why online applications are killing your job search
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Peggy McKeeCEO of Career Confidential LLC
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Online applications are a bigissue for almost every job
seeker…
But they are one of the thingsthat makes the job search so
difficult and frustrating.
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So today, we’re going to talk about…
The biggest mistake job seekers make - applying online.
Why applying online doesn’t work.
Tell you how to get out of participating in it.
What you can do with your resume and how you presentyourself so that you stand out.
How you can get more interviews that will give you moreopportunities to get a job.
How to be your absolute best in every interview.
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If you are in the job search right now…
• You probably think that youhave to spend time cruisingthrough Monster orCareerBuilder or another jobboard looking for job listings.
• And then follow whateverdirections they have there toapply online for those jobs.
These online applicationsaren’t helping you get hired.
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4 Critical reasons why applying onlinedoesn’t work:
1. Your application gets swallowedup in that flood of applicants.
2. Spam filters and applicanttracking systems.
3. Human resources is looking forsomeone who is letter perfect.
4. No one is as motivated as thehiring manager.
Not one of those reasons hasanything to do with you!
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3 Areas I need to teach you about…
1 Your resume.
2 How you get interviews.
3 How well you do in those interviews.
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The vast majority of job seekersdo NOT have a good resume.
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A resume is first and foremost…
• A marketing document for you.
• It’s what the employer sees before theymeet you.
• It’s what they use to decide whether ornot to call you in for an interview.
Your resume has to sellyou for the job.
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The key is in how you present thatinformation that makes the difference inwhether it’s an ineffective job history or
an effective marketing document.
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3 Biggest Mistakes:
1 Objective Statements
2 Bullet Points
3 Quantification of Accomplishments
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Objective Statements
• You have to have an objectivestatement on your resume:– Says what job you want to make sure that it
gets sent to the right person.– A good objective statement speaks to the
hiring manager.– If you use keywords from the job description,
it helps your resume get pulled up by theapplicant tracking system.
– Your objective statement helps to sell you forthe job.
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Good example of an effective objectivestatement:
“Marketing expert seeks to use her sciencebackground and record-breaking promotion
strategies to build pharmaceutical brandawareness and revenue.”
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Good example of an effective objectivestatement:
“Marketing expert seeks to use her sciencebackground and record-breaking promotion
strategies to build pharmaceutical brandawareness and revenue.”
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Bullet Points
• Why are bullet points so importanton a resume? They -– Help with Formatting
– Provide White Space
– Draw Your Eye
– Make Your Resume Easier to Read
– Catch Your Attention
Bullet points communicatebetter than paragraphs.
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Where should bullet points go?
• They should go under eachjob that you’ve had.
• You say what the job was, andthen you list bullet pointsunder each job that describewhat you did in that job.
• Always start off bulletpoints with actionwords:– Managed team.– Led campaign.– Organized project.– Improved efficiency.– Reduced turnover.– Won award.
Be specific,achievement-oriented,
and use action words asmuch as you can.
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Quantification of Your Accomplishments
• What does quantification mean?
• It means describing youraccomplishments as much as youcan in terms of:– Numbers– Dollars– Percentages
This is the #1 place where peoplefail to make their resume shine.
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What can you quantify?
• Everything! You can add numbers to describe almost anything:
– How Many Direct Reports You Had
– Production Numbers
– Project Budgets
– Schedules
– Turnover Rate
– How Many Projects You Handled
– Success Rate of Your Projects
– Cost of Projects
– Accuracy
– Rankings
– Sales
– Revenue
– Customer Numbers
– Procedures ThatImproved Something
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Any way you contributed to revenue,growth, or profit for the company canbe described using numbers, dollars,
or percentages.
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“Responsible forbringing in new clients.”
“Brought in 20 newclients in 3 months.”
“Responsible formaintaining accuracy in
company database.”
“Achieved 100% accuracyin 50,000 item database
over 2 years.”
Look at the difference between these twothings:
“Responsible for keepingunits occupied.”
“Maintained 95%occupancy rate over
three years.”
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Get your resume into the hands of theright person.
Position Hiring Manager
Accountant • Director of Accounting• Accounting Manager• CFO
SalesPerson
• Regional Sales Manager• National Sales Manager• District Sales Manager• VP of Sales and Marketing
MarketingPerson
• VP of Marketing• Director of Marketing• Senior Product Manager
Position Hiring Manager
CustomerService
• Customer Service Supervisor• VP of Sales and Marketing
Engineer • Director of Engineering• VP of R and D• Division Manager
Scientist • Principal Investigator• VP of R and D• Division Manager
IT Person • Director of IT• VP of Technology• Manager of Specific Division
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• Who is the right person? The hiring manager.
Getting your resume into the hands ofthose people is…
• How you fight the –– Spam Filter
– Applicant Tracking System
• Online applications put yourresume into the hands of HRpeople.
Send your resume directly to the person who hasthat strong motivation - the hiring manager.
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Human Resources looks for the perfectresume.
• Is yours perfect?
• Do you have exactly whatthey’re looking for?
• The exact words?
• The exact experience?
Online applications are not going to help you getpast HR - they just get you bogged down.
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Why does that work?
• The hiring manager is the one who –– Understands the position best and how your
skills will transfer into it.
– Is more motivated than anyone to fill thatspot.
– Can say “yes.”
HR can’t say “yes.”They can only say “no.”
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How are you supposed to find these hiringmanagers?
• The answer is: research.
• Google them.
• Look for them on LinkedInand Facebook.
