"Speculative applications" refer to job applications that are sent to companies without the applicants knowing if there are any available job positions. It is a proactive approach where individuals express their interest in working for a company, even if no specific job openings have been advertised.
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Some organisations only advertise jobs for experienced candidates, as their entry - level roles and work experience already receive enough interest
through speculative applications.
It may be hard to find formal work experience schemes or internships, but many employers will
accept speculative applications from students wanting to try the work for a week or so.
Graduate schemes, traineeships and internships One - off vacancies with smaller employers
Speculative applications Tips for job - hunting
There would be nothing worse than to call up the recruitment director enquiring
about speculative applications and be asked why you weren't interested in the jobs currently being advertised in all the obvious places.
«They were granted between 2011 and 2014 prior to the adoption of the Local Plan, when the provisions of the National Planning Policy Framework and the inability to show a five year housing land supply led the Council to have to
approve speculative applications» says the cabinet advice.
Twenty years on, there are no microscopic robots healing our bodies from the inside, but some nanoelectronic devices are almost market - ready, and
several speculative applications are looking more plausible:
Sending a
good speculative application is much more personal than responding to an advert, so it can be a good strategy if you are a mature student or have an unusual background that you want to describe to individual employers.
What you are really looking for are performance indicators (so you could identify some of the company's needs) or a job specification because these would provide the foundation for a
great speculative application.
Dundee is responsible for a large portion of the UK's digital entertainment and information industry: companies such as eeGeo (developers of high - tech mapping solutions and location - based games) offer ongoing graduate opportunities for software developers and
encourage speculative applications.
These are jobs held by recruitment agencies, jobs that are filled in - house, jobs delegated to headhunters, jobs obtained over cups of coffees or pints of beer, and jobs that weren't there before but suddenly appear following the
right speculative application.
Get in touch with a recruiter to explain you are committed to finding a job in this field and ask if they
accept speculative applications — if not, could they tell you when they are likely to recruit and how they advertise.
This is even more important
with speculative applications, when readers may not have a particular role in mind for you — you need to make it easy for them to see how you might «fit» into their organisation or bring skills or experience that will be an asset for them.
You can also
submit speculative applications to enquire about available opportunities, in this instance use your initiative and call the company beforehand to find out who to send your enquires to along with their specific contact details.