Want to Get Hired?

Consider what the employer is seeking

It’s a given. You can’t do a job search without a resume. Can you get by without a cover letter? In some cases, yes, you can. Other times, not so much. No matter what, they’re both important.

What about networking? Another given. A crucial element of any job search is networking. You have to work your network. You have to expand your network. Your network can unearth many diamond-in-the-rough opportunities about which you never knew existed.

We could go on from there but, suffice it to say, there’s a lot that goes into your job search. And the importance of each element will rise and fall from one job seeker to another, from one opportunity to another. One never knows.

A silver bullet?

But when all is said and done, there is still one basic truth in job seeking. After all the cover letters have been drafted; after all the resumes have been tweaked and perfected; after all time and effort that is invested in networking, it all comes down to this one thing.

Employers are hiring you, not your resume (or anything else.) Ask any recruiter and they’ll tell you the same thing: people hire people.

You can have perfected all of the above elements and so many more that we can’t even mention them all, yet it all comes down to you. You are what the employers are taking a risk on. You are what the employers are investing their time, money and effort into.

They’re hiring you because of what you can bring to the table. They’re hiring you because of what they feel that you can do for them. If you can convince them that you will solve their pain, you’ve got a lock.

Resumes are just pieces of paper. They can’t solve problems. But, you can.

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