Corporate Recruiter Reveals Who Gets Hired and Why

Corporate Recruiter Reveals

Who Gets Hired and Why

By Kelly Smith

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Smashwords Edition

Copyright 2012 KellyStaffingExpert.com

ISBN: 9780982095461

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Happy Job Searching!

Kelly Smith

http://www.KellyStaffingExpert.com

Table of Contents

Detailed Table of Contents

ONE - Resume Secrets

TWO - Job Search Secrets

THREE - Interview Secrets

FOUR - Offer Letter Secrets

FIVE - On-the-Job Secrets

SIX - Red Flags

BONUS : 20 Funny Jokes to Take to Work

Detailed Table of Contents

ONE - Resume Secrets

o 6 Simple Steps to Crafting a Resume

o Tailoring Your Resume for the Job you are Applying for

o Resume Do’s & Don’ts

o Cover letters

o Sample Resumes

o Where to Post your Resume

TWO - Job Search Secrets

o The Job Boards

o How to be Visible to Hiring Authorities

o Your Online Application

o Linkedin

o Indeed

THREE - Interview Secrets

o Help, I Have to Prepare for my Interview!

o Phone Interviews

o Face-to-Face Interviews

o Types of Interviews

o Thank you letters

FOUR - Offer Letter Secrets

o Negotiation

o Accepting the Offer

o Multiple Offers —How to Reject an Offer

o How to Handle the Counter Offer

o How to Handle Rejection

o Why an Offer Might be Rescinded

o Offers to Candidates that hold VISA’s

FIVE - On-the-Job Secrets

o How to Stand Out at Work in a Good Way

o How to Stand Out at Work in a Bad Way

o How to Apply to Internal Jobs

o Internal Salary Negotiations

SIX - Red Flags

o Three Red Flags, One Bad Candidate

o Attitude Flag

o The By-Pass Flag

o Communications Flag

o Examples of Real Life Red Flags

BONUS : 20 Funny Jokes to Take to Work

ONE

Resume Secrets

One of the grand fallacies floating around is that the resume should only be one page long. The majority of seasoned professionals will prepare a resume that is an average of two to three pages long.

* 6 Simple Steps to Crafting a Resume

* Tailoring Your Resume for the Job you are Applying for

* Resume Do’s & Don’ts

* Cover letters

* Sample Resumes

* Where to Post your Resume

6 Simple Steps to Crafting a Resume

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. — Confucius

When it comes to resumes, easy does it. Your resume should be easy to write and easy to read. As a corporate recruiter consultant I review thousands of resumes each year. For the past 15 years I travel the country working alongside hiring managers and human resource professionals assisting them with their recruitment efforts. What hiring authorities are looking for isn’t shading, borders, fancy wording or style but rather substance. Follow these 6 steps to creating your resume and the substance of your background will be revealed.

Step 1 At the top of the page list your name/address/email/phone numbers. Use a readable font size and put your name in bold lettering.

Step 2 Go down two spaces and write in bold capital letters the word: SUMMARY. Underneath the summary list your skills. For example a summary might start off like this: Over ten years of automotive engineering experience. Proficient with MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Lotus Notes. Do not list an objective as it doesn’t reveal any valuable information to the reader and it limits your job prospects.

Step 3 Go down two spaces and write in bold capital letters the following: EMPLOYMENT HISTORY Go down two spaces and on the far left hand side of the paper list the dates of your current or most recent employer. Tab over a few spaces and list the name of your employer. Go to the next line, tab over to align with the employer listed above and list your job title. Put in bold the dates, employer and title. Go to the next line and write out your job duties. You can list your job duties in bullet or paragraph form. If you are having trouble describing your job duties all you have to do is go to any job search site such as Indeed.com and search for your job title. Review some of the jobs from your search on Indeed and use some of the wording listed in the job descriptions, of course make sure you have actually performed the duties that you are writing in your resume. Go down two spaces and begin the process again for your previous employer. Keep listing employers and job duties until you are finished with your employment history. There is no need to list employment history past 10 or 12 years. If you have been employed with one or two employers that spans more than ten years it is ok to list the dates that exceed ten years of employment (see example page 13). Break down the dates with your long term employer listing the progression within the company. If you have experience prior to ten years that you want to mention on your resume you can do so by going down two more spaces from the end of your employment history and in bold capital letters listed on the left side of the paper write: PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE (see example pg 11). Underneath this heading list your employer, job title and a brief one or two sentence description of your job duties.

Step 4 Go down two spaces and list your education and certifications. Do not list college information if you did not receive your degree. If you are currently enrolled in college you can write the college, your degree and major mentioning what your expected graduation date will be (see example pg 11).

Step 5 Go down two spaces and list any volunteer duties you have performed.

Step 6 Go down two spaces and list any relevant professional associations that you belong to.

If you follow these steps you will make your resume easy pickings for the recruiter to call you.

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Sample Blank Resume Template

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Sample Resume Template Filled in with Previous Experience listed

Mark Sample

1000 Anystreet, Anycity, IN 00000

Phone: 555-899-8500 email: anyoneusa@anyemail.com

Summary

Over 10 years experience interviewing Retail professionals for exempt and non-exempt level positions of employment. Utilize Behavorial, Situational and Selection Skills questions during interview process. Over 5yrs recruiting and sourcing Retail professionals via networking, job boards and placement of ads. Experienced with administering exit interviews. Negotiate and extend offers of employment. Familiar with payroll grids. 10yrs experience with building and training successful teams during change, cutbacks and other cost —cutting initiatives. Adept with MS Office, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint. Typing wpm: 55

Employment History

3/08 — 6/10 Lids, Inc (formerly Hatworld, Inc.)

