Finding recruiters who’ll find you jobs…
You are a motivated, career-oriented professional. You have a strong work ethic and you will work hard to get the job done. So, why are you having such a difficult time finding a job that best suits you? Wouldn’t it be great to find a job where you can get paid and enjoy the work?
Recruiters are in the business of matching the right job candidate to the right job. They are constantly on the lookout for people with the skills and personality that fit the companies they help recruit for.
Here’s how it works. Recruiters, otherwise known as headhunters or search consultants, are hired by companies to find qualified candidates for them. Because of their relationship with these companies, they usually know about unadvertised jobs – the kind of jobs that might be perfect for you.
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Badda Bing Badda Boom: Job Success Rule 1
Badda Bing Badda Boom. Rule one for recent grads, and even new employees,and even the old.
“Show confidence, not cockiness. Employers’ chief complaints regarding recent grads are that they expect too much too soon and presume they know as much – or even more – than seasoned employees. Understand that you will need to earn your stripes before being given greater responsibility.”
-Jason
$700 billion bailout creates new jobs!!!!
We are on the eve of the largest bailout of the economy ever. The $700 billion dollar bailout. Not since Roosevelt’s time in office have we seen such historic measures.
This bail out is designed to stabiliaze the markets and produce more jobs.
So how do you get your piece of the pie?
1. Make sure you are ready for the jobs that will be created by the bail out.
2. Make sure resume is top notch. The competition for jobs is currently very very steep because of the high unemployment rate. So the success of your job search is more dependent on you resume.
$700 billion dollars is lots and lots and lots of money make sure you get your share by doing everything you can to get your new job!
SOME TIPS BELOW:
1. Your Resume and Cover Letter must be visually appealing.
Use the “white Space” on your pages to give your resume a
simple clean, easy to read, balanced look.
2. Design your Resume and Cover Letter with consistency and uniformity.
Don’t use a number of different fonts. Don’t confuse the reader by using boldface
on one bullet point item and Italics on the next. Be consistent in your use of the
attention grabbing devices: Upper case letters, Quotation marks, ellipses etc.
3. Make sure there are absolutely no errors in your Resume and Cover Letter.
Take some time to make sure this is done. You want NO typo’s, NO misspelled words,
NO grammar goofs or punctuation mistakes. Really, it has to be perfect in this regard.
4. Use a Telephone Number that will actually be answered.
That’s right make sure you…answer the telephone when it rings! Now in the event that
you can’t get to the phone…PLEASE watch your phone messages! Make them short and professional. Do not have long song clips or slang greetings. A professional hiring manager will not be impressed.
5. Use an appropriate email address ON your resume and cover letter.
Make sure your email address is simple and professional sounding. I’ve seen some horribly off-color and off the wall addresses. Stick to your name. Don’t be “cute”. Use an email address you will actually check on. For more info on writing your resume go to www.tinyurl.com/razorresume OR www.razorresume.com
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The Worst Interview Mistakes To Avoid
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So many people treat the interview as if it will take care of itself, and therefore they make the same critical errors. The fact is that far more interviews are LOST than won, so I want to show you the 5 biggest mistakes to avoid. Follow this advice and you’re already ahead of the game.
1. Not preparing properly
Too many people I coach, those that aren’t getting any job offers, are walking in to their interviews ill-equipped and ill-prepared to make a great impression. Good preparation means doing intelligent and thoughtful research so that you know what you need to know about the company, knowing yourself and what you specifically can offer to this company in this role, and practicing to the point that you can handle virtually any question they throw at you.
2. Not thinking “strategically”
Many people are under the mistaken impression that it’s up to the interviewer to figure out if you’re the best candidate. This is not true. It’s your job to prove that you are the best candidate. Your goal is to make certain that they hear how qualified you are by the end of the interview
Most people just hope an interview goes well, but if you want to succeed in an interview you have to think strategically. An interview is a competition – there’s only one winner, and you need to think “What do I need to do and say in this interview to be the best candidate? What do they need to hear to select me?” Instead of hoping you win, think strategically and plan to win!
3. Not starting strong
Here’s the fact – it takes 3 minutes for the interviewer to make his/her first impression. Starting strong means greeting the interviewer with confidence, being personable, conducting yourself professionally, and nailing the first couple questions (in my opinion, “Tell me about yourself” is often the most important question they ask, and one of the most important questions you need to know how to answer well).
4. Not being able to “articulate” your value
Knowing your specific value to this company in this role is a big part of your preparation, but being able to then articulate this value in a clear, professional, and intelligent manner is just as important. It boils down to just good communications skills, and there are two ways to improve your communication skills in an interview: 1) practice or 2) get the help of a professional interview coach, and then practice some more.
