CareerTV holding event for free video resumes
Video Resumes Website are starting to take off in the US with CareerTV.com’s official launch event in Times Square, New York City On August 7th, 2007.
If you want to have a look how this is going to work they are offering at no charge participants will also receive online video resume coaching and tips from career/workplace expert Stephen Viscusi
Job Searching - Getting Found
“Candidates: You can get found a lot more easily if you know how to post your CV on Job Boards.”
The screen shot to the left is from the email box of a recruiter, every day he gets an email from the Monster database with a list of candidates, this features is available on all jobs boards not just monster. That list contains not your name, but the “title” of the CV the candidate wrote. And if we are honest, most people don’t write good headlines. Have a quick read of the tips he gives
The Horrible Truth about Recruiters
If your Monster resume headline stinks, I won’t open your resume. No recruiter will. Nothing personal against you. It’s just that we can’t open it. You haven’t given us a reason to, and there’s a resume right below yours that might look more relevant. Look at the following headlines from my Monster email above [my observations are in red]
- Technical Director/Sales Engineer - Too vague. Director of of technical what?
- Direct Marketing/Sales - Too broad. Marketing taxonomies included B2B, B2C, domestic and international — just for starters.
- Vice President Supply Chain - What industry? It makes a difference.
- Senior level Business Developer w/MBA - See my comments about the sales director.
My advice to candidates: Change your headline to tell us what we need to know: Function / Company / Industry / Salary / Relocation preference.
Like this: Email Marketing / Land’s End / Multichannel Retail / $85K / Will Relo
Job Searching - Sending Email
Ok so you’re just about to email a recruiter about that job you’ve seen on one of the jobs boards. But have you every considered what you put in this email?
Recruiters don’t like spam emails they can get 100’s of emails a day and you need to stand out from all the “noise” they get.
So don’t say nothing but “attached” in the body of the email, with a dangling (possibly virus-laden) word-document hanging there with a title like “john’s_cv_revision12a.doc”.
Don’t simply say “I noticed the job you posted and I am a perfect match for it… or any other positions you have.”
You need to tell the recruiter what you want to do NOT what work you’ll accept, they want to know what gets you out of bed in the morning!!!
You need to standout from all the other emails they get.
VIDEO: The most effective resume
This is a clip of JP Sakey the CEO of Headway Corporate Resources, if you want an example of how to present a resume to an employer just watch the video.
Developing Your Keyword CV
If you’re looking for executive jobs in Ireland or construction jobs it will make no difference if an employer or agency cannot find your CV in their vast database what chance do you stand. Just take a moment to review this video which hopefully will help you in your job search.
