| People Hire People, Not Resumes |
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| Written by Abby Kohut |
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This recently happened to a friend of mine who I'll call Linda. Linda graduated from college this past May. She was a psychology honors student and was also the captain of her college volleyball team. In thinking about her career aspirations, Linda decided that human resources would be the perfect career for her. She began looking for positions. The summer zoomed by and although Linda had a wonderful resume for a recent college graduate, she was far less than a perfect candidate for an HR Assistant position as she had no experience. This became quite obvious as the responses came back from the ads that she was answering. But Linda didn't give up. She started thinking outside the box, and that's when it all started to happen. Here is the magic she stirred up:
A VP of HR for a major publisher read her blog. That is when things started happening. Linda received a call from the VP and was invited in for an exploratory interview. The VP honestly had no idea how specifically she might help Linda, but she felt that she needed to meet her. When the VP met Linda, she was instantly impressed by her drive, motivation, and ability to learn quickly. Linda started work two weeks later as the VP's administrative assistant. Linda didn't need a magician – she created her own magic. Absolutely Abby’s Advice: Despite the economy, people are landing all the time. These people are strong interviewers with loads of confidence and dynamic personalities. They are people who have learned to differentiate themselves from the crowd and they are excellent networkers. You can be one of those people too if you want to be. People hire people, not resumes. Improve your interview skills and you will improve your success rate to the nth degree. |
Tomorrow morning (Friday Oct 2nd) I'll be moderating a tele-seminar 