Job Hunting

Continuing to cite resume and cover-letter aspects of Alison Greens excellent slideshow-style article on what hiring managers really want in which each slide represents an article shes written in the past:

Your résumé is for experience and accomplishments only, Green declares. Its not the place for subjective traits, like great leadership skills or creative innovator. I ignore anything subjective that an applicant writes about herself, because so many peoples self-assessments are wildly inaccurate and I dont yet know enough about the candidate to have any idea if hers is reliable or not.

Now, if you can substantiate those subjective claims with accomplishments-driven facts and metrics, you may convince the reader. F

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The resume of the future isn’t coming. Sorry. I know this will disappoint the technologically-savvy, eco-friendly among you, but it’s the truth. Before you rip my head off and start singing the praises of one of the many new resume-building tools available, I suggest you bookmark this post and come back to it every few years to see that I was right. Audio resumes? No chance.
Video resumes? Nope. Never.
Image resumes. A mere blip on the radar.

Some things are just meant to be tangible. And sorry guys, a sexy infographic won’t get it done either – at least not in most fields.

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So, today, we are going to walk through two very simple strategies, nearly guaranteed to get you through the most intense job search bottleneck.

What bottleneck is that? Believe it or not, the most intense barrier to entry is getting your resume opened and looked at.

Yep, you heard me right, if your resume gets opened, your chances of getting the job goes up exponentially.

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Your resume should conveys your distinctiveness, passion, and unique understanding of the business environment. It must answer the employers question: Why you over any other candidate? Clearly, uniqueness is closely related to both branding and focus. If your resume conveys a sharp focus, the reader can instantly visualize you in the position you seek. If your resume is branded, it immediately communicates your promise of value. The uniqueness factor takes your resume to the next level by portraying you as not only in the position but the best person for the position, even the only logical choice for the position.

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If you’ve read my posts, you know that I’ve always had trouble following the rules, especially rules in the workplace. I discovered in some recent reading that many workplace experts agree with me. Wow, I never thought that would happen! So here are some rules I suggest you break:

 1.      Don’t say “I don’t know” or “I made a mistake.” – We learn early on at work that it isn’t viewed positively if you admit you don’t have the answer. But the problem with faking it is that invariably it will catch up with you later. So own up to it and say y Ge more info…