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Overview:
The following information provides Tips on Self-Marketing and outlines the various directories, associations, publications and other resources available for review in making direct approaches to potential employers.

Progressive employers view talented graduates as a valuable resource for future growth. They often have co-op placement programs and from these temporary placements, they determine which candidates to keep in mind for future hiring.
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Tips on Self-Marketing:
Changing the Student's Perspective:
The business world and the student world are two different realities. As a student, you acquire knowledge, in the business world you learn how best to apply it for productive results. Changing how you see yourself is important to market yourself effectively. You are your own ambassador. You want to think in entrepreneurial terms: How can I create buyer interest in my skills and knowledge? This means dressing differently, speaking differently and keeping foremost in mind that you are marketing the person that you are - your personality strengths, your enthusiasm, your values, your willingness to be a teamplayer.
Personal Presentation:
You can never go wrong dressing in standard business attire. Avoid very casual clothes, stay with the basic blues, greys and browns for suits. For females, the classic look is the skirt and blazer combination. You want the interviewer to be interested in you, not distracted by unusual ties or colour combinations. Naturally, good personal hygiene and grooming are expected.
Gather your Resources:
Review the publications and on-line resources which follow these Tips and make a list of the telephone numbers and email addresses of the intended recipients of your resume.
Do Research on the Internet:
To obtain executives names and contact information visit the websites of companies and click on their 'Contacts' page. See the Resumes page for more details on obtaining information and using search engines.
Concentrate on those Companies who can utilize your Experience:
Approach those companies which are active in trade-lanes which you are interested in - forwarders, steamship companies, importers/exporters, trading companies. If you have a second language, that expertise may be useful to companies active in related trade-lanes.
Check the Yellow Pages for Bi-lateral Trade Commissions and Chambers of Commerce:
Find out if there is a local Chamber of Commerce or Trade Commission for bi-lateral trade between Canada and your home country if you are recently arrived in Canada. See page 1324 in the Toronto Central-East Yellow Pages for a listing. See pages 105 and 106 under 'Associations' for additional Chambers of Commerce and bi-cultural organizations. Sometimes these organizations will be aware of native-language newspapers or job-board resources which you can investigate.
Make sure your Resume is error-free:
If English is your second language, have it reviewed by someone who is fluent in english to ensure that the text is clear and there are no mistakes in spelling, grammar or sentence structure. The same applies to any cover letter which you might wish to include. Also, if you have an email address, be sure to note this on the resume for people to follow up with you. Anyone can open a Hotmail or Yahoo email account for personal use. See the Resumes/Cover Letters section for more information.
Send your Resume to the right Hiring Authority:
If your background is sales & marketing, send your resume to the Sales Manager or Director of Sales. If your background is operations, send it to the Operations Manager, and so on. For the best result, send your resume to the person who would logically be involved in making a hiring decision for your experience level.
Research and verify the Spelling of the Hiring Authority's name:
It is more effective to send your resume to an actual person rather than a position title. We strongly recommend that you take the time to research the right name of the intended recipient of your resume.
Make your Email message brief:
Busy executives dislike having to scroll through a long email message to get to the core of it. State your objective clearly and briefly in a few words. Make sure the Subject header clearly expresses your objective. Do not expect to get a response, state your intention to follow up with a telephone call. This way you can choose and prepare for a follow up call.
Ask for the Executive's opinion of your experience:
People like to give their opinions. Rather than request a meeting, ask for the recipient's comments on your resume and experience when you call them back. Asking to set up a meeting without having established a basis for interest is usually not very productive. Call back within about 48 hours after having sent an email. Calling back immediately after sending it may not allow the recipient enough time to read it.
Follow up with a Thank-you letter or card:
Showing your appreciation for someone's time or guidance is an excellent way of developing positive contacts in your job-search.
Interviewing Tips: See the Being Interviewed page for detailed information. Also Recruiters for tips on how to work with recruiters and what their expectations are.
