Are you tapping into the unadvertised job market? Do you know how? Are you growing your network on LinkedIn? Do you know how to tweak the keywords in your resume based on the job?
The Wooden Group’s one-hour “Get Hired” workshop is every Thursday at noon where we’ll discuss how you can improve your marketability, make your resume stand out, figure out the best way to network, improve your interviewing skills…and more!
We cover all aspects of a job search. Workshop content is largely driven by you – the attendee. So, bring your questions!
The Wooden Group’s office is located in the Broyhill Office Suites on Clemmons Road next to the Clemmons Public Library.
Seating is limited, so call 336.793.8040 or email randy@woodengroup.com to confirm your spot.
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By: Randy Wooden
From time to time I see catchy seminar titles surrounding what employers are really looking for. And while there’s room for disagreement, for my money an employer focuses on skills and your attitude, and not necessarily in that order.
Attitude, or enthusiasm, is perhaps the single most important personal quality you can possess in terms of getting people to like you. Think about it. Among your friends, do you hang out with negative or dull people? In hiring, like with much of life, our emotions guide us. Take relatively equal candidates and the one most liked will probably generate the offer.
Enthusiasm means everything from being energetic and smiling to preparing by asking substantive questions to doing your homework on the company to dressing appropriately to arriving in plenty of time to sending a thank you note.
Skills can mean your job specific experience or exhibiting sufficient transferable skills. An employer needs to know that you have either previously done the work or have the ability to pick things up quickly. In future articles I’ll discuss how to talk about your skills in ways meaningful to an employer.
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By: Randy Wooden
Ever say these words to someone? “Right, OK, I understand, that makes sense, sounds good, sure.”
Now be honest. By the time you’d uttered any of those words you’d mentally moved on past what the other person was saying. And those words were your not-so-subtle hints to the person to stop talking.
As an interviewee we often possess a combination of nerves and a desire to do an information puke all over the employer. It’s the old adage, “Throw enough against the wall and something will stick.” We mistakenly think that since we weren’t interrupted (as we would normally be in peer-to-peer conversation) that the employer wants to hear more. So we drone on and on and on and… Mistake!
When the employer gives you those “word cues” my best advice is to end in another sentence or so. Then, ask the employer whether that addressed his question or whether he wanted you to provide more information. I’ll bet my dollar to your penny his answer will be along the lines of, “No, you’re fine.”
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