Have you sent dozens of resumes without a callback? How about hundreds of resumes? If you have been applying for jobs without not a lot of success you are not alone, most job applicants complain about exactly the same thing. Lot’s of application, lot’s of resumes, no interviews, no callbacks.

Sometimes you apply to that perfect job. A job that you saw online or on the newspaper and seems perfect for you and you perfect for it. You have the desire, the expertise and the experience. You even write a customized introduction letter and you tweak your resume to fit the job description. You apply to this perfect job and you are sure they will call you back for an interview. You wait for that call and wait and wait. Nothing! No calls, no emails, just nothing.

What is wrong? Why don’t you get any callbacks? Is it you or is it them? Don’t worry, it’s not you. I’ve been on both sides of the job process and anytime I was hiring I received hundreds of resumes. It’s not easy to go through all of those resumes quickly and effectively. It is not easy to get back to every single applicant to give them feedback, or to tell them why they did not make the cut.

How do hiring managers go through resumes? Most likely they make 3 piles. One pile has the “No way” resumes, the other pile has the “Maybe” resumes and the good pile has the “Call back” resumes. This is important because hiring managers make this decision in about 5 seconds. Yes, five seconds to look over a resume and make a decision either to send it to the good pie or the bad pile.

You have to write your resume thinking that your first sale is to make it to the “Call back” pile, not to actually get the job. After you make it to the “Call back” pile you have to sell an interview. Here, in the interview is where you sell yourself for the job.

How do you ensure a callback? By listening to my free audio conferences on how to get a job fast by clicking this link

If you would like to use LinkedIn to find your next job make sure to see the advanced linkedIn seminar here

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Why do YOU want to compare job hunting to a sales process?

1: Sales Process has best practices. In other words, they have steps that you can follow and repeat and get the same results over and over again

2: Confidence. When you compare a Sales Process with Job Hunting you have expectations and it will help with your morale

-A Resume is a Sales Letter
-A Call to a company is a Cold Call
-An Interview is a Sales Meeting
-A follow up call is a Sales Call
-A follow up note is a Sales Thank You Letter

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Learn how to get a job NOW using the social network LinkedIn.com Learn how to treat your job or employment hunt like a sales process and get your dream job today. After you identify the perfect job for you don’t forget to follow up. It is not enough to send a resume or an email. Try to find a connection in the company, follow up with a phone call, be active, and make sure your resume goes to the “A” pile and not to the “B” or “C” pile or resumes.
LinkedIn for Marketing Teleseminar - Radio Show Details

Tomorrow, Thursday March 12 at 3 PM PST 6 PM EST

Listen on the Web:
www.BlogTalkRadio.com/LinkedInForMarketing  

Listen over the Phone:
Phone: (646) 200-4444
Show ID: 422973

If you decide to listen over the web you will be able to ask question as we have a chat tool!

If you miss the live event come back to listen the recording

You can find Part 1 of the teleseminar here http://linkedinformarketing.com/how-to-get-a-job-now/

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LinkedIn is one of the best places online or offline to find a new job. You just need to navigate this professional network so you don’t waste your time.

LinkedIn is full of Hiring Managers and Head Hunters. What is the problem? Most of them don’t post jobs in the job section of LinkedIn. You have to find them and their jobs.

Fill out your profile completely including
-Photo
-Job History
-Education
-Ask for Recommendations

Join Groups
-Join Local Groups
-Join HR Groups where headhunters are
-Join Industry Groups by Industry and Position
–Industry like Construction, or Retail
–Position like Architects, or Programmers, or Financial Analysts
–Your can apply directly from LinkedIn

Be an open networker
-Put “open networker’ on your profile
-This will allow hiring managers and recruiters to contact you

Use the Job section to find jobs in your area
-Search by location or position
-Contact the hiring manager
-Contact other people in your network in that company

Look for job postings in Groups
-Enter groups and click on Discussions and Jobs
-Contact the job poster directly

Contact Recruiters in your network
-Look at your connections
-Look at your groups
-Look for jobs in their profile

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This week our free teleconference will be on how to use LinkedIn to get a new or a better job or simply network to make your information available to recruiters and hiring managers.

It is not easy finding a job in a down economy. This is why you need an edge, you need visibility to the right people, as many people, in order to get the most exposure to your skills and your resume.

We will go over how to use LinkedIn for Self Promotion in the job marketplace with easy usable strategies you can apply in 15 minutes after the teleconference.

As you probably heard already the social network, or professional network LinkedIn.com has a very large concentration of hiring managers and headhunters. The problem is not all of them post jobs on this or other job posting networks. How can you contact them? How can they contact you? We’ll cover very active and passive approaches to finding a job NOW.
LinkedIn for Marketing Teleseminar - Radio Show Details

Tomorrow, March 5 at 3 PM PST 6 PM EST

Listen on the Web:
www.BlogTalkRadio.com/LinkedInForMarketing

Listen over the Phone:
Phone: (646) 200-4444
Show ID: 422973

If you decide to listen over the web you will be able to ask question as we have a chat tool!

Don’t forget to sign up for our LinkedIn For Marketing Newsletter to get free videos, audios and strategy once per week.

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Reid Hoffman, the CEO of Linkedin.com was on CNN yesterday talking about LinkedIn and giving tips on how to use it. The interview lasted about 15 minutes and covered social network, professional networks, and job hunting.

Most impressively the CNN announced that LinkedIn currently has 36 million members around the world. That’s incredible if you consider a few months ago it only had 28 million members. How is this possible? Simple, LinkedIn has a new signup every single second.
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The CEO says LinkedIn is perfect for finding information or to find a job. You can also post question on business strategy. For example, Mr. Hoffman asked on LinkedIn where he should open his European office. He got good tips like cities with multiple international flights.

To find a job he says “Applicants with complete profiles, recommendations and connections are getting highest response rates when applying for jobs. You can get an edge when finding a job by connecting to the hiring manager”.

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