be counting on getting a job outta it, I'ts hard enough to get a half decent job these days

davey101

No, you're a... wrote: »

Hello All,
Are speculative applications worth sending in? Do they ever provide an opportunity?

Yes,

My first Job after finishing my degree was from such an application (late 2011), and my current job was never even advertised but my CV was passed on from a 3rd party.

I would just suggest you try get the email to the person that will do the hiring, thats the hard part.

God luck

breadmonkey

davey101 wrote: »

Yes,

My first Job after finishing my degree was from such an application (late 2011), and my current job was never even advertised but my CV was passed on from a 3rd party.

I would just suggest you try get the email to the person that will do the hiring, thats the hard part.

God luck

I'm exactly the same as the above. The beauty of speculative applications is that if they do decide to give you at shot at interview you probably won't be competing with anyone else for the position!

I would say that you would have a much higher chance of success with small companies. Speculative apps to massive companies with a large HR department and elaborate hiring processes are likely to fall on deaf ears. A hiring manager in a small company is also much more likely to be able to say "this person looks good, I suppose we could use another hand around here".

My strategy has been to phone up, ask for the name of the hiring manage and ask the person on the other end if they will forward your CV to this person. Again, this is probably only suited to small companies.

The absolute best thing is if you know someone in the company. Obviously, that's down to pure luck most of the time.

Good luck.

godtabh

Always ask for a name and email address.

If they dont give the email address bluff it.

A good tactic is before sending your email try and link in with them on LinkedIn. Its less of a cold call email then