Example One:  “I’m looking for a position to help me ride out the next 13 months until I retire. I’m looking for a good salary and benefits.”
Example Two: “I will accept a lower level position, until I can find a job in my field.”
Example Three:  “I’ve been out of work for over a year, my unemployment is running out and I will accept any job you have available.”

In all of these examples, the job seeker is focused on themselves vs. the benefits to the employer.   You don’t want to tell a future employer that you only plan to work 13 months.  You don’t want to tell an employer you will work for them until you find something better.  Lastly, you don’t want to ever appear desperate.  That will only result in a low ball job offer.

You need to always keep one question in mind “Why should an employer hire you over your competition?”  Stress accomplishments and the impact they had on past employers.  Remember, this is a competition and you want to win.  Providing TMI (Too Much Information) can result in you being screened out based on your paperwork alone.

Your job is to make this hiring authority look good.  Your job is to provide the greatest return on their investment (your salary).  Your job is to show them why you are the best fit for their company culture.  When you accomplish these things, you will be the person who is brought in for an interview and hired!

Here are some good examples of how job seekers have saved their resumes:
• John Smith – Engineering Resume
• Mary Dunn – Executive Assistant Resume
• Mike Taylor – IT Specialist
• Tony Nelson – Paralegal

Saving your resume like the examples above, makes it very simple for hiring authorities to find your resume.

Here are some bad examples of how job seekers have saved their resume: 
• Resume
• Resume Version 3
• Resume  Version 5, no pic
• Foxy Lady Resume
• New Resume
• Resume Doc
• John’s Resume
• My Resume

In all of these bad examples, the hiring authority would have to open the resume in order to figure out whose resume was attached.  Often hiring authorities will open and take action on the resumes that are easy to find.  They also favor resumes that list the title of the job that they are offering.

MUST READ It is not the person who is the most qualified who gets hired in this competitive job market.  It is the job seeker who interviews best.  Take time to log in to your Career Portal and read all the materials under the Third Phase of your job search – INTERVIEW.  The last five steps of the job search outlined under this phase also helps you fine tune your communication and networking abilities.

MUST READ
It’s time to read and review the 16 step process for finding a job as outlined under PREPARE – SEARCH & CONNECT – INTERVIEW on the Home Page of our Career Portal. Doing this will assist you in jump starting a new search or put new life in a search that you may have been conducting for several months. Individuals who have completed all sixteen steps have reported great results. We’d like for you to be the next person who accepts a job offer for their dream job!

URL: www.thrpartnerscareercenter.com

Focus on the description of the job and the credentials required by each position. If a job sounds interesting and you have the credentials listed, apply without hesitation. Many of these growing fields offer quick advancement potential and additional responsibilities once you have proven yourself.

Quite often, if you have the credentials needed, jobs are created around your talents and abilities. That is why it is so important to NOT reject possible interviews because of a job title. Nothing happens until you get yourself in front of hiring authorities. It is not uncommon for hiring authorities to refer job seekers to other hiring authorities or departments within their own company.

Your job as a job seeker is to interview as much and as often as possible. If you get in front of enough hiring authorities, you will eventually find a job and job offer that fits you perfectly!

It is time to read your resume as if you were a hiring authority. Does your resume make you want to pick up the phone and learn more about you? Do the accomplishments you’ve listed truly depict what expertise you bring to the table?
If you’ve answered no to these questions, it might be time to let an expert tune-up your resume. Our Career Portal offers you access to expert resume creators who have helped hundreds of our job seekers. An improved resume will help you land interviews and eventually find a job.

If you are not asked if you have any questions, it is always wise to let the person know you have questions.  You don’t want to shoot from the hip when asking questions.  Write down questions in advance that will reveal what is most important to each person in the interviewing process.

It is also acceptable to pull out a list of questions that you have pre-written.  This shows preparation on your part and often impresses the interviewer.   You ask your questions, listen carefully to the answer and then position yourself as the person who can solve their problems.  This is also the time where you can bring up accomplishments or facts about yourself that never came up during the interview process.  Questions can make the difference of you getting screened in or out!

It is important that you are comfortable being filmed because this video interview is part of the screening process.  The only way to become comfortable in front of a camera is practice.   Have someone record you as they are asking you questions.  You may notice things like bad eye contact, too much blinking, pauses in your responses or phrases you may say when you’re nervous.  All of these could potentially result in you being screened out from consideration.

This type of initial interview process is legal and there is a chance you may encounter a video interview in your search process.  Now is the time to practice and prepare, not when a video interview is already scheduled!

This is directed at those of you who have utilized our Free Resume Review.  If your resume was reviewed, did you read the revisions and more importantly did you consider a Resume Tune-Up or Resume Re-Write?  Many of you have expressed frustration in trying to write a resume that will result in interviews.  The same experts who reviewed your resume are also very capable of providing you with a resume tune up or resume re-write at a very reasonable cost.  If you want to take advantage of their services and expertise, click the link below.

Use this URL to access the Resume Services:  www.thrpartnerscareercenter.com/improve.php
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Password: (password you selected upon registration)
*There is a limit of one free resume review per person.

Search & Connect focuses on the following areas: Market, Network, Schedule, Solve and Maintain.

Interview focuses on the following areas: Research, Meet, Follow-Up, Offer and Finalize.

Under each of these sixteen areas there are articles, training webinars, audios and additional resources you may utilize.

If you want to give new life to your search or you are just beginning the search process, it is important to follow each of these sixteen steps to conduct the type of search that will provide you with interviews that result in job offers. Many of the techniques and steps outlined are used by professional recruiters. This is your chance to learn and use techniques you won’t find in books or on-line through other resources. There are also many F.R.E.E. resources available including: Trade Publications, a Resume Builder, a Career Advisor, Educational Information, Assessments and Resume Cards.

If you are not obtaining results or scheduling interviews, you may need to change the way you are conducting your search.  Too often, job seekers spend most of their time on their computer.  Starting today, delay applying for jobs on Job Boards or websites until after dinner.  Applying to Job Boards should not represent more than 10% of your job search efforts.

During the day, make personal contacts, telephone calls, book informational interviews, network, volunteer your time, attend job fairs and attend any event that will get you in front of potential employers.  You have the best chance of reaching decision makers and obtaining names during the hours of 8:30 am - 5:00 pm.

Hopefully in the not too distant future, you will be included in the number of newly employed job seekers!

One of the best ways to find a job is to market yourself directly to hiring authorities.  Log in to our career portal and click on Library, then click Networking, then click Webinars.  Then click on the training webinar titled “Job Seeker Training Webinar – Direct Marketing is KEY to your Success.”  Set a minimum daily standard for your job search to market yourself to THREE hiring authorities daily and prepare to interview and hopefully accept a job offer!

Hiring authorities want to hire job seekers who are competent, confident, convincing, interested and enthusiastic.  When you listen to a recorded conversation of yourself, would you use any of those words to describe the impression you made?  Much of the initial communication in a job search is achieved through the use of email.  When you leave a voice mail, it is often the first impression of your verbal communication skills and personality.  If you received a voice mail from yourself, would you return the call?  In your voice mail message did you show the hiring authority how they would benefit by calling you back – or was your message self-serving?

Never underestimate the importance of good verbal communication skills.  Record yourself, make corrections and then re-record yourself until you are satisfied with the impression you make.  This is one of the quickest ways to improve the results you will achieve in your job search.