Tuesday, November 27, 2007

How Do You Want Someone to Contact You?

The job market, by definition, is competitive. You compete with people for interviews. You compete with people to get their attention? By the time you are hired, you have fought off many challenges. Many more than you will ever be told about.

So why don't you put a telephone number on your resume?

You don't want to receive a call at work? OK.

How about one at home? No, huh.

And your cell phone? Don't want to run up your minutes. I see.

How do you expect someone to evaluate whether you are worth interviewing? By your resume alone?

how do you expect the interview to be coordinated between the various parties? Oh, you are available at 12.15 for 30 minutes.

No phone number. No interview. It is as simple as that. Figure outa way to let people comtact you and then stick with it.

Personally, with a young child at home, I don't work 24x7 so I rarely make evening calls to screen someone. I save those for scheduling interviews, debriefing interviews and presenting job offers.

Maybe you'll find a beginner who will call at night . . . but then you'll complain about the poor service you receive.

And it all started off with not putting your number on the resume.


Jeff Altman

The Big Game Hunter
 Concepts in Staffing
thebiggamehunter@cisny.com

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Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter, is Managing Director with Concepts in Staffing, a New York search firm, He has successfully assisted many corporations identify management leaders and staff in many disciplines since 1971. He is a retired certified leader of the ManKind Project, a not for profit organization that assists men with life issues, and a practicing psychotherapist.

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