5. Not putting their mind at ease
With most job opportunities there may be at least one qualification that you don’t have – maybe its lack of industry experience, lack of a degree or specific accreditation they’ve asked for, lack of enough experience in a certain skill, it could be anything.
In interviews, many people are screened out for something they lack rather than the other way around. So they need to believe that if you don’t have it, you can learn it quickly, or you’ll get it, or you have another skill that makes up for it. Don’t give them the opportunity to make a big deal out of something you lack — put their mind at ease, find an answer that eliminates their concern, and then they’ll select you based on what you can offer rather than eliminate you for something you can’t.
Remember, a superior resume is valuable because it gets you the interview — but superior interviewing skills will get you the job! Improve your interviewing skills, learn the best practices and strategies to succeed, and you will consistently get the offers you want.
+ Jason Stauffacher,
Executive Résumé Expert, Résumé Strategist and Coach
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Do You Have The Perfect Purchasing Resume?
Your resume (or CV) can either help you greatly increase your salary or hinder your career advancement. Here’s how to achieve the former with your resume.
First, focus on the structure. An ideal structure consists of Name and Contact Information, Career Summary, Computer Skills, Professional Experience, Education.
| Then, consider the length. For entry-level purchasing positions, a one-page resume is appropriate. However, “If you have more than five to seven years of experience, then you want to have a two-page resume,” according to Tonia Deal, President of Tonia Deal Consulting, a leading supply chain recruiting firm. “I will not submit a resume over three pages.”
Next, ensure that the Professional Experience section is done well. List experience from most recent to oldest. Within the Professional Experience section, have headings listing each company and the years you’ve worked for those companies. But an additional commonly ignored item that employers and recruiters like to see is a short description of those companies. |
“Who is this company? What do they do? I want the annual sales,” says Deal of company descriptions on the resume. She explains that employers like to “know the type of organization that [candidates] are coming from.”
Underneath each company heading, you should include subheadings for each position you’ve held accompanied by dates you’ve held those positions. Under the position subheadings, include your responsibilities and achievements in bullet point or paragraph form.
For responsibilities, Deal indicates that she finds the following information helpful:
- The categories you’re responsible for buying
- The annual spend you’re responsible for
- The type of supply base you’ve dealt with
- The number of team members you’ve supervised
- The purchasing organization’s structure (e.g., centralized), particularly if “the individual [has] been part of restructuring the company,” she says.
For achievements, Deal admits “The first thing that I will look for is numbers,” such as “Improved delivery performance by 50%” and “Initiated structured cross-functional global sourcing process to accelerate $20 million of annual savings.”
“I love it,” Deal exclaims when asked about a candidate including credentials such as the SPSM Certification on a resume. “I like to see it right under Education.”
Including a certification on a resume “is really critical,” in Deal’s opinion. “I really want to see that because that should be highlighted.”
+ Jason Stauffacher,
Executive Résumé Expert, Résumé Strategist and Coach
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www.razorresume.com
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Facebook email ID: laptop@razorresume.com
1-877-410-3765
Minneapolis local
612-331-1120
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+ Rita Korwicki,
Manager and Interviewer
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Spell Check This!
In honor of the last few episodes, you wonder if anyone from the Sopranos would ever say, “Spell check this!” as they “off” someone. Never? You might be very surprised. Tony Soprano might actually do one more step than just running spell-checks. (I’ll explain Tony’s next step soon.)
Now you think your résumé is perfected after you sent it through your spell checker on your laptop sitting at Caribou, or your favorite hot spot. You’re done. Great. Then you sent it off by email that instant with one quick read-thru. You had to email the HR manager that day. Well, think again. You wait a week and call the company and ask about your application, and to your disappointment you get the run around: call this person, get their voice-mail and get no callback. Wait. You need to know that most spell checkers do that, just do the checking on the exact word, but not the context of the sentence, or what I like to call, idea-editing. Idea-editing is a new way of saying the flow and coherence of the paragraph or prose section you’re writing. It’s more than grammar. For example, let me write this sentence for you: “Sinking too have a long term professional relation-ship…” Sometimes you don’t know what you are writing when you are working under pressure or typing fast. You get the idea here? “Sinking too” should be “Seeking to.” And the hyphenation? Bad mistakes and ones that spell-check overlook and would not even get you past the part-time HR personnel. No spelling mistakes and writing coherence is Commandment One in any job application.
So how do you get around this dilemma? There are some very simple ways to avoid these problems.
First, you should do your spell checking on your PC at home where it is quiet so you can pay attention and focus on your writing. Hitting “OK,” or “CHANGE” is not always a fast process and we want it to be fast. Forget fast and start thinking “PERFECT.” Take your time. It’s okay to take your time. It’s that job you’ve always wanted. Don’t you think it’s worth the time?
