| Kadaitcha Man 2005-06-23, 8:57 am |
| Steve O, <nospam@nospam.com>, the moronic, nauseating old woman, and
dishonest grocer and dealer in bad spices, grimaced:
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> Looking for work is work. Imagine how tough it is to land a job that
> pays over $100K a year. By the time you factor in the fact that many
> of them aren't advertised and also that maybe 1 in a 100 jobs - may
> the ratio is even higher - actually pay that much it's quite an
> accomplishment to become one of the final candidates for
> consideration. It's a numbers game. The more jobs you apply for the
> more interviews you will get. Look at using those resume blast
> services to get your resume in the hands of as many headhunters as
> you can. For approximately $30.00 you can simulataneously email your
> resume to hundreds of recruiters at the same time. Looking for a job
> is hard work. Kinda like American Idol. Unless they like you, you
> don't get a second chance. You have to be on constantly. When I was
> laid off from an equity and mutual fund research firm a while ago I
> spend time talking to a few really good career consultants. Not
> headhunters, but rather, employment consultants who taught people how
> to market themselves for employment. It was invaluable. Almost every
> interview I went on I learned how to control the interview by pacing
> the direction in which the interview progressed through the method in
> which I paced my answers. As she said to me an interview was like an
> "internal view" of who you are. I learned how different interviewers
> ask different types of behavoural questions and how to practice being
> prepared for different types of questions that interviewers ask. I
> also learned invaluable ways of spicing up the presentation of my
> resume. If you are going to apply online for jobs it's important to
> ensure that your resume looks extremely professional and says what
> you want it to say. It's amazing how some people don't realize that
> they are perceived a particular because their resume is formatted a
> particular way. Sometimes people think "why the hell can't a get a
> job in this area". When you look at their resume it forces it
> contains little about emphasizing skillsets that are related to what
> they are interesting in doing. Like I said, looking for a job is a
> job in itself. But, there are tricks and shortcuts that make the
> process alot easier. Good luck with your search.
>
>
>
> "LostBoyinNC" <Deepsand562@aol.com> wrote in message
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