Do 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.A lot of job submissions, a lot of resumes all with no jobs and not even interviews or phone calls. 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 are really prepared. You tailor your resume for each job position and you change your letter of introduction to match the job opening.You send your resume applying to a great job and you are one hundred percent sure you will get the job.You wait for that call and wait and wait. 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.When I was hiring for several positions I remember getting not just 10 or 20 resumes but 100 or more of them.It’s not easy to go through all of those resumes quickly and effectively.It is not easy to get back to every single applicant to give them feedback, or to tell them why they did not make the cut. You have to use the basics of self promotion to land a great job.
How do hiring managers go through resumes? Recruiters and hiring managers usually take resumes and make 3 piles with them. 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.This is important because hiring managers make this decision in about 5 seconds.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 how you will start your self promotion strategy!
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 job applications and get ten interviews.The steps are easy, first your apply for a job and send your resume, after this you have to call in and check on your resume and try to get a face to face with the decision maker.
What are the steps to a good job hire?
- Set up a personal resume profile website
- Treat your job hunt like a sales process
- Go to LinkedIn.com and get a free membership
Jorge Olson is a self promotion expert and the author of The Unselfish Guide to Self Promotion, a self help book that will help you find the job of your dreams and market yourself in business and in life
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