Looking for a New Job

Hi Everyone

Looking for a new job is a scary prospect for anyone. To leave something you're familiar with is a big leap of faith so that is exactly what I've done.

I work in Credit Control. It's a finance job where I call up customers and demand they pay their bills that are overdue. It's not fun and I feel so mean doing it half the time I've just lost all "oomph" for the job.

So what have I done?

Well I had a long think about what I want to do and no matter what popped into my head the thought of becoming an Estate Agent wouldn't leave. So that's what I've decided to do.

Now I had no idea where to begin as I has always applied for financial jobs where all I'd need to do is pop onto a recruitment website and the rest would be done for me.

The only problem with me doing that is that every single recruitment company is calling me about credit control jobs. in 2 days I've had 5 calls about finance job and having to let down those poor recruiters saying no and I want to get out of it all together. Thankfully they're really nice and a couple have offered me some great advice as to becoming an estate agent, so over all their calls have helped

So what have they advised. They told me to look at individual companies websites and email, call and apply for anything they have online. So far I have applied for 4 trainee jobs in my local area but with my experience being all in finance I took it upon myself to let them know why I'm applying and feel I have got it down to a "T"

So this is what I sent alongside everything I applied for online and emailed to people to show why they should employ me

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Dear Sir/Madam

Please find attached my CV

As you can see from looking at it I don't have any prior experience when it comes to your sector, but I'm very much wanting to become a part of it.

At 24 I feel I'm ready to make a career change and to make it permanent. I have worked in credit control for 4 years and in doing so have developed great customer service skills. As you can imagine not many people like being asked for money so I have to be determined yet fair, and in doing so have given great results. I'm hoping these skills could transfer into your company and deliver similarly. 

I'm very target driven and feel my people skills and good presentation could be an asset to your company.

Thank you for taking the time to read this and my CV and I look forward to hearing from you

Louise Lawson

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To the point, professional and tells the potential employer all about me without them getting board reading copious amounts of stuff.

So I guess I've just got to keep my ear close to the ground, hope for responses and keep persevering. Keeping all of that in mind ensures I will get something and get 1 step closer to my dream

I'll end this post with the message to really go for what you want. Life's to short to be miserable. It's hard to make that initial step, get knocked back and leave your comfort zone but in a years time I can see myself finally happy and fulfilled in my job

Mybs xxx