Find a job fast using these proven techniques
Monday, July 12th, 2010Do you send 5, 10, even 100 resumes without a single interview or callback? How about 100 or 200 resumes? Have you applied to dozens of jobs without getting an interview or even a callback? Don’t worry, you’re not alone. Lot’s of application, lot’s of resumes, no interviews, no callbacks. Let’s learn how to use a little self promotion to get your next job.
Sometimes you apply to that perfect job. A job that you saw online or on the newspaper and seems perfect for you and you perfect for it. You have the desire, the expertise and the experience. You even write a customized introduction letter and you tweak your resume to fit the job description. You apply to this perfect job and you are sure they will call you back for an interview.You now expect a call back and you never get it. Nothing! You don’t’ get a call back, you don’t get an email, they never contact you again.
What is wrong? Have you ever asked yourself why don’t people call you back? Is it you or is it them? Don’t worry, it’s not you. I’ve been on both sides of the job process and anytime I was hiring I received hundreds of resumes. It’s not easy to go through all of those resumes quickly and effectively.Hiring managers get hundreds of resumes and they don’t have the time to call back or contact every single person. You have to use the basics of self promotion to land a great job.
How do hiring managers go through resumes? Most likely they make 3 piles. In one pile you will have the trash resumes, in the other one you will see the plan B resumes and in the third pile you have the resumes of people who will get a phone interview.Why is this so significant to you? It is because human resource departments can take a few seconds to decide if you make the cut. Yes, five seconds to look over a resume and make a decision either to send it to the good pie or the bad pile.
You have to write your resume thinking that your first sale is to make it to the “Call back” pile, not to actually get the job.The firs thing you need to do is make it to the call back pile, the second thing to do is use self promotion to get an interview.It is when you interview where you are at the final stages of self promotion and you try to get the job. This is basic self promotion!
You also have to play the numbers game. Don’t even imagine that by sending one resume you’ll get one call back with a great job opportunity.Or to send ten resumes and get all calls back. You have to send resumes and follow up with calls and in your call push for a face to face interview.
What are the steps to a good job hire?
- Treat your job hunt like a sales process
- Set up a personal resume profile website
- Call job placement agencies in your city
Jorge Olson is a keynote speaker and author of several books including The Unselfish Guide to Self Promotion, a book that will make you a self promotion expert and teach you how to get your dream job