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getting a friend to apply for jobs in specific town/city.

 
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Jackhammer96



Joined: 30 Oct 2013

PostPosted: Wed Apr 02, 2014 3:11 pm    Post subject: getting a friend to apply for jobs in specific town/city. Reply with quote

Ok, so I want to apply for jobs in Jinju. My girlfriend lives in Jinju, so I was thinking of asking her to go around and handout my CV's to various schools, or asking her to find out about all schools in Jinju (both public and private).
If she was to just go find out, I would ask her to try and get an email address for me and I would apply directly myself.

As anyone ever done it this way? My friend did it when he was in Japan, except he went over to visit himself and just went around looking, in Osaka.

Has anyone ever looked for work this way? Has it worked? What are the pros and cons? Any advice? I want to be careful I don't waste her time.
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wings



Joined: 09 Nov 2006

PostPosted: Wed Apr 02, 2014 4:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Use the mail if you want to send a physical copy. If someone other than an actual applicant brought me a CV I would throw it in the trash.
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nicwr2002



Joined: 17 Aug 2011

PostPosted: Wed Apr 02, 2014 6:56 pm    Post subject: Re: getting a friend to apply for jobs in specific town/city Reply with quote

TJ85 wrote:
Ok, so I want to apply for jobs in Jinju. My girlfriend lives in Jinju, so I was thinking of asking her to go around and handout my CV's to various schools, or asking her to find out about all schools in Jinju (both public and private).
If she was to just go find out, I would ask her to try and get an email address for me and I would apply directly myself.

As anyone ever done it this way? My friend did it when he was in Japan, except he went over to visit himself and just went around looking, in Osaka.

Has anyone ever looked for work this way? Has it worked? What are the pros and cons? Any advice? I want to be careful I don't waste her time.


Just research their e-mail addresses. Who sends hardcopies these days? Or take a day trip if possible and do it in person. It will look better if it is actually you handing it in and may get you an interview on the spot. Like the other poster said, it would get thrown in the trash if it was someone other than yourself handing it in.
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Troglodyte



Joined: 06 Dec 2009

PostPosted: Thu Apr 03, 2014 12:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I wouldn't bother having her hand out your CV. That might work if you were making the rounds in person. The plan isn't totally without merit though. Your girlfriend could ask around to see if anyone is interested in hiring you. She might come up with some useful leads. If so, she should just ask them for an email address and then you can contact the school directly.
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