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Why Send a Spontaneous Application in IT?
Most IT employers, like ITI, offer the opportunity to submit a spontaneous application, meaning you can send your resume without responding to a specific job posting. In today’s tightening IT job market, job seekers should consider this approach to stand out.
Why Send an Application if the Employer Isn’t Hiring?
Innovations are evolving very quickly, and trends in IT employment are as well. If you’re waiting for a job posting to appear, you might be missing out on certain opportunities. In fact, many positions are filled without an official posting—through word of mouth, internal recruitment, and more.
Advantages of Submitting an Spontaneous Application in IT
- Get ahead of hiring and other candidates
- Create a need based on your profile
- Show your initiative and genuine interest in the employer
- Access IT jobs that aren’t publicly posted
- Become part of a talent pool
At ITI Resource Placement, when we receive a spontaneous application, we quickly reach out to the candidate to clarify their expectations. This way, as soon as a hiring opportunity or mandate arises, we can promptly connect the candidate with the employer.
How to Write an Effective Spontaneous Application?
- Describe the position you are targeting, and especially the value you can bring: keep in mind that your application is not responding to an advertised need. You have to create that need!
- Demonstrate that you know the employer: Large company, start-up, technology solutions provider, IT placement firm… Do your research on the company to position your application effectively.
- Address your application to a key person or a specific team: this increases your chances of getting your resume into the right hands. Use LinkedIn or the company website to help you.
- Follow up: even if you have no idea whether the employer needs you, request a follow-up on your application. Even if it doesn’t lead to an interview in the short term, you might gain valuable insights on medium-term job opportunities within the company.