Keeping the Job you Get:
Getting a job is an accomplishment, keeping the job you get requires different skills. Within the corporate world it is vital to interact positively with people, be a teamplayer, have a teachable attitude and concentrate on building working relationships both inside and outside of your employer. Technical competence is important but gaining the cooperation of other people leads to mutually rewarding achievements. Leadership is learned and it begins with knowing your strengths and weaknesses and how to apply these from a foundation of strong personal values and principles. See Self-Assessment for more information on taking personal inventory at any stage of your career.
Maze Master has an excellent self-assessment series of exercises in taking personal inventory.

Industry Publications and Internet Resources for Review:

Reference Librairies often carry some of the following publications. If you cannot find these at a local library, contact the publishers directly to purchase them:

Canadian Sailings Transportation & Trade Logistics:
Published weekly in Montreal. tel (514) 934-0373, it contains career advertising, informative articles and an International Ports Listing which shows which steamship companies service which ports, worldwide. Of special interest is a section on Shipping Lines and their Agents which lists Toronto telephone numbers for all of the Steamship Lines and Agencies. Throughout this publication there are freight forwarder advertisements with telephone/address/email contact information.
Canadian Transportation & Logistics Buyer's Guide 2001:
Published by Southam Magazine Group in July. Tel: (416) 445-6641, Call for single purchase price or check if a copy exists at your reference library. This is the most complete guide of its kind and has a wealth of contact information, including company executives of leading freight forwarders, customs brokers, logistics providers, sea/ground/air/rail carriers and related software firms and consultants, including recruitment firms.
Freight Net - The Freight Forwarders Directory - Canada - a listing of companies in Canada with complete contact information, including emails.
Canadian International Freight Forwarders Membership Directory:
The hard copy version of CIFFA's on-line Membership Listing. It lists member and associate member firms, including, executives, addresses, telephone/fax numbers. www.ciffa.com Available in hard copy form to Members/Associate Members only.
Human Resources Development Canada Job Bank:
A Search engine in the Government of Canada website which is quite relevant and effective.
Human Resources Development Canada Job Links Page:
A useful page of links to related Job Boards and websites, including Career Advertising pages found in Newspapers.
Forwarder Career Pages:
A listing of all of the Job-Posting pages found in Freight Forwarding and Customs Broker websites currently on the internet. In most cases, these are direct links to those pages which post career opportunities available.
Licensed Customs Brokers:
A listing of all of the Licensed Customs Brokers in Ontario, including telephone, fax and address information.
http://www.cscb.ca/members/stot.htm#t :
A listing of the Canadian Society of Customs Brokers Toronto member-companies, including relevant contact information.
http://www.aicba.org/memblist.php3:
A listing of the Association of International Customs Brokers and Border Agencies membership listing for Toronto.
Major Industry-related Job Boards:
www.jobsinlogistics.com : the best on the internet
www.infochain.org : job opportunities in logistics, traffic and distribution
www.workopolis.ca : good source of jobs
www.monster.ca: good source of jobs
Freight Forwarders and Customs Brokers home pages:
http://www.aacb.com A & A Contract Customs Brokers
http://www.abxlogistics.com ABX Logistics
http://www.oversizedirect.com ABH Oversize Direct
http://www.accessair.ca Access Air
http://www.air-shipinternational.ca Air Ship Intl
