Great article on why resumes disappear when you submit them to large companies. It also gives you some hope for getting through all the filters. Here’s the link.
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CNN had a story on shrinking polar bear testicles. They went into detail about how it was an indicator of global warming destroying the earth. I would hate to be the scientist with a bag of bear treats trying to make that measurement. Then there was a brief blurb about the lowest SAT college exam [...] Reverse engineering is taking something that works and figuring out 10 ways it can’t possibly be done. Us recruiters do a lot of reverse lookups. We have paid for training in how to get information from the wrong source. We x-ray websites. Yes, that is what it is called. We use social media sites to [...] We are surprised at our own versatility in being able to fail in so many different ways. (Crothers) Yet often we fail our way to success. An 18 inch cockroach is the best resume I’ve seen. A friend of mine was applying for a job as a programmer of railroad simulators. He knew that many [...] Water from a hose can make plants grow or blast them out of the ground. Planning and aim make the difference. Should you put your resume out on one internet job board? On 50? It really could get you a job. But there’s a down side too. Consider: Your boss calls you into his office and [...] Even a fox can get a job guarding a henhouse if he has good enough references. Internet job boards fill 13% of jobs, recruiters fill 4%, and referrals fill 26% of jobs according to one survey. So where do you want to concentrate your job hunting time? But there are so many jobs on Monster, Dice and [...] A large survey done by Execunet shows that in 2010 executive recruiting companies like AGI are finding their candidates: 44% Networking So if you want to find an executive job, [...] Knowledge is power and enthusiasm pulls the switch. (Droke) Only 6 2 % of workers found their current jobs on the internet according to a 2005 survey. That may be up to 10% in 2009. The 4 biggest internet job boards only filled 2 2 % of the jobs says the Wall Street Journal. That means [...] You see 6 ads for one job you really want. It is so good you would quit you’re your current job just to apply. What do you do? High Priority Jobs Getting your resume into the hiring manager’s hands is your quest. First gather information. Is there anything that makes you think the writer of one of the [...] You see 3 job board ads with almost identical wording for a job in the same suburb. You go online and find 3 social network ads that are almost identical from 3 more different companies. It has to be one job, not 6 different ones. What do you do? First decide how much you want the [...] |
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