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3 Reasons to Avoid Making Phone Interview Mistakes

The reality is, a Phone Interview is one of the most important steps in the recruitment process for almost every position available in today’s crowded job market.
More and more people are looking for work which means the volume of applicants for most positions has simply become too large for one person to handle. So, Hiring Managers are relying on HR Professionals and Recruiters to cut this volume down to size through Phone Interviewing–so only those A-level candidates get the Hiring Managers attention.

In other words, Hiring Managers are too busy to deviate from their core responsibilities to screen every candidate who might apply to every position they may have open under them. So, they put their trust in HR Professionals and Recruiters to find the best candidates from the high volume applications received.

It’s like auditioning for a play — everyone who is interested can try out, but on opening night, the audience will only see those who preformed the best at the auditions. Like the audience, the Hiring Manager wants to be impressed when the “actors take the stage.” So, if you make mistakes or fail to perform well at the Phone Interview Stage of the process your big break could be in jeopardy.

You have to treat the Phone Interview seriously and ensure you are prepared. Here is why:

1. Although, the Phone Interviewer cannot give you the job, they can take it away from you.

Don’t get me wrong, the Phone Interviewer is not out to get you and they will not be overly critical. (In fact, it would make their job easier if you do a great job on the Phone Interview.) But, they will be watching for red flags and mistakes. If you make a serious mistake, they have no choice but to fail your Phone Interview.

2. Recruiters are your allies on the inside.

Impress a Phone Interviewer and they will quickly become the strongest ally in your network. Think of it like this: The Recruiter and the Hiring Manager have a rapport, they work closely together, talk to each other everyday, and the Recruiter has gained the trust of the Hiring Manager. As a job seeker–that is someone I want on my side!

It’s one thing for the Hiring Manager to see on your resume you have sales skills, but its quite another for a Recruiter, someone the Hiring Manager trusts, to tell the Hiring Manger you have a high selling potential.

The Recruiters job is to “sell” qualified candidates to the Hiring Manager. You want to be in that crowd and an error free Phone Interviewer will get you there!

3. Your resume doesn’t tell the whole story.

You have so much you would like to share on your resume. I understand–it’s not easy to display a ten year career on a couple of 8 ½ x 11 pages.

By properly preparing for your Phone Interview, you can really help yourself here. A Phone Interview is going to (likely) consist of questions related to your past experiences and job qualifications. It’s really your chance to get the proudest and most successful moments of your career on record. But, you can only accomplish this if you have taken the time to properly understand the wealth of your skills and experiences and how they relate to the job your interviewing for. (For tips on this, check out my last article, 5 Steps to an Excellent Interview).

The Phone Interviewer is going to make note of almost everything you say during the Phone Interview. I say almost everything, because they aren’t going to be interested in things which do not relate to your ability to preform well in the position for which you are interviewing. So, you have to spend time ensuring you align your self with the position before you pick up the phone for your Phone Interview.

So, what happens with those notes? They are available to the Hiring Manager to review along with your resume. A well executed Phone Interviewing adds more value to your candidacy and makes available vital information you would not put on a resume.

-Lee Gibson
From www.careerealism.com

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How to Make Your Resume Sell

The most problematic part of a resume for people seems to be crafting their accomplishments. The confusion between an accomplishment and a responsibility is the difference between generating excitement by selling what you can do, and making a bland statement that elicits the question “So what?” It’s the difference between being invited in for an interview….and getting no response at all.

A responsibility reads as if it was taken from your job description. It fails to distinguish you from any other person that held that title before you, or holds that title at any other company. It says your function, but it doesn’t speak to your ability to perform that function.

By contrast, an accomplishment is what differentiates you from any other person that does, or has done, that job. It not only indicates how well you perform your job, but what type of person you are.

How does a factual accomplishment reveal something as subtle and subjective as a personality trait? Measured with the length of time you were at a company, your number of accomplishments indicates the degree to which you are a go-getter. It says if you’re motivated to go beyond the average job, and how much pride you take in your work.

