I think we can all agree that job searching it's really hard which is why
we brought in the expert today to talk about four recruiter pet peeves
that you definitely want to avoid while you're job searching.
And you want to stay tuned until the end because we've got lots of free goodies for you to download.
I'm Lauren McGoodwin, founder and CEO of Career Contessa—the only career site built for women.
And I'm Madeline Mann I head up HR and recruiting in the tech industry and I also have my own YouTube channel called Self Made Millennial
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#1 Not making clarifying statments.
so we all think that there is certain things that have to go on a
resume and while that's true a lot of people forget that the resume is a great
opportunity to explain a few things that might actually get you accidentally
disqualified such as let's say you have a gap in your resume and you just put
one line saying you know spent two years taking care of my mother on her deathbed
like that is totally understandable or if you're looking to relocate somewhere
say you know moving to LA in three weeks you don't have to just put your address
and hope that they assume that right right or even if you have maybe a
pattern recently of leaving jobs pretty quickly actually and a lot of people
they leave their job because they got laid off for their company ran out of
funding or it was a contract role just write that right down your resume so
people don't assume I actually saw it was a great story
right it makes you human yeah so I consider resume sprang that approach
where people think applying is a numbers game so you just look up every single
job that kind of looks like something you'd want and apply apply apply now I
had to put this on the list because it is so incredible how prevalent it is
right and it's as you know it's pretty obvious when you see a resume that
obviously is not tailored they don't know who this company is they're
shooting it off and so one thing I've actually done is we had an internship
role opened and I put on the Job Description please in your cover letter
right the price of aetherium for this date now you could you could find the
price of aetherium with a simple google search you don't need to you know go
crazy for this but guess how many people did not do that 80% and so if you can
just be part of that 20% that takes extra step to reach out to the company
or make your resume personalized or show that you are specifically interesting
that company you're now competing with only 20% of people
you know yes so one thing when you get a job offer
something I actually see it a lot are people saying you know I would really
like a higher salary because I'm looking to work closer to the beach I live close
to the beach I want I just bought a new condo I need to pay for that I you know
I even though making career transition I would like to just make more than I was
making before even though this job is completely different these are all
reasons that in your heart makes sense but it's not something you
want to lay on the employer right right and so instead focus on your value right
like your transferable skills the things that you bring to the table and also one
thing that I've seen a lot of milk and it's do that I think a lot more female
candidates could do is talk about the future right so talk about how okay
here's all the value I have today but here's also what I can provide in the
future if you invest in me I can you know the here's what I view and so I
think that get it out of your head of yourself focus on the company and that
value
and also people should be prepared because you are gonna talk about
salaries damage job application process and the autopilot is going to come up so
you should know right number four be persistent follow up ok mouth it's a
number or you said is more maybe not really a pet peeve but more something
you want more people what is that right so people actually think that pestering
a recruiter following up hey where am I at they think that that is a pet peeve
but that is actually a total lie recruiters and hiring managers really
appreciate the candidates who follow up because persistence gets jobs this shows
that you really want the job it shows that you are a go-getter you
don't wait till something happens it shows that you really really prioritize
this job and want it
we're naturally gonna want to give down the offer like nobody wants to be yes
and you all would be surprised at how often that is how the choice is made in
the the question I get a lot is how do I follow up like I don't know exactly what
to say and so since I get the question so much I put together a PDF where it's
literally you can just copy and paste these emails just four different emails
both different email sent to hiring manager and also recruiters and so I
will share that with all the viewers for you all to download
yes absolutely. so you can download that.
my favorite follow up. I always joke, like, they're going to put this on my tombstone.
"I'm just following up." Or, "I'm just circling back."
Like, if you have to get creative with your following-up because you don't like the word following up,
"circle back" is a good one. A lot of good options.
But I think being persistent is fantastic. You don't have to email them every day
you know, once a week is great but I totally agree that the people who you never hear from again
you're like, I guess they're not that interested in the job.
And going back to your earlier point,
you want to make sure that they're not assuming anything, you want to be really clear.
exactly and if they don't say yes it's not a yes and if they don't say no it's not
Great advice. Well, Madeline, thank you so much for coming over
to the Career Contessa YouTube Channel today
and sharing your four pet peeves.
It's always just really nice to hear from a recruiter
because you guys know, this is really happening.
Be sure to download her free worksheet
it's gonna be in the description below.
And we're actually going to be over on Madeline's YouTube channel, Self Made Millennial
talking about how to ask for a raise.
So go check that out as well.
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