Tips To Get Job In The Malaysia

In the Malaysian market, your resume and job interview needs to both SHOW and TELL your qualifications as visually as possible. It’s your job to give energy to your resume and make your skills come alive in the mind of an employer.

Think about a job you really want and how you would show that you are right for the job. How you would tell about yourself. Here are some tips:

“SHOW” HOW MUCH YOU CARE: You must know everything you possibly can about the company BEFORE you apply. Do your homework. Most companies today have a corporate website with the details of the business's history, philosophy, product lines, achievements and marketing focus. Read through the entire website and tailor your resume and cover letter to the strengths, pride and products of the company. What do you see as their short and long-term goals? These are answers that employers love to see and hear – that you’ve actually put some thought and research into their business. SHOW them that you understand their firm and care enough to think about their needs; and think about how you can help their product or trade lines for them by hiring you. Make your case!

“TELL” THEM WHAT THEY WANT TO HEAR: Your resume and cover letter must be the best possible presentation you can make. A cover letter’s primary purpose is to act as an employer’s introduction to your resume, and to you. SHOW and TELL them why they should even consider you for the post you apply.

•Your cover letter should have a subtitle yet strong selling message – a point-by-point detail that tells the Malaysian employer that, by hiring you, they’ll benefit from your previous successes and experiences.
•You must use Malaysian expressions and terminology. Use statistics and measurements that show what you were able to achieve for former employers.
•Appeal to their interests, but don’t use the cover letter to criticize their business model. Instead, show how you would complement their company’s goals and ideals.
For more detail please refering my articles " Good Cover Letter" and " Good Resume".

Speak in the language that they want to read – the language of success, achievement and profit. For example, if company use english you must to speak in english. Make your cover letter compelling enough that they would want to meet this success story –you -- in person. Or at least want to read the rest of your resume.

“SHOW” IT IN THE INTERVIEW: The Malaysian Company like your resume and cover letter. Now they want to talk to you. When you land your job interview, either in person, over the telephone or even through the computer, prepare answers that again detail your specific accomplishments and tasks. TELL them what they want to hear, but anticipate how they’d want to hear it.

•SHOW you understand the company’s objectives and know how your skills suibtable into those objectives, and how you are eager to do more and learn more. Malaysian employers like job applicants who have confidence.
•Make a list of the successes that you are proud of, and that you think are key to their business. The trick is to fold your success stories into their line of questioning. Try to take their questions and turn them into a discussion of the similar environments you have worked in, the similar tasks you have done, the triumphs you have achieved and your drive and determination to work up to the top of your field. How do you do this? By practice.
•Must remember to make your answers concise and to-the-point. It’s not easy when you have a lot of information to tell, but practice with a friend. Write out pretend interview questions and then make up mock answers. TELL your story through the most imaginative, persuasive words you can in the most economical way you can SHOW it.