Today, we are going to talk about something intimidating. We’re going to talk about cold-calling potential employers to look for a job.
Yes, it is intimidating. But it is also a highly productive way of job hunting. By getting comfortable with cold-calling, you set yourself up to bypass all the job board, HR, and recruitment madness and make yourself stand out to your target audience—the people actually doing the hiring.
Because cold calling is this: picking up the phone, and calling the person doing the hiring directly, and asking them to their (phone) face if they are hiring and if they are, why they should hire you.
Here are 5 things to know so you do it the right way.
