According to the latest ISTAT data, youth unemployment is certainly not decreasing and indeed, more and more people are giving up looking for work (the so-called "neets", those who do not work and do not study). There are now millions of precarious workers, not to mention the many who instead work illegally and are not even tracked.
The search for work, both for those seeking better employment and for the unemployed, is increasingly complicated today.
The classic process is the search among job advertisements on the internet or in newspapers, leafing through the various offers, often titled with bombastic and difficult to understand names (the word manager now seems to mean secretary, consultant or seller) and which require very high requirements .
In this article, we will provide you with some resources and advice on how to use the internet to find work and different ways of presenting your resume .
How to search and find work online
Let's start with the obvious: young people are always penalized, they are seen as inexperienced and not worthy of responsibility until they become too old to be able to make a career.
Although ours is an old class of executives who love standards and detests changes, you must not give up and you can try to excel by becoming modern, trying not to leave anything to chance and pushing your candidacy with strength and originality with the following tips :
1) Write a European curriculum vitae
Many people don't realize that a resume is something they need to re-create, update and personalize for every single job done; the reference point for making CV is Europass, available here -> Europass Curriculum Vitae .
The first thing to do, before looking for work, is to write a curriculum vitae that is unique, non-generalist and different from that of a thousand other people.
First of all, you must already know what kind of job you want to do so that you can specialize the curriculum .
Secondly, one has to ask what an employer is looking for so that he can add clear and well-addressed information.
Those who have little work experience and are not yet clear what type of work they want to do could create different Curriculum, each specializing in a single direction; in this way you can send one CV rather than another depending on the position for which you are applying.
The rules for creating a good curriculum are always the same: correct, concise but complete grammar and spelling, short sentences, emphasis on relevant experiences, well-formatted.
We try to insert real and documentable work experiences, because if you write lies they will inevitably surface at the first opportunity.
In another article we have created the technical guide on how to send and write a curriculum vitae to the PC .
In another article I recommended some tools to write the curriculum with examples of the European format.
2) Cover letter
A curriculum never sends itself, both in the case of spontaneous applications and if you reply to an announcement, you must accompany it with a motivational letter that is a synthesis of yourself and your motivations .
Writing a good cover letter can be crucial in making a good impression and arousing interest.
The basic rules of a cover letter are the same as in the curriculum: correct spelling and grammar, summary (it must not be a novel, a letter must be one page), personalized content and without boring standard formulas.
Needless to say, if the CV can remain the same for different applications, the letter must necessarily change according to the employer .
This is because, in the letter, you have to take the company's point of view, look at the job announcement and give the appropriate reasons, without saying phrases like "I would like to work with you because ...".
On the internet there are some examples and guidelines for writing the cover letter; to start we can download the general presentation letter available as a Word document here -> Generic presentation letter .
We change the fields, references and general information as needed and we will have created a good cover letter (which in English is identified as a cover letter, useful to remember if we respond to announcements in English).
In English we recommend reading the following sources on how to write a cover letter: Wikipedia and About.com (the most complete to find examples).
In Italian you can instead go to sites such as Office Templates in Italian and Cv Resume.
3) Best sites to look for work
Job advertisements from large companies are often on their own site and you can apply by filling out the online form.
In most cases, however, the job advertisements are entrusted to specialized sites including, some of the best are: Jooble, Monster, JobbyDoo, Infojobs, Miojob, Trovolavoro, Indeed.
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4) Use social networks and LinkedIn
Social networks are becoming increasingly important on the Internet, online places where it is possible to capture information and create contacts that can hardly be established in real life.
We can download the LinkedIn app from here -> LinkedIn (Android) and LinkedIn (Apple).
Even if in Italy there is not yet this culture, it is still advisable not to neglect this channel and, the registration to Linkedin is mandatory for everyone as it is important to keep a good reputation online.
READ ALSO: Complete guide to LinkedIn, the social network of work that connects people and companies
5) Publish your CV online
Theoretically, to increase the chances of being discovered by a potential employer, you can put your CV online, published on the Internet.
I don't think it's realistic to think of employers looking for curricula since they receive hundreds of them a day, however, having a web page dedicated to themselves could be useful, especially if your name was searched on the Internet.
On another page of this blog you will find the best sites to publish your CV online and be found on the internet .
6) Creative curriculum
Creating a CV other than the standard formats is a brave move that can become a winning or losing weapon depending on the environment and the employer.
A creative resume is a brochure, an animation, a video, a graphic presentation or anything else that is not a written sheet.
As I see it, if you are struggling to find a job, you really have nothing to lose.
In this regard, I suggest looking at a CV made in PowerPoint and published on the Slideshare site which is, in my opinion, an exceptional presentation of oneself.