http://www.affiliated.ca Affiliated Customs Brokers
http://www.alohacustomsbrokers.com Aloha Customs Brokers
http://www.aquaship.com Aquaship
http://www.astro-logistics.com Astro Logistics
http://www.atlascargo.com Atlas Cargo
http://www.activegroup.com Active Customs
http://www.advantex.ca Advantex
http://www.airworldexpress.com Airworld Express
http://www.anchorintl.com Anchor International
http://www.baxglobal.com Bax Global
http://www.beacon.ca Beacon International
http://www.bglbrokerage.com BGL Brokerage
http://www.braycon.com Braycon Intl
http://www.browman.com Browman Freight
http://www.btxair.com BTX Air
http://www.cargoalliance.com Cargo Alliance
http://www.carson.ca Carson Customs Brokers
http://www.cavyyz.com Cavalier Transportation
http://www.clearcustomsbrokers.com Clear Customs Brokers
http://www.cole.ca Cole Freight
http://www.colbeck-clarke.com Colbeck & Clarke
http://www.cometforwarders.com Comet Forwarders
http://www.cyberfreight.com Cyberfreight Systems
http://www.delmar-group.com Delmar
http://www.dhl.com DHL Customs Brokers
http://www.eculine.ca Ecu Line
http://www.eaglegl.com Eagle Global Logistics
http://www.emeryworld.com Emery Worldwide
http://www.exel.com Exel Global Logistics
http://www.expeditors.com Expeditors
http://www.ecb.com Expert Customs Brokers
http://www.farrow.com Farrow
http://www.ffreight.com Fast Freight
http://www.federated-group.com Federated
http://www.fedex.com/ca_english Federal Express
http://www.fci.ca Fisker Cargo
http://www.fritz.com Fritz
http://www.geo-logistics.com Geologistics
http://www.gmunro.ca Gillespie Munro
http://www.grifcold.com Grifcold
http://www.gurza.com M Gurza Customs
http://www.hocltd.com Hartwick O'Shea Cartwright
http://www.hfcan.com Hemisphere Freight & Brokerage
http://www.hilcomshipping.com Hilcom Shipping Services
http://www.icecorp.ca Icecorp Intl
http://www.inlandcustoms.com Inland Customs brokers - Guelph
http://www.itn-logistics.com ITN Logistics
http://www.jascanada.com JAS Canada
http://www.jo2000trans.com JO 2000/Air Ship
http://www.kamden.com Kamden Intl Shipping/now SDV
http://www.kirsch.ca Kirsch Olympic
http://www.krglogistics.com KRG Logistics
http://www.kuehne-nagel.com Kuehne & Nagel
http://www.kintetsu.ca Kintetsu
http://www.lclcan.com LCL Navigation
http://www.lei.ca Locher Evers International
http://www.magnateshipping.com Magnate Shipping
http://www.mfsfreight.ca Mendelssohn Freight MFS Inc.
http://www.milgram.com Milgram & Company Ltd.
http://www.milneandcraighead.com Milne & Craighead
http://www.mussonfreight.com Musson Freight
http://www.nipponexpressusa.com/network/canada.html Nippon Express
http://www.noglobalborders.com NoGlobalBorders
http://www.omnitrans.com Omnitrans
http://www.oecgroup.ca Overseas Express Consolidators
http://www.pbb.com PBB Global Logistics
http://www.panalpina.com Panalpina
http://www.pekaocargo.com Pekao Cargo
http://www.polimex.com Polimex Forwarding
http://www.primexlogistics.com Primex Logistics
http://www.protos.ca Protos Shipping
http://www.rangerexpress.com Ranger Express (JAS)
http://www.rodair.com Rodair
http://www.roelogistics.com ROE Logistics/Customs
http://www.schenker.ca Schenker of Canada
http://www.sdv.ca SDV Logistics (Scac)
http://www.seusa.com SE Logistics/Federated
http://www.sameday.ca SameDay
http://www.seaair.ca Sea Air
http://www.shipaction.com Shipaction
http://www.shipitnow.com Synergex Logistics
http://www.taco.ca Thompson Ahern
http://www.tlp.ca Total Logistics Partners
http://www.transcom-transport.com Transcom Transport (Pekao Cargo)
http://www.eunicity.com Unicity Customs
http://www.go2uti.com Union Transport
http://www.universallogistics.ca Universal Logistics
http://www.viamarscilla.com Via Mar Transport
http://www.pickettbros.com Pickett Bros Customs
http://www.welke.com Welke Global Logistics
http://www.wilsonlog.com Wilson Logistics
http://www.willson1918.com Willson Intl
http://www.ghy.com Geo Young
http://www.yusen.ca Yusen Freight
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