Why employers need to balance their needs with those of the candidates during the hiring process

Recruiters and hiring managers who are trying to attract the best talent to their organizations for premium entry level jobs and paid internships can be in for a tough, long process. They often need to sift through dozens of applications, then conduct a series of interviews to get to typically two or three highly qualified finalists.

Hiring is never easy and can often take a very long time, but taking too long or rushing it too much can be very detrimental both to the candidate and the employer. Successful employers do a lot of things right, including these: Continue Reading

Here’s Why Your Resume Isn’t Helping You to Get Hired

Jessica Holbrook Hernandez of Great Resumes Fast

A resume is a critical element in your job search. In fact, it is the key to helping you to get hired for a position. It’s important to emphasize “help” because the resume typically doesn’t get you hired—but it does help you to score an interview where you can then impress employers enough so that they want to offer you the job.

So, if you’re not getting called in for interviews, what is it about your resume that isn’t doing the trick? Let’s take a look at some of the reasons why your resume may not be helping you to get hired. Continue Reading

Majoring in Employment – College Job Search

“By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be a boss and work twelve hours a day.” – Robert Frost

You are somewhere in your (hopefully) four year college career and, if you’ve not already figured this out, the experience is likely to be different than you envisioned when you began. Whatever your major (and no matter how many times you change your major), your ultimate goal is to have a career in the field of your choice (which is hopefully your dream career). But your four years of college may not be enough to land the job of your choice. Graduation does guarantee a job. On the contrary, your college diploma just means you are now qualified to look for a job. But why wait until you graduate. Why not get a head start on the job hunting process?  To do this, you need to add a second major as early in your college career as possible. Your second major should be Job Search Preparation. Continue Reading

4 Job Hunting Tips for Recent College Grads

· You may have more experience than you realize – While recent college grads are likely to highlight internships and part-time jobs on their resumes, they may not know that many employers will consider volunteer work (53 percent), class work (33 percent), managing activities for sororities or fraternities (26 percent) and sports (20 percent) as relevant experience. One-in-ten employers (12 percent) would also consider social media (personal or school-related blogs, social networking pages) to qualify as relevant experience.

· Expand your network of contacts online and offline – The number one way employers recruit recent college grads is through employee referrals (49 percent) followed by postings on online job sites (42 percent). Continue Reading

7 Reasons Why I.T. Recruiters May Reject Your Resume

A new report from Kovasys IT Recruitment answers a question that many information technology candidates are asking: “Why are the technology recruiters ignoring my resume?” According to Alex Kovalenko, a technical recruiting manager at Kovasys Inc., “If a tech recruiter can not tell within ten seconds that you are worth a call then your resume will go straight into a recycle bin. Keep in mind that at our firm recruiters can review up to 50 resumes every day and can not spend hours reviewing resumes.”

Mr. Kovalenko says that there are seven reasons why IT recruiters could potentially reject your resume and are as follows: Continue Reading

Experience: You Can Find It if You Look in the Right Places

If you are like many people trying to start their careers, your biggest challenge might be limited work experience. Many positions require applicants to have years of related experience in the field. But how can you possibly gain the necessary expertise when you are not even qualified to enter the industry and start working? Still, there are several options that can help you overcome this obstacle, and you can gain the skills and respect you need for an effective job search. Continue Reading

‘Experience comes from Internships’

Internships are essential to getting the experience you need to start your career. If someone would have told me that almost every job prefers that you have done an intern I would have started interning my sophomore year. Most internship’s are non-paid and sometimes very tedious. However, the outcome in the end is that you’ll have experience in your corner when its time to knock out those interviews. One thing to keep in mind is make sure you’re getting the most out of your internship. It’s okay to get coffee, file a few papers, and lick some envelopes. However, make sure you are letting the employer know that you are there to learn. I actually knew a person who done all of those things and more. One day her boss’ cat had gotten scared to death and ran under a car not wanting to come out. Therefore, she called upon her loyal intern on her day off to come and rescue the cat. She came of course, crawled almost all the way under the car becoming covered with oil and dirt and saved the cat. The next day at the office her boss announced to everyone that she was the new Production Assistant. Although that would be great if that could happen to everybody but chances are very slim to none. Therefore, shadow someone at the company who is in a position that you someday hope to be in. Ask if you could even try some of the hands-on skills to help you build the proficiency you need to perform in your career because thats where all of the experience will come from.