Imagine yourself hiring for a new management position in this economy.
How many resumes do you think are going to show up as soon as you post the job or let head hunters know about the opening? 50, 100 or 300?
Now imagine having to go through those resumes.
Now you understand the true problem you are facing. It’s the same problem faced by journalists in newspapers. And they know how to solve the problem. They actually have a standard flow for a breaking news story, and you can use that flow for your resume and your cover letter.
When writing your resume as a breaking news story, always start with the most gripping details and information at the beginning.
Here is the simple and straight forward method – if you’re just finishing school with a degree in the field you want to work in, put your education section near the top of your resume. if you’ve got 5-10 years’ experience in your field, your experience should come ahead of your education.
Put in what is most important at the top – don’t make them search – because they won’t.
Don’t wait to shoot off your big guns!
The process works for both the resume and the cover letter. Order the information in way that keeps adding details. Use headlines and subhead to highlight important information and regular text for the details.
What do you think the single biggest problem with job hunters is?
Its not what you think.
Everyday there are more articles posted here. And most job hunters do not know how to make use of them. They don’t seem them as practical or they say “Its not for me!”. I could not disagree more strongly.
I was wondering why they thought that way, then I figured it out.
Lets start with what I know, I get calls, e-mails, and people contact me on LinkedIn.
I have helped people from United States, Canada, India, France, England and almost every other county in the world.
Job hunters live in big cities and small towns. I have spoken to both men and woman. I help people with college degrees and post-graduate degrees. People who earn $50,000, $75,000 and many who earn over $100,000 a year.
I am asked daily to help people find a job. And I really want to help. I really want 10,000 people writing a testimonial that I helped them find a job. I am betting that it will get me on Oprah. This is my selfish reason for helping you get a job.
Each of the people who ask me for help are very good at what they do. They are executives, they are managers and they are technical experts. They work in the back office, they are in operations, they are in sales, they are in marketing, they are in legal.
I have been asked for help from people in many different industries.
All these job hunters need help and I have given it. ZaleTabakman.ca has hundreds of articles with different practical alternatives to “Click and Apply” job hunting. I am going to add articles daily until I reach my 10,000 testimonials.
Here is the answer to the question about why they say “This won’t work for me!”.
The one thing that is always missing in everyone who asks for my help, is that they do not have a good detailed and powerful job hunting plan.
Once you have a plan, its an almost an instant change in attitude and effectiveness.
The difference is phenomenal between job hunters with a plan and job hunters with out a plan.
It doesn’t matter if you have 5 years, 10 years, 20 years, and even 26 years of experience.
The results is a difference in months of unemployment and a serious reduction in stress.
A job hunting plan you can trust in significantly reduces the time you are unemployed and the amount of stress you feel when you are unemployed.
A job hunter with a plan knows what to every day at job hunting, every tactics and tips I provide can be used and evaluated.
- Job hunters with a plan know what to do everyday.
- They can predict how long the job hunt will take, because they know what they have to do.
- A job hunter with a plan can decide which tips are appropriate for them.
- They know who to contact on LinkedIn, Facebook, or any where else.
- They know what to say when contacting somebody on LinkedIn to get the person to help them.
- They know where to network.
- They know what to say when they are networking.
- They know what to expect when networking.
- They know how to change a resume for a particular job.
- They know how to write a perfect cover letter.
- They know what to say in the job interview.
You must have a job hunting plan.
I want you to watch the following video and make sure your plan includes everything you see here.
If you don’t have a plan which includes everything you see, I recommend you immediately click on this link and decide if the Guerrilla Job Search System will shorten your job hunt and reduce your stress.
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