Job Hunting: Job Hunting Should Be Taken Seriously 404-580-1501

In this day and age, with such a lack of national leadership and a rather sad macroeconomic outlook, job hunting has become a real competition. Job hunting itself is harder work than actually reporting and performing a normal job or position. It should be taken seriously. I know, because at Jimmy Hall Writing Services (404-580-1501) part of what I do is help people secure job opportunities via writing their resumes and cover letters, and providing a few tips.

Job Searcher Responsibilities

A person seeking a job should write down all of their positive attributes, skills, solid experience, work history, education, awards, accomplishments, activities, abstract skills, tangible talents, and even their weaknesses. Why? This material is useful on a resume with the rest of the obligatory front-end info. Think in terms of descriptive adjectives. What about the weaknesses?

Resume Weaknesses?

The weaknesses are what will be worked on so that they will not stand out either in an interview or on-the-job or resume. Weaknesses should be deflected from, and maybe not always volunteered. If you fix them it is not an issue anyway, right?

Resumes Are Tasks

Your presentable resume is your first test from a potential employer. They know you probably did not write the actual resume, but your ability to delegate and turn-in the final product with good and orderly info is on trial! What?

Yes, you are being evaluated before even signing a work contract. The act of securing and presenting the resume is important enough to decide whether or not you deserve a job interview - like it or not. In fact, your resume will likely be looked at for about 30 seconds at a major company, and maybe a minute elsewhere. In that time you either make the interview cut or NOT!

Pinpoint Resume Receipients 

Once you have a good resume writer or resume developer and feed them the right info about yourself and what work you want to do and for what type of company/firm, the next step is to get the resume into people's hand, and hope for interviews.

So, why not brush up on what is placed upon your resume, and be ready tom defend it? Defend it? Yes. Why did you leave this job then? What were you doing between this and this time? If you are so great at doing this, why did they let you go? 

I think that you get the idea. It also doesn't hurt to think about salary negotiation a little, but first things first - you need job interviews. Talk to friends, read papers, look at online job boards, cold call companies, think about places where you already do business that know you, etc.... Have places to send resumes. How about past employers, even? Maybe?

When you walk into interviews, be yourself; do not be fake or plastic. By the same token, however, do not be TOO INFORMAL either - despite the interviewer's actions. Simply be confident and know your stuff. Think in terms of you and the company evaluating each other. It is NOT so one-sided, really. You might NOT like them!

Connect With Interviewers

Do your best to connect personally with whoever you meet with in each successive interview. Why? let's face it, people hire who they like. That is the bottom line. Be pleasant and be armed with a sincere smile and you just might succeed!

Summary Of Resume Scenario

In a nutshell, hire a great resume writer/resume developer (Me, me, me!), know your stuff and be comfortable with yourself by interview time, and exchange info with your interviewer and make a connection with him or her or them.

If I can help with your resume or cover letter (or even a followup letter after interviews in many cases), please let me know (Jimmy Hall - 404-580-1501).