Served as District Manager responsible for personnel and store success at 14 Indiana locations. Oversaw 14 store managers who oversaw a team of 5 sales representatives. Combined sales exceeded 7 Million. Responsible for training and motivating all team members to drive sales and control expenses. Sourced, interviewed, hired and trained top retail professionals to control shrink and maximize profits. Traveled to various sites to motivate, train and oversee store success.

7/06 — 7/07 Scrubs and Beyond

As Regional Sales Manager was responsible for nine locations in six eastern and Midwestern states. Successfully coached, mentored and supervised a staff of nine store managers.

1/01 — 1/06 Casual Male Retail Group

As District Manager was responsible for 13 stores with sales of 9.4 million. Duties included administering performance reviews. Preparing weekly and monthly sales & training reports to be presented to Regional V.P. of Sales. Oversaw payroll controlling. Awarded #2 in Company for conversion. Awarded District 3rd in company for secret shops.

Previous Employment History

2000 — 2001 Vitamin World District Manager

1999 — 2000 Bath & Body District Manager in Training

1989 — 1999 Northern Reflections Regional-District-Store Mgr positions held

Sample Resume Template Filled in with Education Expected Date

LaShauna Example

1000 AnyAvenue, AnyCity, MI 40000

Cell: 555-550-0000 email: lashanafinancepro@email.com

Summary: Seasoned international executive with experience in the following areas:

* Project Management — 6yrs

* Finance Management — 8yrs

* Automotive Engineering — 15yrs

* Utilized SAP (implement/support) — 3yrs

* Kaizen vendor status approved

* PMP certification expected date September, 2010

* Fluent bilingual English/German with proficiency in French & Spanish

EMPLOYMENT:

2002 — Present Auto, Inc. Auburn Hills, MI

Finance Manager

For this Tier 1 automotive supplier specializing in design and engineering, managed the corporate financials, preparation and variance analysis monthly, quarterly, yearly (approximately USD 70 Mil./2008) since 2002 while reporting directly to the President. Provide effective communication with this global organization headquartered in Germany.

* Improved standard and project job costing, wage survey, strategic planning, project management.

* Administered full cycle of accounts receivables/ payables, general ledger, budgeting, forecasting, purchase orders, fixed assets, depreciation values, account and bank reconciliation.

* Responsible for treasury cash activities (maintaining detail relationship with the bank as contact person), internal cash flows within the group’s affiliate U.S. intercompany billings and reconciliations on a global basis.

* Also responsible for standard and project job costing, wage survey, strategic planning, payroll, 401 (k) administration, corporate taxes, and activity based costing with SAP.

* Oversaw 8 employees in Accounting department.

* Successfully prepared for and passed 2 IRS audits.

* Highly experienced in HGB, US GAAP, IFRS

2001 — 2002 Truck, Inc Pontiac, MI

Project Manager

Tier 1 automotive supplier specializing in engineering and production was responsible for managing the concept, design, construction, and implementation of a unique automated assembly line mounting device for heavy equipment for client, John Deere.

* Responsible for operating a budget and negotiation of project plans with the customer.

* Coordinated industrial design and construction of the complete project.

* Provided conversion of financials, planning and management.

* Supervised contractors

* Introduced and was key user of SAP operating system (modules SD & PS).

2000 Tractor, Inc. Detroit, MI

Project Controller (Product Development)

Tier 1 automotive supplier specializing in design and engineering was responsible for project timing, liaison with customer (PSA Peugeot Citroën/France) for the Model Peugeot 206 Station Wagon.

* Coordinated a budget of 10 Mil. DM.

* Controlling for complete car-development projects.

* Consulted directly with French customer.

* Handled all finances for the entire project.

1999 — 2000 cfc-Fördersysteme GmbH Germany

Project Manager

Tier 1 automotive supplier specializing in design and construction/plant engineering, was responsible for Quote / Customer Relation Mercedes Project Berlin/Ludwigsfelde (Germany).

* Converted a contract value of approximately DM 75 Mil.

* Coordinated planning, consulting, clear-up, co-ordination, setting-up and completing entire plants i.e. plant segments in car manufacturers` vehicle assembly.

* Handled planning in view of costs and controlled staff management of entire plant facilities projects.

* Conducted presentations for automotive industry’s plant engineering.

PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT

Brunel Multec GmbH Sales Engineer Services 1999

Magna Zippex Autotechnik GmbH) Project Manager 1996 - 1999

Bleichert, INC.— Sterling Heights, MI Project Management 1994 - 1995

EDUCATION

M.S. Industrial Engineering Univ. of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI

*Expected graduation date May, 2012

B. S. Electrical Engineering Wayne State University Detroit, MI

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Microsoft Office / Windows NT / OS2 / UNIX / IBM AS400 / Novel NetWare, SAP (module SD, MM, PS, FI, CO) - multiple years, Baan, Rembolt-Holzer, Peachtree

ADDITIONAL SKILLS

KAIZEN

PMP — expected certification date — September, 2011

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Sample Resume Template Filled in with Long Term Employer with Progression of Positions

Leslie Sample

4000 Universal, Sample City, CA 90000

Email: 3dLeslie@anyemail.com H: 555-555-5555 C: 555-122-1212

CAREER SUMMARY

Highly experienced 3D CAD designer with over 15 years experience in UG / NX (formerly Unigraphics ) and Teamcenter Engineering. First-hand involvement in establishing CAD and design standards for manufacturing models and engineering drawings, performed extensive software validation testing and conducted UG/NX update classes. Recognized for strong work ethic and consistent quality of performance.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1994 — 2010 GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION

Senior 3D