NEED MONEY? Looking for people to work NOW!

Interesting enough I have many open positions.

Throughout the month of October into November I have approximately fifty openings for IT people.

So, my blog today is; NEED MONEY? Looking for people to work NOW!

If your looking for work, and or some extra income send me an email with your resume and what you might be interested in.

**** I will have weekend only work as well;

Here is a list of my current and future needs.

Northbrook – Help Desk Support 6 opening
Northbrook – IT repair and configuration 2 openings
Northbrook – office admin, mas90 knowledge

Elgin – Help Desk Support
Elgin – Administration support (password resets)

Niles – Entry level Help Desk Support 3 openings

Rolling Meadows – Full time and Part Time Help Desk Support

Downtown Chicago Every weekend in November and into December Friday after 5:00 PM , Saturday and Sunday, Computer move. 19 people total needed.

Itasca – Every weekend in November 20 people working 12 hour shifts configuring, data transfer and imaging.

Chicagoland Area Two Network Engineer postions both working offsite at client locations.

So if you or someone you know is looking for work , I have it. Let me know what you qualify for send me a resume and I will see if your skills fit our needs. Thank you

I can be emailed at dennis@jobcostaffing.com

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Hiring Manager 'just not that into you

Maybe it’s not the recession.

Maybe you just have a “I am everything attitude”.

Hiring managers see right through the pay me now, I will show you what I “bring” to the table later.

There is a fine line between cocky and confident, especially when presenting yourself for positions.

The hiring managers are trying to find people that fit the position. They are looking for all the skills and price range, and someone that will work with their current staff well.

Coming in with “I am everything attitude” or "this position is under me," might make you come across as to good for the company and turn off Hiring managers.

So you know you have all the skills, you probable are over qualified, so how can you present your skills??

If you haven’t noticed, you are being rejected. – just not directly.

You don’t change or feel you need to change.

However, by changing your approach, YOU CAN OPEN DOORS.

There are ways to improve your chances to obtain a job!

Dennis

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Separate yourself, by making the hiring manager’s job easy

In these times, with unemployment rising, more and more people are applying for less and less available positions. One way you can separate yourself from the masses of people applying for the same position is to make the hiring manager’s job easy.

The more hoops a hiring manager needs to go through, the more likely it is that they will respond poorly to you, especially if you have similar or equal skills to other candidates applying to the same position.

Yes, we have a database of information. We probably have your resume. And when we send you an email asking for more qualifications, it is up to you to help clarify the information and to included it in your response. This is your job to clarify in your email, verbal response, and even in the interview.

I have heard responses for information come back to me with, “Well, it is on my resume” Basically, they are telling me, “Duh didn’t you see it? I wrote it.” And I think, “Why are you wasting my time.”

Here is a response to an email for a job posting we had.

“I love to be considered for this job. I think, I am qualified for the job. I have attached my resume and will like a response on what is the next step.”

The problem with this, he had not a single skill that matched the specifications for the position.

I also received a call this morning from someone referred my way. She wanted me to call her and tell her about the open positions. She might want consider this approach. She could have asked me to contact her to see if she is qualified.

This might seem small, but what makes a makes a great first impression is a person that wants to present their skills and desire to work. Versus me having contact them, to tell them what I have available.

So how can you make it easier?

Be responsive – respond quickly to a request for information, even it your not interested in the job.
Be kind – We get many resumes, so understand that you are one of many and leave messages or talk in a respectful manner.
Be giving - Make sure you give the information requested, do not make us look it up.
Be interested – So interested that you want to earn the job, not have it given to you.

Simple actions makes the big difference

I was having lunch with one of my hiring managers yesterday. He works at a IT consulting company. We are talking about candidates and the funny things we have seen them do.

It reminds me of America’s Funniest Videos. Have you ever watched it? You see people just do some extremely stupid things and wonder why. You think that they might learn from someone else but every week you see different people doing similar things.

Our lunch started with the thought that maybe this is only happening in a select instances. I thought because I have a contract staffing firm, maybe it’s the type of people I get. As I was listening to his outrageous stories, I discovered that it is happening everywhere. The stories are the same just different names and different actions.

We were both curious what has caused what we referred to as an entitlement attitude. The fact that people expect the job to be handed to them instead of earned. Some candidates feel they do not have to impress, that they do not have to show up on time, that they do not have to dress properly. Some candidates ask, “So what do you have for me”, instead of “What I can provide your company”.

We agreed it is the very simple things that makes the big difference. How they sit in the chair when interviewing. How they greet someone. How they answer the question. Do they use full sentences or do they just respond yes or no. In some cases we might just get a yea, out of them!

From the hiring manager’s point of view, the way you come in on the interview is the highest presentation you will have. And that during your work it will only be that good or worse as time goes on.

So, if you impress poorly we assume that you will work poorly. In addition, it does seem a bit disrespectful to not even try to impress your future employer. If anything, it is a disservice to yourself not to be your best!

I hope that you are a person that wants to learn from someone else.

Dennis