One of the worst things you can do when looking for a job is LIE on your resume or your website.
Do not underestimate the consequences of misrepresenting yourself to employers and recruiters. Even if it works, it’s only temporary – and once you are found out, the results could be devastating. Why even go there??
What are your values?
What are the skills and qualities you bring to the table?
How do you really feel about work?
What do you really want out of a job?
Answer these questions for yourself, then figure out a way to communicate the answers simply and honestly.
Always use your best judgment when crafting your personal story, but don’t be afraid to TELL THE TRUTH. At the end of the day, you’ll get much further with the real you…
…and the added bonus is huge: and being honest about who you are and what you want from a job will invariably lead to higher job satisfaction or improved overall HAPPINESS…
And isn’t happiness what everyone really wants?
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You only look for a job a few times in your life. Compared with the amount of time you spend actually doing it, investing time and energy in an effective job search repays the effort many times over. Studies show that people who understand and do well at the job search process enjoy substantially more job satisfaction and higher earnings over the course of their careers.
With the amount of your life that you spend at your job, why not pick something that you love? Here is an example of a guy who really loves his work.
Sometimes, you can be so good at your job as to make it look easy… don’t know if that exactly applies here, but it does make us smile to see how easily this gentleman does his daily work. Very efficient, no?
The internet, being an extremely popular source, makes competition for getting that job highly competitive. Get started with your My Online Career Space and let that prospective employer know you are the primary candidate for them. With your own personalized career space you will rise above the rest of the job seekers on the internet.
This Alpha Dog – is an Alpha Job Seeking LIAR: Unprepared references can discredit your work
The first and key reference talked glowingly about her work but then undercut her by challenging his work on a key project.
“My own CIO at my company actually disputed two facts on my resume! When one of the reference checkers called, they found out that I had given him an old version of a resume,” said Alex. “He really did not know that I handled the fix of a very large financial institution in the way I did.”
So he said that I had not participated in the IS Manhattan Based Project as it was called. He suggested that – and it ended up looking like:
“I lied on my resume without saying explicitly that I lied. To my own discredit, I never gave him a copy of my new resume, and because I was in such a rush to bail out of the company, I just did not communicate what I actually did in the last part of my tenure.”
Lessons:
Do not assume anything.
Closely coach and counsel your references to ensure you both agree on what will be said if someone calls.
Get agreement on key achievements and resume points.
Make sure you take time to copy the reference on your latest resume.
To see how these lessons play out, watch this video:
The internet, being an extremely popular source, makes competition for getting that job highly competitive. Get started with your My Online Career Space and let that prospective employer know you are the primary candidate for them. With your own personalized career space you will rise above the rest of the job seekers on the internet.
The internet, being an extremely popular source, makes competition for getting that job highly competitive. Get started with your My Online Career Space and let that prospective employer know you are the primary candidate for them. With your own personalized career space you will rise above the rest of the job seekers on the internet.
You may hate your job. You may want to quit. You may want to look to do it with some class… as these upcoming examples show, the impression can last a long time.
1. Bikini Girl Inspired Me to Quit
Kevin Nalty, who used to be the consumer product director for Propecia at Merck Pharmaceuticals, used American Idol and his bare chest to leave his job in order to pursue an online video career. While Big Pharmaceutical to YouTube might sound like the worst career move ever, after viewing his resignation video, we have to think the US Health care system got the best of that transaction:
Last night Katrina Darrell sang Mariah Carey’s “Treated Me Kind” on American Idol 2009. Her song inspired me to quit the full-time job as a Product Director at Merck. Thanks to my Merck friends and co-workers for tolerating me!
I was the consumer marketing director on Propecia for hairloss. Shut up, okay? You should see my brother’s hairline.
Gotta do what you love, and trust the money to follow. Should have listened to that advice right out of school. Not too late for some of you.
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2. Star Wars Naked Guy
Sometimes the best way to say “I’m leaving” is by waving around a naked penis. Or by filming a video using the Star Wars crawl to describe how you would have sex with everyone in the office, and then waving around your naked penis obscured by a clown face. OK, that’s never the best way to say anything, but don’t tell that to this guy:
As he puts it “Thank you Emakinian”:
3. Manager with a [bad] song:
If you’re going to quit, you might as well do it in front of a bunch of people so somebody can describe you in detail to the police. The below Moe’s manager decided to dance to “Ice Ice Baby,” a song that somehow expressed his desire to pursue better employment with lyrics like, “the girls were hot wearing less than bikinis,” and “wax a chump like a candle.”
4. Intentionally Poor Performance Review: The writing may be on the wall… and in some cases, the writing may be literal,
but failing a performance review is another bad way on which to leave a job:
5. Bombing the computer network: There is a fine line between brilliance and stupidity, way number five will definitely leave you without a future reference.
