Are Recruiters Reading Your Resume
ere's one email that is submitting your resume they never very popular in my inbox. actually contact you. But you can perhaps see why. They The story goes like this.... want to manage incoming resumes as cost-effectively as possible, "I submitted my resume at the even if it means potentially site of , but other than a thank missing out on some great you email, never heard back. I candidates. have a lot of good skills and a solid education, why did I not So instead of employing people to hear back..." read resumes, at best, they usually have an internal The main reason... recruiter or recruiters search the database based on keywords. The resume wasn't even read. If your resume comes up on the first page of the search results, Let me explain... all major and great... if not, unlucky. mid-sized companies have built career sections on their That's why a better way to do it Websites. is to reach decision makers directly. By doing so, the It often tells you about how chances of your resume being read great their company is, and how by the right person are greatly wonderful it is to work there. increased. They encourage you to submit your resume and send you a note back So, in addition to looking on the thanking you. career section, take a look at the company's news stories, or This all sounds wonderful... press releases. Here you will until you realize that after typically find the names of key
people that you can contact the sales director. directly. In addition, the business section You are looking to send your of your local library is full of resume to the person that you information on companies and the would report into, or to the names of people within those person above that. So, a sales companies. A good librarian can manager would typically target be invaluable in saving you time.
About the Author:
Robert Odhams is founder of Executive resume sending service http://www.executivetrumpet.com and CV sending service http://www.cvtrumpet.co.uk. Robert is a former global corporate recruiter and has experience with recruiting at all levels.
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