There are many avenues of job-hunting for job-seekers looking for full-time employment to follow. Certainly job-hunting on the Net is one method that has been receiving the most attention lately, but there is a traditional method of job-hunting that can be quite effective for you if you simply follow all the steps outlined in this article. The method? Cold calling potential employers.

Cold calling, or uninvited job-hunting, is a proven method of finding employment. When you consider that four-fifths of the job market is "closed," meaning you can't find out about available job openings unless you dig for them, this method of job-hunting takes on great importance. That digging, as well as all aspects of the process that follows, is what this article is all about.

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If you follow all these steps -- along with all the other rules of job-hunting (the Domino Effect, phone manners, dress for success, and thank-you letters) -- you'll find cold calling to be a successful tool in your overall job-hunting strategy.

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