Going the #extra mile to drop off your resume & cover letter

Asif Latif
Sep 7, 2018 · 3 min read

Extra mile is that type of extra effort and hard work to achieve your goal of life. Extra mile means when you do more than whats expected you. In drop of your resume and cover letter is also extra mile work to enhance the chances of getting your dream full job. I decided to go extra mile and drop off my Resume and cover letter to HR working in Ayub Agriculture Research Institute Faisalabad. I planned to contact with HR manger for drop in. I contact with company via email to know about the timing and availability of HR manager in office. Then I decided to go their for in person drop of resume and cover letter.

Firstly I full fill all the requirement for in person drop. I updated my resume and cove letter accordingly. I practiced my elevator pitch in front of mirror and checked my body language and non verbal communication. I also recorded video by mobile phone when I practiced my elevator pitch then saw the video and identify all the mistakes during delivering elevator pitch. With this method I have improved all mistakes. This makes a significant difference in delivering my elevator pitch. Next day I went to Ayub Agriculture Research Institute Faisalabad. I reached in office at 8 am and office timing was 9 am. I requested to Gatekeeper that I am waiting here for HR manager and can I stay in office. Gatekeeper granted me permission to stay in office.

Delivered Elevator pitch

After some time HR manger was coming into office from parking area after parking his car. I met with HR manager and after show greeting I delivered my elevator pitch with full confidence. After two minutes discussion I handed over my updated resume with cover letter to him. At the end I showed gratitude and say warmly thank you and asked him for email address that I shall contact with him in future to discuss future plans about Agriculture sectors.

I faced many challenges during perform this activity like find out Hr manager and waiting for him one an hours, engage Hr manager in good way that this makes good impression . I over come all the problems very smoothly. I mentally prepare my self then searched out Hr manager of Ayub Agriculture Research Institute through online search and contact with company via email address. At the end I successfully drop in my resume with cover letter.

This was wonderful experience for me. I learned most of new things during this activity like how to meet with higher authority, how to manage your confidence level in front of other, how to overcome the challenges. I felt very confident now. This is done because of going to extra mile.

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