Comments on: Monday Must-Reads: Career McNuggets http://www.mscareergirl.com/2010/01/31/monday-must-reads-career-mcnuggets/ Marketing to Gen Y Women. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:01:05 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Nicole Crimaldi http://www.mscareergirl.com/2010/01/31/monday-must-reads-career-mcnuggets/comment-page-1/#comment-5109 Nicole Crimaldi Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:44:52 +0000 http://www.mscareergirl.com/?p=1987#comment-5109 Rob, I was thinking the same thing after I read it. I'm glad you commented about this. I agree that there can be severe misrepresentation. At the same time, this applies more to doing searches through corporate recruiters or big companies computerized recruiting systems. I think smaller businesses or referral sources are much more likely to look at YOU rather than these rigid criteria. If you ARE looking for a very specific Corporate job then you know how to "play it." In other words: -You have more luck finding a job that fits you and that you love by getting that job through a person rather than a computer system that only searches keywords of your resume. -Recruiters should take EXTRA caution when interviewing candidates to make sure this person really is the right person for the job. -If you are desparate for work, you know how to work it to get a phone call.... Rob, I was thinking the same thing after I read it. I’m glad you commented about this.

I agree that there can be severe misrepresentation. At the same time, this applies more to doing searches through corporate recruiters or big companies computerized recruiting systems. I think smaller businesses or referral sources are much more likely to look at YOU rather than these rigid criteria. If you ARE looking for a very specific Corporate job then you know how to “play it.”

In other words:

-You have more luck finding a job that fits you and that you love by getting that job through a person rather than a computer system that only searches keywords of your resume.
-Recruiters should take EXTRA caution when interviewing candidates to make sure this person really is the right person for the job.
-If you are desparate for work, you know how to work it to get a phone call….

]]> By: Rob http://www.mscareergirl.com/2010/01/31/monday-must-reads-career-mcnuggets/comment-page-1/#comment-5107 Rob Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:44:06 +0000 http://www.mscareergirl.com/?p=1987#comment-5107 While it’s nice to understand exactly how some recruiters operate, part of me fears that the more people know about this stuff, the more fake they come off. And like one of the posts mentions, what you end up with is severe career misrepresentation because people are trying to cater their applications specifically to what they think the recruiters want to see. Companies don’t want to hire robots, do they? That’s how it seems like a lot of people now approach the job search when they read about how they “should” be structuring their applications. While it’s nice to understand exactly how some recruiters operate, part of me fears that the more people know about this stuff, the more fake they come off. And like one of the posts mentions, what you end up with is severe career misrepresentation because people are trying to cater their applications specifically to what they think the recruiters want to see. Companies don’t want to hire robots, do they? That’s how it seems like a lot of people now approach the job search when they read about how they “should” be structuring their applications.

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