Landing your dream job starts with your resume.
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Have you tried the traditional job hunting approach recently? Because if you did, it probably went something like this:
You’ve spent hours poring over your resume scanning each and every word. Times New Roman font. Check. Size 12. Check. 1 inch spacing on each side. Check. Name at the top with your contact information. Check. A list of your work experience in chronological order. Check. Your education, grade point average, and extra curricular activities like volunteering at the local hospital. Check, check and check.
You think to yourself, “This resume is golden– there’s no way I won’t get hired!“
Or so you think.
And then the applying begins.
You eagerly scour websites of companies you want to work for and begin firing off copies of your resume online like a carnival game. This job looks remotely interesting. BAM! A generic resume gets sent out! This job looks like it’d pay decently. BAM! Another one. Gosh, I’m running out options, I’ll take anything at this point. BAM! And it just keeps on going.
You feel like you’re in a great rhythm, heck – you’ve sent out 15 resumes in ONE day!
And then you wait. And wait. And wait. And nothing happens.
Want to know why?
Your online resume is among potentially THOUSANDS of other electronic documents floating in a company’s online database...
How the heck can you differentiate yourself when that happens?
Guess what? Everyone is pulling from the exact same set of 10 resume templates you find in a Google search (admit it, you’ve done this or copied a friend’s resume format before)!
And that’s the problem – in this electronic database – more often than not - you’re just a number, a set of bits and bytes to the company. John Smith becomes resume #450,342 in the database. Oh boy.
What happens when you stick thousands of resumes together in a single pile?
They all begin to look the same.
And you end up sitting there in front of your computer, praying and hoping the HR person searches for the specific keywords that would cause your resume to show up (along with many others).
On top of that, the sheer number of competitive applicants you’d have to beat out is absolutely staggering.
Take a look at these company examples below for 2010:
1. Mattel – Over 97,000 applicants
2. Chesapeake Energy – Over 132,000 applicants 3. General Mills – Over 162,000 applicants
4. Carmax – Over 182,000 applicants
5. Cisco – Over 183,000 applicants
6. Whole Foods – Over 299,000 applicants
7. Starbucks – Over 311,000 applicants
8. Deloitte – Over 331,000 applicants
9. American Express – Over 980,000 applicants 10. Google – Over 1,000,000 applicants!
Need I say more?
And by the way, more often than not, job openings that are posted online happen after the employees have asked for internal referrals first. Talk about being late to the party.
Before you know it, after weeks of not hearing back from the companies you’ve applied to, you’ve got old pizza boxes sprawled out across your living room table, you’re constantly in your duck pajamas moping around during the day, you’re watching reruns of your favorite TV show, and you begin to wonder, “Will I ever get the job I want?” Two months pass – and nothing has changed. Some nights, you cry yourself to sleep. Some nights, you ask, “What do I want out of life?” And then you really hit a rut. You begin to give up and you start sending out 2 resumes a week versus the 15 a day you’ve been sending out. You consider moving back home with your parents. And then one day, as you hit rock bottom, you ask yourself, “Will I be able to get ANY Job?”
And the answer is a resounding YES!
But the first point you have to recognize is this: The rules have changed.
We’ve gone through one of the worst economic recessions in the history of our nation with the recent financial crisis. Jobless rates are sky high. The job market has become ultra-competitive. Today, only the strong survive.
Have you noticed the career fairs are packed with people like sardines in a tin can?
Have you noticed large corporations talk about how they now receive hundreds of thousands of resumes each year and only accept a small percentage?
Have you noticed you’ve been sending out countless online resumes, only to hear no response?
Have you noticed your friend prepping for interview questions with the same answers that almost everyone else is using? (For example: What’s your biggest weakness? My biggest weakness is that I work too hard.) Hello! We’ve all heard that one before.
Here’s the bottom line: Job hunters can no longer play by the old rules and expect to land their dream job.
You’ve got to change your approach. You’ve got to stand out from the crowd.
You've got to make your resume sing.
You've got to stand out.
My resume review service will help you do that.
So why sign up for my Resume All Star package? It's simple.
Over the last 12 years, I've:
Written an Amazon #1 "Resumes" category bestseller with over 40,000 Kindle downloads, ironically named "The Resume is Dead"
Had my writing featured on Forbes, Inc., Business Insider, Fortune, Time, The Huffington Post, The Observer, PopSugar, Thought Catalog, LifeHack and Quartz.
Built a Top 10 Business iPhone app designed to help people prep for interviews and a Top 50 Business iPhone app designed to help people build resumes.
Been lucky enough to work at great companies like MTV, Cisco, VMware, Box, Optimizely and Toptal. (LinkedIn Profile here, feel free to add me!)
Hosted numerous career development, interview and resume workshops at UCLA and UCI
Have collaborated with HR experts at Fortune 100 companies and been actively involved in the hiring process for a Fortune 100 company and many fast growth startups.
I’ve personally coached many students and working professionals on their career goals (I just did 30+ sessions in one week!)
But don't take my word for it. Check out how Resume All Star has helped out one of my students:
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