Second, I said I would get back to what Tony Soprano would do. Here it is: Tony would have Carmela read his résumé and cover letter to him aloud. This is what I do with my Apple computer. I have a program that can speak any text I highlight. So I “speak” any text I send out to any company. The reading out loud makes you hear the actual words and see if the sentences make any sense. And coherent writing can be really seen in this step. Your boyfriend or girlfriend can even read it aloud for you. Your ears know if it sounds bad or not.
Third, another step you need to consider is the emergency element. One of my college writing professors, Dr. Black, who was one of the hardest writing instructors I had, said this in our Technical Writing class: “An emergency on your part is not an emergency on my part.” Sometimes doing a rush-job on your résumé and cover letter is unavoidable. True. But you can still have someone read it aloud, get a speaking program if your boyfriend or significant other is just a bad editor or reader. My point is: you should prepare ahead of time and not have it be a rush-job, sending your résumé off five minutes before Caribou closes. Give your writing and your editing time to “settle.” Dr. Black always seemed to be right.
You must read through your résumé once again for accuracy in percentages or numbers, dates of employment, city names, and contact accuracy. You know best your work history and career aspects. Again, look for missing and extra words, and once more for spelling and idea-editing.
Lastly, when you are listening to where your wife pauses in your résumé and cover letter, this actually could mean you’ve written something confusing or inaccurate. That is where I am lacking, as I just use my Apple. Have your significant other read it, and after you get their feedback, revise your résumé and your cover letter so that it’s 100% error-free. And I know Tony and Carmela Soprano would be proud of you!
87 Days
According to the Star and Tribune Tuesday April, 3rd 2007 page D2, it takes 56 days for a company to hire an IT employee. Hmmmm. That’s nice to know? Well, right below that number is another number: 87. It is a little higher than the first number. It takes 87 days on average to hire an IT manager according to the source of Robert Half Finance. Nice chaps down at Robert Half to tell you that it takes quite awhile to get that job you always wanted. Lovely timing, wouldn’t you say? But it is very very true.
So you want that great job tomorrow? Not according to Robert Half, The Minneapolis Star, and we at Razor will say to you that it might just take you a bit longer than expected. Next week? A miracle maybe. Don’t worry about the timing. We always at Razor say expect the unexpected when it comes to life, and job searching? A huge “yes” regarding that issue. There is no science per se in human relations and corporate America, but this source suggests what we have always thought at Razor: it takes time to get that job you’ve always wanted. Wait and be understanding.
Don’t worry about the timing, but know that your hard work, a good résumé and cover letter we write for you, your interview skill-sets, networking, and lastly, some good ole’ patience, your job will come.
Networking 101: Start Today
Networking. Not a scary word, but for some it is, and yet this is the key way of locating new job leads for your job search. We at Razor want results, and this is step one in finding that great job. We don’t know your contact lists, but we will ask you. We can’t promise an instant hire after one day of calling, but starting today is the key. You can generate job leads today even within the next 30 minutes just if you simply take action and just start today, right now. Here are three kinds of people to call today. We dare you to call. Just try it and see what happens. Let’s say it’s your classroom assignment for today to do by 3pm. Give it a go. You’ll be pleasantly surprised.
1. Call a former client you liked
Call a company or organization that you really could see yourself working for or see them as a great company. You have contacts there you might not know of, and would just not know unless you call. There is a CAUTION here: If you’re working now, never, never ever call current customers for job leads, ever. That’s conflict of interest. No matter how sensible you think they may be, or how sensible you are, this will almost always get back to your employer.
2. Call a well-connected friend you know, or your significant other knows
Make your labyrinth of friends work for you in a new and fresh way. We all have at least one friend or our significant other’s friend who seems to know everyone in town. Now that is the call you need to make today for sure. By inviting them to dinner at your home, you might advantage the situation in a way you never thought. Dinner out? You can try that too. Be sincere and show that you are really a person they want to help. Sometimes the people we think are friends, are just by-name, but be assured that well-connected people love to chat, and give help when they can.
And when you meet, bring a list of the 10 companies you’d most like to work for. Ask if she knows anyone who might know someone at those top 10 companies. Friend-of-a-friend always worked for me. Bring more companies if you want. From this dinner you should glean from the conversation at least 10 names and phone numbers you can call for informational interviews later.
3. Call a former employer
Pick up your cell phone and call a supervisor or boss from any job you’ve had since the age of 18, or even earlier. Tell them how much you enjoyed working at their organization. First of all, your former manager will be happily pleased by your call. A surprise call is always enjoyable to anyone.
So you got Networking 101 down now. It’s not a scary word, but step one in finding that great job you’ve always wanted, and it revolves around the people you know already. As said before, we at Razor don’t know your contact lists. You know them the best. We can’t promise an instant hire after one day of calling, but starting today is the most important key. It’s your classroom assignment for today. Give it a go.
