My Dog Ate My Resume: Need to be confident

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Need to be confident

MASSILON, Ohio — Evidence of the slumping economy is stacking up at an Ohio school which has nearly 700 applications for one open janitorial job.

Officials at Perry Local Schools near Canton in northeast Ohio say they've extended the deadline until Monday to accommodate the overwhelming response to the week-old posting.

The full-time position at Edison Junior High School pays $15 to $16 an hour plus benefits.

Superintendent John Richard says many applicants are laid-off workers with heart-wrenching stories about the tough economic times.

Forty-nine-year-old Donna Croston says she applied after losing jobs at two nearby factories that closed.

Croston says her chances of being hired amid the hundreds of applicants are slim, but she's hoping to get lucky.

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Believe the job is yours

As you can see, there is a lot of competition for positions.

How do employers pick one person out of 700? Well, they start by eliminating the unqualified.

1) Do they have any applicable skills – guessing most do, but which ones have the closest skills or background that is listed and obvious in the resume or application?

2) After narrowing it down, they will review applications, if they see a mistake or empty fields they will probable consider the application incomplete and pass on the person.

3) They will then interview people to see if they have the meet the demeanor and characteristics of what they are looking for in a new employee. They are looking for people that can make this a career, not just a stop over. They are looking for positive attitudes and a desire to work.

Read the bottom of the article again.

Forty-nine-year-old Donna Croston says she applied after losing jobs at two nearby factories that closed. Croston says her chances of being hired amid the hundreds of applicants are slim.

What ever you think, you are right. If that is her thoughts that is what she will probable get.

I feel that people need to be confident that the position is theirs. That they want it , they can do it and that they are the right person for the job.

Dennis

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Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Need to be confident

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