The internet, being an extremely popular source, makes competition for getting that job highly competitive. Get started with your My Online Career Space and let that prospective employer know you are the primary candidate for them. With your own personalized career space you will rise above the rest of the job seekers on the internet.
2009 is coming to an end but it certainly doesn’t mean the job market will get a fresh start. Although 2010 might be a much better year than what 2009 was, let’s face it, it certainly isn’t going to create jobs out of nowhere or eliminate layoffs altogether. We are sure when the January numbers are released in February, we will see some signs of recovery but the market will be far from being out of the woods. We have a long way to go. Traditional job hunting tactics will always yield results, but when all else fails it’s time to tap into unconventional ways. Sometimes you just have to think outside the box and step out of your comfort zone.
If you have been looking for jobs for quite some time and have yet to land a job, it may be time to try something new. It’s time to think outside the box and give unconventional job search a try. Here are a few ways to take your job search to the next level this coming year.
Put Facebook Ads To Use
You just can’t ignore a platform that has over 350 million users. Out of those 350 million people using Facebook to connect, a large chunk comprises of companies and hiring managers looking for an ideal candidate. What if you made it easier for them to find you? Facebook ads can help you do just that.
Creating a Facebook ad is pretty straightforward. If you have a Facebook account, you can visit the advertisements page and create one. This feature allows you to pin point your target market. If you are looking for a job in tech industry, choose your keywords so your ad is shown to people who are in that particular industry. Of course there are no guarantees, but again, there are no guarantees when you send out resumes either. When conventional methods fail, it’s time to try out a few unconventional ways and this certainly is one of them.
Creating job search ads on Facebook isn’t something new. Many have tried with decent success. In September 2008, OneDayOneJob.com released a case study on how some job hunters are using Facebook ads to be seen by employers. The results were quite impressive. Creating a Facebook ad is pretty cheap and definitely something you should try if you’ve been looking for jobs for quite some time.
Become a Walking ‘For Hire’ Banner
It can be intimidating to put a banner around your neck and walk on a busy street. Many even claim that it’s a sign of desperation and employers don’t like to hire candidates who are desperate. But when you haven’t had a job for a while and it has come down to putting food on the table, it’s time to take control of the situation.
Unconventional ways aren’t easy and some will appreciate and many will criticize. At the end of the day, it’s you who matters. Go ahead and do what Leah Hannah did in August of 2009, she turned herself into a walking ‘for hire’ sign. If you have experience and can prove a employer you are capable, an unconventional job search certainly won’t be something that will cost you a job offer.
Not for the faint of heart but if you are who dares to give it all, be a walking banner. Hit the busy streets and hope a hiring manager sees and appreciates your effort.
Create a Business Card That Serves as a Resume
A resume doesn’t always have to be stored somewhere on the web, nor does it always have to be on a A4 size piece of paper. You can create a business card for pretty cheap. It is much easier to hand out business cards than it is to hand out a full size resume. They are easy to carry around, and people you hand it to usually have easy access to them. They look neat as there is no reason to fold them and all the other reasons that make normal size resume hard to hang on to, especially for individuals.
Paula Gray did exactly that in Las Vegas. She had some business card made with information about her qualification and the kind of job she was looking for. But that’s not all, she literally took matters on her own hands and hit the street. She handed these ‘business cards’ to any passing vehicle she could hoping that either them or someone they know might be looking for someone like her to hire. That takes some guts and certainly shows she has a strong desire to make things happen.
Definitely unconventional and way out of the box thinking. We hope she has landed the job because her efforts sure do tell us she is deserving. Watch the video below.
Those are some unconventional ways you can try to search for jobs in 2010. Although taking job search to that extreme may not guarantee a job, they will certainly give you some exposure. If lucky, you might get mentioned on local news channels and there’s always social media channels ready to help you spread the word. What do you think? Is unconventional job search something that we might be seeing more of in 2010? Also do you have any other examples of unconventional job search stories? Share with us.
The internet, being an extremely popular source, makes competition for getting that job highly competitive. Get started with your My Online Career Space and let that prospective employer know you are the primary candidate for them. With your own personalized career space you will rise above the rest of the job seekers on the internet.
The internet, being an extremely popular source, makes competition for getting that job highly competitive. Get started with your My Online Career Space and let that prospective employer know you are the primary candidate for them. With your own personalized career space you will rise above the rest of the job seekers on the internet.
2009 is coming to an end but it certainly doesn’t mean the job market will get a fresh start. Although 2010 might be a much better year than what 2009 was, let’s face it, it certainly isn’t going to create jobs out of nowhere or eliminate layoffs altogether. We are sure when the January numbers are released in February, we will see some signs of recovery but the market will be far from being out of the woods. We have a long way to go. Traditional job hunting tactics will always yield results, but when all else fails it’s time to tap into unconventional ways. Sometimes you just have to think outside the box and step out of your comfort zone.
