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Walking the streets with your CV

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  • 29-08-2012 3:35pm
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    Esse85
    Registered Users Posts: 8,243 ✭✭✭


    Who's done this and called into businesses/companies with your CV looking for work?

    Would love to hear success stories. Does it work or would you be better off applying online via the company email etc?

    I'm tempted to do it but does it smell of desperation?


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    rightyabe
    Registered Users Posts: 812 ✭✭✭rightyabe


    What city are you in? And what kind of job you looking for?


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    Esse85
    Registered Users Posts: 8,243 ✭✭✭Esse85


    Perth

    Any kind of full time work. I'm a recent business graduate.


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    hussey
    Registered Users Posts: 6,240 ✭✭✭hussey


    Unless they are a retail shop/bar/cafe or wouldn't have an online presence then go for it.
    But professional company stick with online


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    Doc
    Registered Users Posts: 2,670 ✭✭✭Doc


    In my opinion it cant really hurt to try. Look up companies that interest you and go and drop in your CV. At worst they will tell you they have nothing going at the moment but if they do have a position available you will come with the added bonus of costing them nothing in employment agency fees which can be quite a lot.


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    lippy11
    Registered Users Posts: 143 ✭✭lippy11


    It's not the business sector but my BF is a carpenter and went into every building site he passed asking around about work and left his number with a few foremen.. Little while later he got a call asking him to start a job with a carpenter contractor!!

    4 weeks in and he's still working away with the guy, building new houses.. So for anybody in the construction side of things it's worth a shot :)


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    Zambia
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    What city are you in Lippy?


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    lippy11
    Registered Users Posts: 143 ✭✭lippy11


    Zambia wrote: »
    What city are you in Lippy?

    I'm in Brisbane! :)


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    markymark21
    Registered Users Posts: 595 ✭✭✭markymark21


    Wouldn't do any harm I reckon. Make sure you give it to a manager and not just one of the regular staff as chances are they might forget to pass it on


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    chrismon
    Registered Users Posts: 1,115 ✭✭✭chrismon


    Definitely do it.
    Enjoy Brissy, I miss it.


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    Stuxnet
    Registered Users Posts: 3,735 ✭✭✭Stuxnet


    chrismon wrote: »
    Definitely do it.
    Enjoy Brissy, I miss it.

    Same.... biggest mistake of my life leaving there and coming home in '07 :mad:


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    chrismon
    Registered Users Posts: 1,115 ✭✭✭chrismon


    Stuxnet wrote: »
    Same.... biggest mistake of my life leaving there and coming home in '07 :mad:

    Best year of my life there, would love to do it all again.:(
    Need to stop looking on the Australia forum, deperessing myself everytime Im on here :rolleyes:


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    Japer
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 792 ✭✭✭Japer


    Esse85 wrote: »
    Who's done this and called into businesses/companies with your CV looking for work?

    Would love to hear success stories. Does it work or would you be better off applying online via the company email etc?

    I'm tempted to do it but does it smell of desperation?

    Go for it, nothing ventured, nothing gained. Thats how I got my first job there. Looking at the Oz thread now makes me regret having come home to Ireland last year.
    Be neat, polite, you never know what may come up.


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