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| *Ostroff, Fair and Company>>>Administrative and Office Support |
Would walking in be considered unprofessional? |
I'm currently looking for an adminstrative support position. I'm trying to find a job downtown Atlanta. Not all business advertise online their opportunities. Would it be unprofessional to enter a business, introduce myself and offer my resume? In my opinion it would not be unprofessional to walk into a business and hand out your resume. However, if you are going to do that you need to look your best, Wear a suit , be friendly and have your resume handy. Let them know of your past experiences and what you could bring to the company. As long as you keep it professional and friendly you should be fine. Good Luck in your job search. Not necessarily unprofessional, but it may not be worth the time. If someone came into my office and did that, I'd think "how does she even know she even wants to work here if she isn't familiar with our company?" I agree with WW if you walked into my office and said *Hi im Jim/Jill whatever and here is my resume*. I would be polite and say nice to meet you. Even if im looking for somebody its going in the garbage before I read it. You have to do a little research. Lets say you plan to visit 10 comapanies in a day. Check all those companies out on the web. Know what they do and then you walk in. Your resume is addressed to that company. Its a one line change on your resume. Address that company directly. If you know the managers name make a cover letter to the manager and ask for him/her by name. Say ive read so much about your company I would love to work here. Here is my resume (which will have his/her name on it) I would like you to look it over. Its human nature if a manager see's their name on a resume, they are going to read it. But im saying if thats what you are going to do, take 20 minutes per company you plan to visit and change the first line of your resume to address that company. Good luck hope this helps. Owned many companies. We don't accept resumes for positions that are not open. You reallyl need to research, network, etc. and find where the openings truly are. No, it would be fine. You could also postal mail or email resumes, if that will be better for you. Make sure you include a cover letter letting them know what skill set you bring to the table, as well as all your other great attributes and that you'd like to be considered for an administrative support role if one is open now or opens up in the future. I don't think so. we have people all the time faxing us theirs. That's a little weird. But that will just show that you want the job. One idea though, I have learned (from experience) that if you just call or walk in and give your resume to the peson stadning at the front desk and say "i'm....this is my resume...." Then they will most likely throw it out, for whateve reason. So you could ask for the personell depart. a boss, office manager...and give it to them or mail it to them...anyway. |
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