I need your help

I have found that one of the most valuable characteristics that sets a candidate apart from the competition and gets them hired into the the position they desire, is the ability to follow a process. It might seem trivial to you, but there is a method that can get you into that new job with ease, you just have to follow it.

As a recruiter, I have procedures that I may transmit by email to save myself and my candidates time in getting the opportunity to be presented. I may request phone calls because there is information I need to know quickly or I may need a form to be filled out completely because it answers questions necessary to get a person hired. Also, it gives me a gauge of how well people will follow directions during the interview process and as a new hire representing my firm.

So I am asking anyone that reads this blog to help me by giving me just two minutes of your time. Please take out a sheet of paper and scroll down to complete the following assignment.

Thank you,

Dennis

It should take you 2 minutes or less to complete.

Directions:

1.Read through ALL the directions carefully and completely before you begin.

2.Print your name in the upper left-hand corner of this page.

3.Number the paper from 1-10.

4.Write today's date below your name in the upper left-hand corner.

5.Circle your name and date in the upper left-hand corner.

6.After the date written just below your name, write your birth date.

7.Put an “X” in the upper right-hand corner of this page.

8.Punch a hole with your pencil through the number “8” on your paper.

9.Draw a big smiley face in the middle of this paper.

10. Now that you have read everything through carefully, do only items 1 and 2.

Well, how well did you do? Was it a quick, easy read-through or a lot of useless effort? I'd like to hear your comments and experience of this exercise. Please comment and let me know if you were able to follow directions. Thanks.

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I really need work bad

Desperation and neediness are most unattractive qualities.

People can detect it, they can sense of it, and even if they can’t, candidates continue to spell it out for their potential employers through their communication.

First of all, it starts with an insecure way of thinking about your current situation.

If you are heading into communication with a potential employer, networking, phone screen, interview, and you have thoughts of:

• I need this job to feed my kids;
• I need this position or I will lose my house;
• I have interviewed so much and nobody is hiring;

This will also reflect in your outward communication, and it comes across in simple statements so I want you to be aware.

You might not notice your communication but hiring people do – when you have statements like:

• I really need this job;
• I don’t have enough money to pay tolls;
• I can’t afford a baby sitter;
• I have to borrow a car from my parents;
• I make more on unemployment;
• My unemployment is running out that is why I am looking;
• More worried about the pay and start date then earning the position;
• Talking about nobody hiring;
• Conveying how bad your life is going, your search is going;

How do you make the shift internally to change your desperation into inspiration? You need to shift what you focus on and what importance you put on those items. You need to look at what you are capable of, what you have accomplished, all the things you have. You can do it. You have what it takes to get a new position.

You can shift your thinking to –

• I am strong and confident and nothing will stop me from getting this job
• My past doesn’t equal the future and today is a new day in my search for a new position
• I talk health, happiness, and prosperity to everyone I meet

You need to dim down and eliminate the pictures in your head about all the things you feel desperate about. The fact that you have a mortgage, that you have kids to take care, that you have a car to put gas in, are items you can be grateful about, focus on the positive pieces and utilize those pictures to bring up a more positive outlook.

You can change your feelings and when you come across with a feeling of more confidence, security and well-being your outer presentation will reflect the same.

That's my clink of change in your cup. Now go out there and find out where your success works.

Dennis

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Knowing what you want

I am working with a friend of mine looking for work, and he brought a great question about his motivation for a new position.

And what I discovered, is that his list of items were “away” from items,

These were items that he didn’t want anymore.

The boss,

The work,

The ups and downs,

The meetings, etc.

I asked him what he really wants. And what we discovered is that he didn’t think through that part. He was looking so forward to get out, that he didn’t list what he wanted.

So we worked on his “Toward” list of items.

What does he want in his next position?

What will it look like?

What kind of size?

What would be his responsibilities?

What would excite him at his new position?

What thing could he learn or experience?

This changed his thoughts and looked back at a couple interviews he just went on and realized that he was just getting the same thing he has just in different clothing.

Sometimes a simple shift in your focus from Away to Towards can give you some direction on where you really want to go.

Dennis


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Don’t bite the hand that feeds you

So you finally get a job, you know it was a hard road to get that far!

You seem to be doing well, but all of a sudden; everything seems to be wrong about the job.

The job is too far

The pay isn’t good enough

The coworkers are mean

The boss is hard on me

The coffee machine is always broke,

To early, too late, too… too….. too………

Now this is the same job that you were all excited about a couple months ago. Now it isn’t what you expected? What has changed?

What I have found is this is internal dialogue you are having with yourself.

No one else knows any of this, and of course many won’t care, since this is what you signed up for.

They didn’t move farther, they are paying you what is promised. It really becomes your perception.

You continue to convince yourself how bad it is and one day quit. Or just don’t show up.

I guess somewhere in you head you figure, I will get them, this will fix them, they won’t be able to continue with out me. The reality is you only hurt yourself.

Now I have been the employer on some of these situations and the end result is that I would never employee that person again, or recommend this person.

There is a better way, and one of the first things you need to do is communicate your internal thoughts outward to someone that might be able to help. Walking around depressed, rolling eyes, huffing and puffing doesn’t count.

Also the threat approach doesn’t work either.

Let a supervisor know that you are having issues. I have coached people in this simple step of getting out of their own head and making a presentation, that they have received raises, new time slots, more responsibility, some time off, and some times they just got the relief that some one else knows and they stop , and work on something better.

Dennis

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This is your competition

He's got liquor , what do you got?


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I have Excellent Costumer Service

Lately I have noticed that I have many people with excellent skills in the fancy dress industry.

Spell check doesn’t catch it.

cos•tum•er Noun /ˈkäsˌt(y)o͞omər/ /käsˈt(y)o͞o-/

Synonyms:
noun: costumier
costumiers plural; costumers plural
A person or company that makes or supplies theatrical or fancy-dress costumes

cus•tom•er   [kuhs-tuh-mer]

1.
a person who purchases goods or services from another; buyer; patron.
2.
Informal . a person one has to deal with: a tough customer; a cool customer.


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Unsocial Media

As a hiring manager, I love social media, it saves me so much time and effort. I get see what your all about just by a click of a button or two.

I know what music you like, I know what you think of others and the world.

I know what types of people you hang out with, what types of groups your in, what sports teams you like, I know what type of language or slang you use.

This is great because my hallucination is that if this is you , the you portrayed to the world why would you be any different if I would hire you.

I am guessing you won’t.

Just by a few clicks, I can eliminate you from my choices, I can save myself time effort and money, in the interview process and also training and employment costs.

So when you post on your Facebook wall F*** working especially when everyone tries to be a boss its f****** bs f*** my boss and my job can’t wait to leave.

Or you’re my space has pictures of you with guns, and lyrics of killing everyone and that you think your girlfriend is a ho.

I thank you for helping me save time and effort on not hiring you.

So please make sure that the day you submit your resume that you have some ridiculous follow up on your social media to keep me from considering you.

This just helps me get to the right person faster.

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Hobbies on a resume

We received this on a resume today.

Hobbies:

Watching Movies, Boxing and Snooker.

Uhm, what?

Why is this on a resume?

What is a Snooker?

How will that help you get a job?

Yes, it's okay to have hobbies, but not on your resume!

Dennis





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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.

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