How to apply for a job in the United States of America?

Applying for a job in the Unites States, means having to prepare a presentation letter and a curriculum with brief concise and convincing contents which are able of persuading the employer that you are, indeed, the ideal candidate for the job position he or she is offering, and that you are requested for a job interview.

When a foreign citizen wishes to arrive to the United States, the first thing that he or she must to is to look for an employer who can act as a sponsor, and for that, the immigrant has to look for a job in newspapers, signs, web sites, state employment offices, charity institutions that help immigrants, etc.

But not always looking for it and finding it, means getting it, due to the characteristics of the North American system, a lot depends in how we present our documents, which will allow us to get the interview, which is the real key to the dreamed job.

To apply for a job and having options, it is necessary that the presentation or cover letter and the curriculum or resume, have brief and concise information, which allows the employer to rapidly acknowledge our working experience and our educational level, and, also, shortly explain why we are interested in the particular job position we are applying for.

The content of the curriculum or resume must be concise, because it will hold names, last names, addresses, and telephone numbers. Then, you will mention you working experience, presenting in a much summarized format recent jobs (in which companies and for how long), performed studies and level reached; you must also talk about your skills (including your hobbies and the languages you speak), competences and references from your former employers. It is important to be concise with the content, but precise enough to be appealing to read it quickly. Achievements obtained in previous jobs can also be considered.

The size of the presentation letter and the curriculum must not exceed the one page limit. For no reason you should add your photograph or civil state.

The presentation letter and the curriculum must be impeccable, been really careful regarding the writing and with the grammatical terms and orthography, because a bad presentation will reduce our chances of been called for an Personal interview.

Be careful when you send the presentation letter and the curriculum, because the company’s department of human resources receive many presentation letters and curriculums holding mistakes with battered sheets and one error can easily eliminate them.

After overcoming the presentation letter and curriculum filters, the employer will call us for an interview which basically circumscribes to talk about former jobs, making inquiries about reviewed aptitudes and the working conditions (remuneration, working schedule, working and social benefits).

It is necessary to mention that the interviews develop in English, which demands the immigrant to practice a lot. The punctuality in assisting to the interview is also an important element, which can play for or against the immigrant, as well as the clothing he or she wears.

As an additional tip, it is necessary that before assisting to a job interview, you investigate about the backgrounds of the company, so then you can hold a fluid dialogue with the interviewer and relate the working experience and the aptitudes with the offered position, in a way in which our contribution with the company is pretty clear.

Let’s not forget that the day after the interview, you should send a letter ratifying your interest.

Summing up, an immigrant depends of himself or herself to get access to the working experience in the United States through an attractive proposal.


 

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