Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Money in the bank

If you pay $100/month on a credit card that has a $5000 balance at 15%, it will take you 6.6 years to pay it off and cost you $2896 in interest.

Pay $300/month on the same and you’ll cut your pay off time to 1.6 years and interest to $643!

A recent CNN Money poll says 52% of us believe it will be a year or more before the economy gets better. 15% say it is already happening.

One of our Nation’s top business women says... “running a business is an overrated skill.” “Finding people that have strategic acuity and can reconceptualize for the future is what is in the shortest supply”.

Another says... “there just isn’t time anymore to ponder or analyze a decision to death”.

Tell that to all the people who are still waiting for the results of an interview they had 30 days ago. J

More later on this subject.

Harvey Dorland

Pacific Recruiting

936-597-6500 - direct

hdorland@ez2.net

Monday, October 12, 2009

Objectives: The death sentence of a resume.

I recently ran an ad for a Commercial Insurance Account Manager. I needed an experienced candidate out of commercial insurance who wanted to work for a growing insurance firm.

After reading MANY resumes, one really stuck out to me - not because I thought it was a match, but because I wondered, "What is this person thinking?" The resume was well written but this resume had a flaw so blatant that it shot down the candidate faster than I could say "DID YOU READ MY AD?" Their resume had an objective stating that this person wanted to get into the field of journalism. Hmmmmm......

What do you think the chances were for this person to land an interview for my job? With an opening line like that, front and center on the resume, zero. The hiring authority (or recruiter) realizes right off the bat that this person is probably not a detail person among other things.

Has your objective in your resume "killed" your chance for an interview for a job you really wanted? Read it again before sending it in for a specific opening. Don't let your objective be the death sentence for your resume.

Laura Hill
The Hill Group, L.P.
lhill@thehillgroup.net

Money in the bank

Resumes now more than ever need to speak about accomplishments (current and past).

Today’s employers often receive multitudes of resumes from people with similar backgrounds.

Yours will stand out if you also speak about accomplishments.

My suggestion is a one page cover letter outlining them, rather than hiding them in the body of a resume.

Our industry has lost 2.6% (59000) jobs over the past 12 months... so if you are one of those who was affected, or could be in the future, the above tip will give you an advantage.

Harvey Dorland

Pacific Recruiting

936-597-6500 - direct

hdorland@ez2.net