My Dog Ate My Resume: June 2009

Friday, June 26, 2009

Focus on what you can give versus what you can get

I was listening to some of my motivational tapes and this subject came up, and I started thinking how true this can be when looking for a new career.

Of course people want work; they want a paycheck, they want to be productive.

The key is you will receive this if you genuinely give of yourself. If you do, it will come across to the people that want to hire you. They will unconsciously feel that you have interest in them the company and that you have a desire of serving them.

For that service, you will receive the work, the paycheck, and the opportunity to contribute and be productive.

So before you call for a position, or an interview, review in your mind what do you have to offer? How you can benefit this company? This position? What skill, characteristics, and abilities do you have to give?

By reviewing and focusing on those attributes, you will come across as giving of yourself without expecting a return.

Dennis

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Are you prepared to navigate the current job market? If you would like to increase your chances and give yourself a real chance to win the next position. I have developed a simple easy to use and affordable product that I sell for $4.99 send me an email and I will tell you more at dennis@apvantage.com

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Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Get the Bat phone

An email address tells a lot about someone, this particular email was batman@....com and I should of known by the email that this position wasn’t for them.

We have a job opening that requires flexible shifts, where people are REQUIRED to be available till Midnight. This was clearly stated in the ads we posted. Now I know this schedule is not for everyone but Batman sent in his resume.

We sent him an application and he filled that out and he looked qualified for the position.

We go to set him up for an interview, and Batman tells us that he can only work till 6:00 p.m.

Well, I should have known that he needs to be available just in case Commissioner Gordon calls.

P.S. Thank you again for wasting my time… please refers to yesterday’s blog. Because I am sure that this is the type of person complaining on the Job Boards about nobody offering him a position.

P.S.S The good candidates of the world should be aggravated as well since this person is taking my time , time that I could be spending on getting you work.

Dennis

***COACHING SESSIONS
Coaching is available through any combination of in-person, telephone, or email support.

Are you prepared to navigate the current job market? If you would like to increase your chances and give yourself a real chance to win the next position. I have developed a simple easy to use and affordable product that I sell for $4.99 send me an email and I will tell you more at dennis@apvantage.com

Email me or call Dennis Scherer for more information!
630-571-6025

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Thank you

I have been reading on a variety of Job Boards that as a Recruiter or HR representative that I am supposed to take my time and call each of you and give you continuous status on your e (internet) application or on the resume that you sent me.

I have also read as well about how after we place you or we see you for an interview that we should send you a thank you letter. And lastly I read that if you worked for me and the assignment “ended” that I need to keep in touch with you.

So here it is THANK YOU for:

Sending me a resume that doesn’t fit my job specification
For misspelling words in your resume
For not attaching your resume
Applying to a job posting weeks after I posted it
For applying to a position you are over qualified, under qualified or not specifying why you would be qualified
For not including your email on your resume
For not including a working phone number
For not returning my call when I do call you
For not showing up for interviews I have scheduled
For showing up late for an interview
For dressing in your worst clothing for an interview
For accepting a job and not showing on the first day
For not passing the drug screen
For lying about your Background
For no call no shows
For calling off
For being tardy
For quitting without notice
For getting terminated, and wondering what else I can send you to!

For thinking I have nothing better to do, I THANK YOU.

I know people are frustrated when they can’t find something, but in most cases the person to blame is the one in the mirror. I do call the most qualified candidates, and yes, I get them work. And I will get them more work as long as they worked well for me.

And when I read that it is good PR and builds loyalty, give me a break! If you had the chance to be loyal to a recruiter that called you back or make $5 bucks more an hour you will take the $5 bucks.

So next time your looking for a Thank you, why don’t you make the recruiters job easier and they will thank you!!

WITH A NEW POSITION

Dennis

***COACHING SESSIONS
Coaching is available through any combination of in-person, telephone, or email support.

Are you prepared to navigate the current job market? If you would like to increase your chances and give yourself a real chance to win the next position. I have developed a simple easy to use and affordable product that I sell for $4.99 send me an email and I will tell you more at dennis@apvantage.com

Email me or call Dennis Scherer for more information!
630-571-6025

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Are you prepared to navigate the current job market?

People follow my career advice if they want to get and keep the right job! Whatever they have been doing must not be working or they would have already gotten the job they wanted.

It’s that simple…you are doing something to repel potential employers and that keeps them from hiring you. The reason I tell you exactly what needs to be done is because in the hiring environment, employers will never give you a clue about why you've been eliminated. So you will continue to make the same mistakes and get the same results…unless you accept some tough love advice and let me guide you in making the little changes that get you noticed and hired.

Once candidates realize what they are saying and doing that results in rejection, and change that pattern, they will achieve all they want quickly and easily. If you want real change and are willing to put in a little effort and follow my advice, you can beat the odds of any economy, overcome any setback or banish any perceived weakness.

With 15 years of experience finding, coaching and placing candidates for all sorts of jobs, I don’t sugar coat the facts. I know how hiring managers make decisions and how you and your resume can meet their expectations. When it comes to what you need to do for success I speak very directly, which means I get right to the point and save you time and money. My job is to get you to your goal of getting and keeping the right job.

Many people are stuck with no work, no prospects and in no position to know what they want or would enjoy. With the stress that comes with being unemployed- financial hardship, family pressures, loss of status- people find themselves in a not so positive a state.

I believe that everyone is employable, if they want to be, it just requires the know-how and confidence I can give you. It can be as simple as a few corrections to your career communication to get into rapport with the people who making hiring decisions. Since people tend to like and favor people who are like them, you will find that your career opportunities improve dramatically when you use my tips to connect during every encounter with a potential employer. You may be offered jobs when you haven't yet applied.

My program of CORE Career Communication is divided into four important areas. I focus on Verbal, Non-Verbal, Internal and External Communication. Everything you say to yourself and whatever you say to others in a resume, phone call, email, or interview is the difference between you or someone else getting hired.

First, I give you a set of incredibly powerful tools. Then I provide you the straightforward knowledge of what is needed to succeed and a basic common sense approach to creating your best career communication. Through direct "smarkiness" and humorous stories, I illustrate what mistakes hiring professionals see from candidates on a daily basis. With these stories I show people what to do, how to improve and how to develop a smooth, successful approach. With my simple but comprehensive system, you can become your most presentable self in all situations and get that job!

Email or call me for more information!
Dennis@apvantage.com or 630-571-6025

"Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. Thoughts are things! And powerful things at that, when mixed with definiteness of purpose, and burning desire, can be translated into riches."— Napoleon Hill