📢 Candidates! The job market is tough right now, but your activity will lead to positive results…
The key is to create small wins everyday by following up. A good follow up is not always discussed, but it’s your key to standing out. The average job seeker does a quantitative blitz of the marketplace, thinking it’s about volume of send outs. True to some extent, but a well thought-out and personalized follow-up to a decision maker (HR or hiring manager) is important to gaining momentum, and landing that dream role.
I speak with job seekers regularly and the most common frustration stems from a lack of responses from decision makers. These are the types that will accept a position that they are not truly interested in, and end up quitting shortly thereafter 🤔
Stop treating the job search like a mind-numbing numbers game. Instead, approach it like a Consultant. Make your outreach directed and customized to the organization’s you’d like to work for. When you’ve applied via a posting or through a referral, follow up at least 3 days later. Empathy dictates that the hiring manager is inundated with applications, and time is a scarce resource for them. We’re also dealing with AI generated screening mechanisms that rule you out based on prompts from the company.
Differentiate yourself by showing hiring managers how much you care.
You are more than just a resume đź“ś
Here’s an example of a concise, yet effective follow up ⤵️
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Hello, Mike – I am a Project Manager with 10 years in the plastics industry. I am presently employed for ABC Plastics, and I am steps away from acquiring my PMP designation. I am interested in learning more about the following advertised vacancy on your team:
▶️ Program Manager, Injection Molding
I followed the necessary steps to be considered for this position through your online posting, but I wanted to take an additional step by sending this email to you personally.
You have my resume, so please let me know how we can coordinate another step to be introduced.
Thank you.
Troy Saddler
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Talent Search Partners, Inc. was designed to empower job seekers and to allow decision makers to sleep better at night 🛌💤