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* Always know your employer. Find out about
company you’re applying for so you can communicate to them how compatible you are as a candidate.
* Practice what you’re going to say. You don’t want to sound like you’re reading a script, but more prepared you are, more confident you will sound. Not to mention, if you’re prepared to leave a message and you get a person instead, your delivery will be that much better.
Whatever you do, don’t let an answering machine or voicemail scare you. You may be eager to get ball rolling, but don’t think of it as a blockade. Instead, consider yourself lucky. If you don’t get a “live” person, you’ll have more time to prepare what you want to say. This will give you time to get all your thoughts in order and make little or no mistakes.
Scott Brown is the author of the Job Search Handbook (http://www.JobSearchHandbook.com). As editor of the HireSites.com weekly newsletter on job searching, Scott has written many articles on the subject. He wrote the Job Search Handbook to provide job seekers with a complete yet easy to use guide to finding a job effectively.
