Imagine, companies such as Microsoft, Hewlett Packard are
more than 50,000 resume in a month only through their corporate websites. We
can assume that in the major Ukrainian companies and staffing agencies, the
situation is similar. If applying for a job in a large well-known company,
chances are inversely proportional to the number of applicants.
It is easy and simple - not always effective
At first glance, sending out resumes by mail or placing on
the corporate website is as easy and convenient. It is easy to find a job, it
is easy to send. The costs in terms of the value of the Internet, are scanty.
The process is maximally simplified and saves time job seekers.
You can send resume countless times, thereby increasing the
probability of the alleged draw attention to themselves.
Advanced practice firms automatically confirm receipt of
resume with gratitude.
The
problems begin after the resume is sent. How to track, whether it is received?
If received, by whom and whether the appointment? The candidate then just waiting
for a letter or a phone call with an invitation for an interview.
They are waiting because the law presumes that this is their
chance to get a job and that recruiters or HR-managers read their resumes.
Unfortunately, often they wait needlessly.
The mystery of HR-managers
The problem with this, at first glance, streamlined machine
that most resume at first glance do not differ from each other.
Often nobody even consider any job, if a suitable vacancy is
not relevant. It simply no one to deal with. Live people do "live"
vacancies. A summary of the remaining special program just makes the database
to "better times".
Such a program is not doing anything with the job, as long
as they are not required for a particular job recruiter. Most resumes will
remain in the database forever and never see the human eye ...
It was only when a recruiter or manager "proseyut"
search program database for keywords to manageable amounts (usually less than a
hundred), maybe someone sometime and read your resume.
Why did not anyone reading resume
Few HR recognized that do not read resumes, faithfully
submitted by candidates. This fact would be a very bad PR for their company.
However, no one in fact and did not promise that he will read all abstracts.
Candidates "just assume" that there is some real chance to get a job,
and the HR "a."
Unfortunately, this chance is more like a lottery. But the
chance is still there, if you take into account some factors and follow certain
rules:
Lack of recruiters
Often this happens because of the banal lack of congestion
or resource managers. Their challenge is to close to 20-30 jobs per month, and
resume come and come ... Tired recruiters resume browsing accumulated 1-2 times
a week. If your resume does not get into this day, that it was somewhere
"sorted" automatically.
Summary of spam
Mass mailing resume some candidates turned into a form of
spam. Databases scored resume unqualified candidates applying for the job for
which they have no skills.
Lack of keywords
search and sort program based on the number of keywords in a
resume. If you are using are not quite right keywords pointing to the name of
the desired position, industry, skill level, your chance to "find"
are reduced.
Huge database
Number of incoming resume enormous. Some large firms and
agencies are literally hundreds of resumes a day. Internal rules, some
companies require applicants to preserve resume two to three years, so a large
company database size may exceed tens of thousands of resumes.
HR-managers do not need to browse through thousands of
resumes, they often simply "scan" database, do not find, say, 100
matching resume, and stop searching. If the summary has not previously been
ordered by the level of skills and experience, and if you do not superkvalifitsirovanny
specialist, the chances of being found are slim.
Alphabet
Chances even depend on how the letter begins your surname!
If the summary sorted in alphabetical order, the candidates with the last name,
for example, the letter "T" are less likely than "A", as
recruiter has before it could find its target of 100 CV.
Weak search skills
Some search programs are so complex that most managers and
recruiters are using only the most basic of its possibilities, not bothering to
study advanced. Laziness and inability to thoroughly "prosherstit"
the entire base is based on the mistaken belief that "the number is always
transformed into quality." In our case it is not. 10,000 candidates in the
database does not mean that there is sure to have 3 right (and ready to change
jobs!) At this point ... a specialist.
The advantage of "passive" candidates
Since corporate recruiters become more advanced, they often
focus on finding among workers, the so-called passive candidates at the expense
of actively seeking work. They assume that once a candidate is interested and
sent his resume, he was not going anywhere and he will declare itself. So do
not hesitate to remind myself of.
It's not my job
If an applicant applies for a senior position, on which work
has been farmed recruitment agencies, as his chances are slim. Internal
recruiters have enough of their work and distracted by something for which the
company pays money to others, they have no time. Let the agency work out their
fees, they have their own databases and sources believed to HR.
It is unlikely that the companies would disclose such little
secrets. However, an understanding of this part of the recruitment process will
help you to be more tolerant of recruiters.
How to make your resume has become noticeable for
recruiters?
You should have a summary in several formats: text, WORD and
HTML (the so-called virtual, WEB- summary). Sent a letter to a prospective
employer, in the body of the letter put the text version, WORD (RTF) - version
- as an attachment. A link to the WEB-CV do in a brief cover letter.
The summary should be
loaded with 'key' words, first of all job titles and their synonyms, which your
resume can look for internal and global search program.
Try to clearly and correctly formulate the purpose of job,
ie what position you would like to receive in any sphere of activity.
Inadmissible statements such as "Getting interesting, high-paying
jobs," or banal "Find apply their knowledge, skills and acquired
skills in the exciting emerging companies. Have the moral satisfaction from
work and receive a decent and stable salary. " What can write 100% of the
other applicants, you did not stand out.
The summary should be saturated with facts / achievements /
results. Your success - that's what really sells your future employer, rather
than a simple description of their duties. Also, the description of the results
is more related to the keyword. Check and add the key points of the summary of
words that you may be expected to look for.
Your resume should be visually appealing and graphically
flawless. Fully use the capabilities of your computer: different fonts,
underlining, spacing, alignment, formatting, colors. But do not overdo it.
Seriously consider writing the text in the
"Subject" line. Use your full name and the name of the desired
position.
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