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Cover Letters are one of the most perplexing challenges for the Job Seeker. The Job Ads ask for one. The guides all suggest we send one. Why is it that so many resumes go out without a proper cover letter? (most of them may never be read, but they will be… for the right candidates)
Careful taking license with what I just said: Yes, most cover letters will never be read.
In a world where there are often 3–5,000 resumes sent in for every good open job, it’s pretty easy to realize the truth in what I’m saying by looking at the mechanics of the situation: who will read all of that material sent in when applying for a job (thousands of resume, notes and cover letters)?
5 Steps to SuperCharging Your Job Search It’s going to be a tough Job Market for the foreseeable future, so we can’t just ‘do the same thing’ and expect different results: We Have To Change! In my Self-Recruiter® Lecture Series on Job Search and Career Management, I often ask those in the audience about the [...]
Personal Branding is the hot catch phrase at the moment, and for good reason.
Ever see that 80′s movie with Jeff Bridges called ‘Tucker: The Man and His Dreams’? He wanted to build a new car to compete with Detroit. Tucker’s dilemma is every new business’ challenge: “Chicken or the egg. Which came first?” He needed to sell dealership rights to get the money that he needed to build his car. No one was interested in buying dealership rights for a car that didn’t exist yet. But Tucker made an interesting observation one day in searching for the solution. He knew that people believed what they could see, but his moment of clarity happened when he first realized that people believed whatever they read in the newspaper. “If it’s in the newspaper, it must be true.”
John Crant of SelfRecruiter.com is one of the featured experts in the premiere edition of Launchpad: Your Career Search Strategy Guide, the new book from Chris Perry, founder of CareerRocketeer.com.
Launchpad is the ultimate career search strategy guide, published quarterly with exclusive articles on up-to-date topics from the industry’s top career experts. That varied opinion is a great resource for advice on every subject affecting your Job Search.
What approach should a job seeker have when beginning to look for work at a small business and how is this different than a larger company?
Small and large businesses hire for basically the same reason: the internal need for new talent to have a positive effect on whatever it is that they do to create the revenue for their bottom line. While a larger company benefits from instant name recognition and a higher profile, a smaller company may not be well known outside of a small circle of industry individuals. How will the job seeker find these great, but smaller company opportunities? Smaller companies are also less likely to be advertising potential openings until they are ‘truly ready to hire’, and not just contemplating hiring. My recommendation is to take a proactive approach…
The Self-Recruiter® INTERVIEW CHECKLIST
Be sure to do the self-assessments recommended, as a new Self-Recruiter®, when preparing your resume and other promotional materials in order to improve your odds of getting seen –over the other candidates that you are competing against.
Once your interview is scheduled, be sure to do everything that you can do to continue to improved your odds of success. Remember, it IS a competition, and there’s nothing wrong with that, so approach it as such
How Can I Negotiate a Better Salary Offer?
-Signed
I just want what I deserve.
We all want what we deserve. Unfortunately, what I call the ‘Unwelcome Truth’ usually gets in the way.
The Unwelcome Truth:
Companies usually pay based on pay history, and they are not typically basing their offers on what you will bring to the company, or on what you will produce for them. That’s an equation that most individuals who strive to be at the top of their professions have a difficult time accepting. So, I have some advice.
I Can’t Really Do This Can I? Nice Attitude, That Will Get You Places (that you don’t want to be) Our natural traits of questioning and doubting ourselves can help us avoid one of the major things we face in life: risk. That risk-avoidance can be a lifesaver. It keeps us from some of the [...]
Taking that first step back toward control can be a very difficult one whether your confidence may be suffering after a layoff, restructuring or even while you are still employed but worrying about your future security with your current company. The techniques that I will teach you here are the necessary steps for you to learn, grow and get that right next career challenge. You will grow in ways that will add to your performance successes, both immediately and long into your future.
My goal for this book is to share those insights and little known secrets with you, so that you can more effectively compete and get that next challenge, whether that is for your next career step or for your dream job. The challenges put forth here are both real and realistic. They may certainly stretch the boundaries of comfort, but when embraced and embodied, they will help you achieve what once seemed unattainable.