Doesn't it drive you nuts when less qualified people get the opportunities that you deserve more?
It doesn't have to be that way...
All of us know one or two people who aren't particularly good at what they do, and yet they always seem to be the ones who get ahead in life.
They advance, while everyone else has to sit and watch. It wouldn't be so infuriating if they were the most deserving - the most intelligent, the most skilled, the most hard-working. But it never seems to work out that way.
The simple fact of the matter is that it takes two types of skills to get ahead in the world today: the ability to do a good job and - what is becoming increasingly important - the ability to land a good opportunity in the first place.
Unfortunately for most of us, our teachers only taught us how to perform well; they didn't spend a whole lot of time showing us how to stake our claims - how to make sure we get the credit, rewards, and opportunities we deserve. We have to find the right tools ourselves if we want to succeed.
Letters of recommendation can be the most effective tool in your job-search kit. But the best candidates are not always the most successful at getting them. For those candidates who are able to make it, they simply know something that not everyone is aware of. They use a simple, yet effective approach:
They write their own recommendation letters!
You might have come across recommendation letters that impress recruiters and colleagues. You might ask, are these recommendation letters simply the candidates' way of advertising themselves - in their own writing - to prospective employers?
Yes! It’s absolutely true, and for good reason too...
It's what successful candidates have already seen for themselves.
Now take a minute and think: If you don't do exactly this, how can you compete with the rest?
The truth is: you just can't!
If you're determined to get that dream job and defeat all competition to get there, then you don't have a choice... you should start taking steps to make sure you have the right recommendation letters that will catapult you to success.
Bear in mind, though, that this won't be the only time you'll need a good recommendation letter. So strive to be skillful in this, and you'll get far in life. No doubt it will be a good investment, and you will see the benefits yourself.
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