Looking for a job

Since I started my NDT company in 2017, I’ve received quite a few emails from NDT technicians, looking for a job. Enough at this point, that I feel offering some tips is needed.

Make Your Subject Line Attention Grabbing

This is your main chance to get your email read. We all receive lots of emails and if your mail subject isn’t thought about, you could end up in the trash bin without a second thought. Sticking with NDT people, the following would be good subjects:

  • Are you looking for a hard working NDT Technician?
  • NDT technician available for work
  • NDT Vacancies?

Your subject line must be relevant to the email content and summarise what the email is about. Simple as that.

Triple Check for Errors / Typo’s

If we receive a marketing email littered with grammatical errors and spelling mistakes, that doesn’t inspire confidence in you. Quite the opposite in fact. If you’re not sure if you’ve got everything right, get someone else to cast their eye over your email before you start pumping them out. Remember, you have one chance to make a good impression.

Do Some Research

Many of the job hunting emails I receive have obviously been found via a web search. If I were looking for a job, I’d try hard to find something on the prospects site to mention in the email:

I noticed on your website that you inspect pipework. It may be of interest to you that for the last five years, I have predominently been a pipework inspector!

Your aim is to try and make your prospect like (or relate to) you. Often, the easiest way to achieve this is to notice something that they do and mention that you have experience with that too.

Get Some Sales Training

What is a prospect? Simply put, a sales prospect is an individual who is a potential purchaser of your product or service. However, a prospect has not yet engaged with your company or entered the sales process.Revenue.io

I’ve used the word prospect a couple of times already. That is how you should think of the target of your email. The product is you, and your service is your skillset. After all, you are attempting to sell both yourself and your time in exchange for money. Ultimately, this is a sales exercise and viewing it as such will give you far better results. If you want a book recommendation, I’d highly recommend Jordan Belfort — The Way of the Wolf.

Get a Website

As I wrote earlier, people are busy and don’t want to have their time wasted. Instead of listing your qualifications, work history and attaching your CV to your introduction email, far better to provide links to that information on your website. This has two main benefits:

  • It keeps your email short and to the point
  • If allows your prospect to get your latest information in the future

By having a personal website, you’ll also stand out from the crowd, which is always a good thing.

Ask for Referrals

I’ve never had anyone do this, and I find it astonishing. I suggest that at the bottom of your email, you ask if your prospect knows of anyone else who may require your services.

My Sample Email

Good morning / afternoon / evening.

I hope you are well and business is good. This is just a quick email to introduce myself should your company require additional inspectors, either now or in the future.

I’m currently living in Burton on Trent, but would be happy to relocate for the right opportunity. I have my work history and qualifications detailed on my website:

http://yourwebsite.com/about

If you have any questions that aren’t addressed on the above link, please ask!

By the way, if you aren’t currently needing additional inspectors, would you know of other inspection companies I might contact? Any leads greatly appreciated.

Many thanks,

Simon Harrison

Good Luck!

Keep sending the emails and hopefully you’ve picked up a couple of tips / ideas from this post for your next email campaign…

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