Day: September 16, 2016

Stop Spamming Your Resume!!!

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Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter speaks bluntly about resume spam.

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I believe lots of resumes today I got to a point where I have stared at so many resumes that in no way shape or form fit what my clients are looking for.

Let me give you an example. I post a position for a global data center manager. The spec I posted was very clear about what I was looking for and what the expectations are. A person is going to run data centers. Even if you know nothing about that, you know that you are expected to have experience running a data center. #.

Why?

What did you see that in any way shape or form see the major qualified for that job?

Do you see the word, “qualifications,” in the job description? That is what the firm is looking for. That’s what the recruiter is looking for in order to identify someone that fits the job.

A CVS store manager. Give me a break. You are a spammer. You are no different than the Viagra people except your stuff isn’t blocked; yours actually gets through… But not anymore. I’m blocking you.

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Do you think employers are trying to help you? You already know you can’t trust recruiters—they tell as they think you need to know to take the job they after representing so they collect their payday.

The skills needed to find a job are different yet complement the skills needed to do a job.

Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter has been a career coach and recruiter for what seems like one hundred years.

JobSearchCoachingHQ.com is there to change that with great advice for job hunters—videos, my books and guides to job hunting, podcasts, articles, PLUS a community for you to ask questions of PLUS the ability to ask me questions where I function as your ally with no conflict of interest answering your questions.

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The Bear

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A story, mostly true, about the opening of a camp.

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Most of this story is true. I listen to me last night and maintain a liberty or two along the way and retelling it.

I was listening to a man who runs a camp talk about the first day of camp. He was in his office as the cancer being dropped off, about 300 campers plus parents and grandparents, figure about 1000 people are coming into the parking lot saying goodbye to the kids for the summer.

He received a call from one of the counselors who he knows to be a prankster saying, “there’s a bear and a tree next to the parking.”

“No, tell me the truth.”

“There’s a bear in a tree next to the parking lot.”

I from the camp director knows that if he diverts people to a different direction, he will be answering questions from 350 pairs of parents and grandparents I want to know what’s going on.

Regards the parking lot and finds the truly, looks up and, yes, there is a bear there. Four paws dangling down, sound asleep.

He decides to station a counselor nearby and deflect people away from the area, thus avoiding all the questions being asked. The bear continues to sleep, everyone goes on their merry way, everything is fine.

In telling the story my friend continue to by saying (and I think it’s a lovely point), when you think about it, when you meet a bear, what do you try to do?

The idea with the bear is to get as big as you can and as loud as you can and is while this you can, knowing that most of the time you will chase the bearer way.

It begs the question, “What about the Bears in your life?” You know, those big bogeyman that wrestle with your mind. Should you let them sleep or should you scare them away?

What would really work best in your life?

When you think about it, there are lots of berries that are rumbling around in your life that live in your head and cause you a lot of distraction. They keep you awake at night and keep you from having the life that you want and keep you from making the choice that you know you need to make.

It’s a great metaphor; I hope you enjoyed it.

So remember, sometimes let the bear sleep but many times, you need to get BIG and scared off before it eats you up.

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Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter has been coaching people to play their professional and personal games BIG for what seems like 100 years.

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