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| Job Search: Is It a Numbers Game? |
| When the Internet first came on the job search scene it was a great
differentiator. Candidates who found jobs advertised on the Internet
and submitted their resumes via email often went to the front of
the line. They were competing with other job searchers who were
still combing the Sunday Classifieds and faxing or mailing their
resumes to HR departments. |
| My, how times have changed! Now, the online job boards (Monster,
DICE, HotJobs, CareerBuilder, etc.) have replaced the Classifieds
as the "matchmaker" for candidates and jobs. Companies
that use the job boards have built entire infrastructures around
posting jobs and receiving, sorting, and sifting resumes. Staffing
specialists in companies are often nameless, hiding behind an anonymous
email id that obviously does not belong to a person. How do you
get your resume read? How do you get it into the hands of the individual
that will make the decision on whom to interview? |
| Well, unless you have an "inside connection", it can
be a "numbers game". How long will it take you to submit
your resume to enough Recruiters and Hiring Managers to find the
one that will actually read your resume and contact you to discuss
an opportunity? Anyone who has been in the job market in the last
4-5 years knows the answer... it can take a long time! No matter
how qualified you may be, no matter how many late nights you spend
combing the job boards and responding to postings, it's going to
be a frustrating experience! |
| And most of those "blaster" services will get your resume
distributed to a large audience, but it will get dropped right into
an automated resume system without a recruiter even looking at it.
It's going to be there to be searched against in the future, not
to be read now! Why does that happen? ... because your resume isn't
personal. It gets recognized by receiving email systems as a "blasted"
resume and gets filed for later use. That's fine if you are looking
for a job later. And you can pay $69, $99, $129, or more for these
services. Do they get you an edge on the market? Not if your resume
is once again just lost in the pack, one among hundreds, indistinguishable
from other candidates. |
| Executive Compass offers a low-cost resume distribution
service (SendMyResume) that avoids the "blasted" resume
look of so many of the other resume distribution websites. Executive
Compass allows you to craft a personal cover letter and choose the
subject line for your email. Your resume is sent directly to hiring
managers and recruiters from your own email address. The service
is priced very affordably, at less than one cent per contact. You
receive a confirmation page with a complete list of all names, email
addresses, companies, and locations to which your resume was been
sent. |
| Job search may be a "numbers game", but games are made
to be won! |
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| Send Your Resume Now
to over 1,000 Recruiters and Hiring Managers!. |
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