HOW TO SUBMIT A SPONTANEOUS APPLICATION?
A spontaneous application is a very direct way of approaching a company and anticipating its possible professional needs. For sure it allows you to choose the companies you’re really interested in and face less competition, but since the Recruiters are not actively looking for staff, it can be difficult to get noticed. So you’d better follow certain untold rules to get their attention and convince them.
What To Do Before Submitting Your Spontaneous Application?
First, ask your personal or professional acquaintances that work in the industry milieu you’re interested in. If a position is opened, they’re likely to recommend you within their company. This is one of the reasons why it is always worth maintaining excellent interpersonal relationships, even online (having a good network of contacts on LinkedIn helps in this case too).
If your network wasn’t useful, identify companies that interest you and gather some info about them. You just can’t unscrupulously send your application to all possible companies. Think about your professional experience and about the industry you’re interested in.
Once you have identified the companies you want to apply to, do not send your spontaneous application to anyone: find the right person to write to. You can find that person on the company’s website or via some professional social networks.
Time To Send Your Spontaneous Application: Here’s How To Do It!
As we’re talking about an unsolicited application, focus on your email and your motivation letter.
About your email, attention must be drawn from the first lines. Put a lot of care into the subject, the style, the correct grammar and spelling, and the politeness. Nonetheless, be brief, but precise: the recipient will certainly not have much time to devote to your message, so it is very important to explain the reasons that push you to work with them.
If you know someone who works for the company, or have recommended that you apply for the company, write it in the email: it may encourage your recipient to consider your application more carefully.
Also, pay attention to sending the email to one person at a time: don’t cc all the companies you’re applying to.
The email can replace the motivation letter, but as the word itself says, it is very important that the text of the email is effective, and explains very well what prompted you to send your spontaneous application.
And don’t forget to tell you which position you are sending it for, of course. As your application is for a position that is probably not vacant, please explain your choice of sending your application, what professional experiences and skills you could put to use in that company and why the Recruiter should consider you.
As for the CV, try to focus on the experiences that are most consistent with the work you would like to do and use keywords that the company uses on its website or in the past job listing they had.
If you are not contacted for an interview or if your application does not receive any feedback, do not despair: you can still ask for feedback, some days later. This will also demonstrate your interest in the company you wrote to.
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