It tells the hiring authority if you look for problems and find ways to solve them, or if you are content with saying, “That’s good enough.” And it also tells him how well you know your job by how well you solved those problems. Let’s look at an example. If you’re a teacher, a responsibility might read:


•Developed innovative, education-based curriculum
Which leaves the following questions:


•For what classes did you develop a curriculum?
•Why did it need to be developed?
•What was going on before it was developed?
•What was the result of the development?
Interviewers want answers, not questions. Since the responsibility statement doesn’t indicate how well you performed your job, it’s easier not to invite you in for an interview. Interviewers don’t know if you have accomplishments hiding behind your responsibilities. They assume you don’t have anything to say, because you didn’t say it. They don’t care that perhaps you didn’t know how to say it. If your resume doesn’t sell you, it’s not their problem. It’s yours.

By contrast, the accomplishment version of the same statement might read:


•Created and implemented innovative, education-based curriculum that engaged students more actively, resulting in 75% of student body raising grades by average of a full point
This says you’re worth talking to. Then at the interview, it opens the field for the interviewer to ask you for more information about what types of programs you implemented and how you implemented them.

An accomplishment is a results-oriented statement. It shows the benefit of hiring you by telling what you can do. What you’re saying is, “I know what you want done, and I’ve done that. I’ve done it successfully for my previous company; therefore, I can do it successfully for you. When you hire me, you aren’t risking an unknown. You’re hiring someone who has a proven ability to do the job successfully.”

That’s what interviewers want to know. That’s what they want to hear. They don’t want to wonder, and they don’t want to figure it out. If your resume doesn’t indicate what you’re capable of, the chance of an interview in which to sell yourself is slim.

If you’ve been sending out resumes and getting nothing in response, take a look at your bullets under each company name. Do they just say what you did, or do they say how well you did it?

You’re selling a product, and the product is you. The interviewer is the buyer, and your resume is, in effect, your marketing brochure. But if the buyer isn’t interested, you can’t close the sale. And that’s your problem, not theirs.

- Judi Perkins

From www.net-temps.com

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Writing the Interviewable Resume

It is rumored that the only word William Shakespeare wrote on his resume was “Available.” We’ll probably never know if that is true. But it raises an interesting question. How much information is too much and how much is too little when dealing with resume copy?

The resume is a vital piece to any job search. As companies scramble to find the ideal candidate, they use the resume to screen candidates. Done right, a resume builds an instant connection with the reader and helps steer the course of the interview in your favor. If you submit a resume that piques the curiosity of the reader, he or she most likely will ask questions based on the information you provided on the resume as opposed to relying on a pre-packaged questionnaire. That’s how you know you have an “interviewable” resume, when it assists in shaping the course of the interview.

The challenge is, how does one create an “interviewable” resume, one that isn’t boring or sterile? How does one write a resume that motivates the reader to give you a call?

Write with the employer in mind

Cast aside the belief that the resume is about you – because it isn’t. Though the resume is your “story”, the heart of it should focus on the needs of the employer. When developing your resume give thought to the person who will be reading it. What are his or her immediate concerns? How will you be able to solve that person’s problems?

Though it may be difficult to pin down a company’s immediate concerns before an interview, the reality is that organizations recruit candidates for one of the following reasons: they need to replace an unproductive employee, a peak performer was promoted or left, or a new position has been created. A recruiter usually searches for a candidate who will produce certain results, one that is a skilled communicator and has a strong work ethic. If you are able to target your resume toward these key areas, you will, without a doubt, tap into the organization’s concerns.

Choose your phrases carefully

Sentence starters and appropriate use of action words all determine whether the resume is “interviewable.” Instead of using predictable phrases, think of ways to add punch to your resume. For example, instead of using increased sales by 250%…write delivered a 250% increase in sales…; instead of using ability to effectively…write demonstrated ability to effectively…; and instead of using reduced costs…write slashed costs.

When your resume doesn’t “sound” like all the others on the recruiter’s desk, he or she will take notice. You will be remembered when your resume breaks the monotony of the recruiter’s day. Guaranteed.

Have a consistent message

Don’t try to become all things to all people. If you are a CEO, don’t add a statement that indicates that you are willing to be a Business Manager. If you are a Sales Manager, don’t indicate that you are willing to take on a position as a Customer Service Representative. Get the picture? Determine what you are selling (and looking for) before you put one word to paper.

Determine your major selling points

Though you may share the same job title with many other people, your accomplishments and how you carry out your responsibilities are what distinguishes you from all the other qualified candidates. Focus your resume on not only what you did but also how well you did it. By design, what makes you “interviewable” is how you market your strengths on paper.

- Linda Matias
From www.net-temps.com

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