Professional Resume Writer / Executive Resume Writer / Selection Criteria Writer
Professional Resume Writer / Executive Resume Writer / Selection Criteria Writer
It is really interesting, but the way job-hunters generally look for work and how employer’s generally look for someone to fill a vacancy are the absolute opposites of each other.
You see a typical employer generally fills a vacancy in this order or preference:
(a) promoting within;
(b) hiring someone that is known through a network, or someone that comes recommended by a friend, or colleague;
(c) using a recruitment agency;
I’m sure by now most of you have heard of LinkedIn, a business-related social networking site. Launched in 2003, it has grown to more than 100 million registered users, spanning more than 200 countries and territories worldwide.
These figures of growth are staggering, but what is more staggering, is the change from traditional job boards, to new technologies and social tools. If you don’t have a LinkedIn profile, consider the following:
There is nothing more frustrating as a job-seeker than being told that you are too over-qualified for the position, even though the position was exactly what you were looking for. I mean, what’s with them – why aren’t employers picking up on someone like you that could do the job blind-folded.
So what can you do about it to ensure that next time you won’t be rejected on the basis of being too over-qualified for a position. [Read more…] about What to do when you have been told you’re too over-qualified for the job.
One of the great American Success stories.
“I will come to America, which is the country for me. Once here, I will become the greatest bodybuilder in history. While I am doing this I will learn perfect English and educate myself. I will get a college degree so I can get a business degree. At the same time, I will make whatever money possible from bodybuilding and invest it in real estate where I will make the big money. I will then go into the movies as an actor, producer and eventually director. By the time I am 30 I will have starred in my first movie and I will be a millionaire. I will collect houses, art and automobiles. I will see the world. Along the way, I will learn to impress people and I will hone my mind to outwit all of them. I will marry a glamorous and intelligent wife. By 32, I will have been invited to the white house…”
Cracking the Hidden Job Market
Talk to most job seekers and they presume that the best way to find a job is to discover an open position posted in traditional media or online. The problem of course with this focus, is that you will only see approximately 15% of the jobs currently available advertised this way, with the remaining 85% or so being referred to as the “hidden job market”.
The actual expression ‘hidden job market’ is a misnomer, in that the jobs are not hidden, or non-existent, it’s just that they are not in plain sight for the majority of job seekers. These out of sight jobs are created in three ways: [Read more…] about Cracking the Hidden Job Market
The most important thing to keep in mind, is that employing people is an expensive exercise for employers, so it is important that they hire people that already have what people call “social proof”, namely evidence that you are good and can deliver the results, before they hire you.
The reason a referee can make or break your application, is that whether consciously or subconsciously, seeing or hearing glowing references can make the employer feel safe about hiring you, and could potentially secure you the role. Likewise, if you have lousy or indifferent references, then it is unlikely that you will be hired. Yet in spite of this, most job seekers forget to strategically use referees to their advantage.
[Read more…] about Are your referee’s duds? How referees can make or break your job application.
