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Questions regarding job search challenges! - Let me know your thoughts
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| stuntman |
Hi all of you!
How are you doing? Currently, as a college/university student, I've been going crazy looking for a job in the competitive market place and I've been not so successful in receiving calls for an interview. I had several questions for all you and ANY feedback to any of these questions is highly appreciated. Assessing these answers will provide me insight with my challenges and I hope that those of you who are also potentially students (Please answer them even if your not:) ) can shed light to me.
1) When you were applying for jobs, what were the biggest challenges with getting the HR rep to give you a call to schedule an interview? Do you think that it was a result of a bad resume?
2) What would help you with your resume to increase the chances of getting the call? People to actually critique your resume?
3) What did you do to improve your CV/resume?
4) Are you the kind of person who likes being told specifically what to correct on your resume or are the type of person who wants minimum guidance and told to go to some websites to read on resumes?
6) Do you ever feel motivated to help look at someone elses resume and evaluate the quality of their resume?
I ask these questions because I'm frankly sick and tired of trying to get JUST 1 phone call from someone in HR. I know I've applied to places that fit my criteria. |
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| Kamka |
I understand how you feel... I was having trouble finding a job and being unemployed for a long time, when, just at the depths of my despair, I got a call for an interview and was hired. I was sending out resume responses to job advertisements online and almost never got any answer or call-back... then I made an online-resume on Monster.ca and I think it was within a week that I got an e-mail from a recruiter, I contacted her back, she scheduled me for an interview, and then, on the same day that I had the interview, they told me I was hired. I work through an agency, so have no benefits or salaried pay, but I'm still quite happy & satisfied, they people there (at the agency) are very nice. I guess I'm lucky cause I'm also blessed to work with nice and pleasant co-workers (most of them), and I was worried that that would not be the case :( , but luckily, it is. :)
I have some tips and stuff from when I attended the Scarborough Job Finding Club, I'll post them for you later...
What kind of a job it is you're looking for? |
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| Cosmic Fur |
| What's your field? |
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| Silky Johnson |
| quote: | Originally posted by stuntman
1) When you were applying for jobs, what were the biggest challenges with getting the HR rep to give you a call to schedule an interview? Do you think that it was a result of a bad resume? |
Can't say I've ever had an issue. I went fully prepared with my portfolio just to drop off resumes, and I always got interviews on the spot, if not hired right then and there.
| quote: | Originally posted by stuntman
2) What would help you with your resume to increase the chances of getting the call? People to actually critique your resume? |
Yes most definitely have someone critique your resume - preferably a successful person in your field who already has experience with what employers are looking for.
| quote: | Originally posted by stuntman
3) What did you do to improve your CV/resume? |
Hard to say...I've never had a problem with mine. Any tweaking was just to include more relevant experience as I gained it.
| quote: | Originally posted by stuntman
4) Are you the kind of person who likes being told specifically what to correct on your resume or are the type of person who wants minimum guidance and told to go to some websites to read on resumes? |
Yes, of course I want to know how I can improve. I would take any advice I could get, from people I respect that is.
| quote: | Originally posted by stuntman
6) Do you ever feel motivated to help look at someone elses resume and evaluate the quality of their resume? |
Yes definitely. I actually had trouble with my cover letter, so I looked at cover letters of people who had success and used theirs as a guide.
Something I want to ask you: do you follow up after you drop off your resumes with a phone call? I always follow up with a phone call, usually the very next day. I give them my name and ask them if they've had a chance to look at my resume yet, and tell them thanks and that I look forward to hearing back from them. Every time I've done that they've set up an interview. |
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| Cosmic Fur |
| jennypie being helpful? It can't be! |
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| Silky Johnson |
| quote: | Originally posted by Cosmic Fur
jennypie being helpful? It can't be! |
LoL. Like you know enough about me to be surprised that I'm not everything you see on TA.
Run along now. |
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| Cosmic Fur |
oh relax, it was refreshing to see your post not end with
*cockpunch* |
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| Silky Johnson |
| Ahahahahahah. So funny. :cool: |
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| Rook |
make the resume the fourth or fifth impression of you.
1st impression should be the phone call you make, to them, notifying them you will be giving a resume.
2nd impression is when they meet you.
3rd impression is your cover letter.
and finally you give them your resume. make it the last thing. so that its like the cherry on top. not the meat in the middle.
this method has never failed me. obviously you have to spice it up yourself, but its a rather foolproof method id say.
it just shows you are willing to do more than others. i dont think many people to it like this.
gluck |
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| stuntman |
I'm curious however, what do others think of these questions?
If I was your friend, would you consider me looking at your resume to find faults? How attractive is this? I can't imagine not using his service if he willing to give you free advice! I don't see the harm. What are your thoughts everyone? |
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