• Look on corporate websites.
• Ask your network.
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The key is to find those hiringmanagers who might be apotential boss for you, and
then contact them whether ornot they have a job posted.
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You choose hiringmanagers who could be
your boss at places you’dlike to work and say,
“Hey, here I am, this iswhat I do, this is what I
could do for you. Are youinterested?”
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That might seem pretty bold and scary.
• The reality is that most jobs at anygiven time aren’t listed.
• And that’s another reason onlineapplications are not your best jobsearch move.
• If you only apply online, you aremissing out on a slew of potential jobs.
You just never knowuntil you ask.
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If you contact enough hiringmanagers, you start winning
the job search numbers game.
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How does that work?
Contact 20 HiringManagers
You might hear back from 1 or 2.
Contact 200 HiringManagers
You’ll hear back from 10 or 20.
If you keep contacting them over time, you increaseyour odds even further of finding an opportunity.
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This is the strategy that will get youway more interviews than hours and
hours of filling out onlineapplications. This is what’s going to
get you the results you want.
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And that brings us to the third piece…crushing your interviews.
• What does ‘crushing the interview’mean? It means –
• To Nail It
• To Go Above and Beyond
• Impress Them So Much That TheyOffer You the Job
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How do you do that?
• Crushing the interview requiresthat you:1. Answer the 4 critical questions that
every hiring manager has.
2. Clarify that you have communicatedwhat you think you did and ask for thenext step .
Good interviews come down to communication,and these are both communication issues.
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The 4 critical questions that every hiringmanager has:
1. Do you understand the job?
2. Can you do the job?
3. Will you do the job?
4. Will you pose a risk to his owncontinued employment?
These are all risk-assessmentquestions.
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The way you communicate the criticalthings…
• In the interview is to bring a toolwith you.
• That tool is a 30-60-90-day plan.
• A 30-60-90-day plan is a writtenoutline of your tasks and goals forthe first 3 months on the job.
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First 30 DaysFirst 30 Days Next 30 DaysNext 30 Days Last 30 DaysLast 30 Days
Focuses onTraining or
Learning theSystems or the
Culture
Concentrates onGetting More
Involved in DoingThings on Your
Own
Shows How YouPlan to Start
Making SignificantContributions tothe Company on
Your Own
The more specific you can be to that job andthat company, the better off you are.
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Every single second of that work is worthit because…
• It helps you answer those 4 questions.
• It shows that you –Understand the job even if you’ve never done anything like it before.
Can do the job because you’ve just listed out the specific tasks and howyou’re going to handle those.
Will do the job because you’ve just spent a few hours putting togetherthis in-depth document.
By putting together this plan, you have just eliminated every risk factorin that hiring manager’s mind.
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This plan also helps you communicatebetter with the hiring manager.
• It’s a communication tool for youbecause you won’t just behanding them your list – you’ll:– Go Through it with Them– Ask Questions– Get Input– Discuss
That conversation helps him tovisualize you working for him.
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Visualization is a Powerful Technique
• Sales people use it all the time.
• And you’re doing the same thing.– “I thought I would get this training. Is
that the right one?”
– “I thought that if I tackled this first, itwould make it easier to do X. Do youagree?”
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That hiring manager gets an up-closelook at your critical thinking skills,your knowledge, your drive, your
energy, your enthusiasm for the job…
All those things that don’t fit on yourresume but still have a major impact on
what he thinks of you as a candidate.
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The second thing you need to do to crushthe interview…
• Clarify that you are communicatingwhat you need to communicate.– Does he agree with you or not?
– Is something not clear, or do you need toexplain it further?
– If he’s interested in X, you don’t want totalk about Y, you want to talk about X.
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The final question that you can ask whenyou bring a 30-60-90-day plan:
“If I were to do all the things I have on this plan, do youagree that I would be wildly successful in this job?”
And then you wait for him to answer.
Asking this questionboosts your chances of
getting the job by 30% - 40%
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It’s a sales technique called ‘closing.’
• Sales people use this kind ofquestion all the time.
• This is the “are you in or out”question.
• If you get a “yes, I think you’d bevery successful in this position…”
Then you know without a doubtthat you’ve crushed your interview.
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What if he says, “No,” or “I’m not sure”?
• You know that you haven’t yetcrushed the interview and you haveanother chance.
• Your follow up question is:– “Why?”– “What have I not answered for you?”– “What do you think is holding me back?”
If you hadn’t asked… you’d leave the interviewand you’d never know why you didn’t get the job.
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• A lot of times, it’s something that isjust a misunderstanding.
• It could be that there really is a realobjection and you’re not going toget past it.
• If you don’t ask, you’ll never know.
• Most people come out of theinterview absolutely clueless abouthow they did…
This closing questiontakes care of that.
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And the 30-60-90-day plan itself…
• It’s gotten people job offers whenthey wouldn’t have had a chancebefore.
• These plans are that impressive.They elevate –– Your Game– Your Interview Conversation– They Elevate You as a Candidate
I would never, ever interviewfor a job without one.
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You won’t ever get to this point…
• If you keep doing what you’vealways done: relying on onlineapplications to find a job.
• It’s not enough to rely on onlineapplications.
• They’re killing your chances.
• You have no way of standing out.
If you’re not absolutely perfect,you won’t get a response.
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You’ve got to turn your resume into a marketingdocument instead of just a job history.
There is a different set of people you should becontacting than the ones you have been contactingwith those online applications.
Communicate better in the interview by bringinga 30-60-90-day plan.
Learned to answer those 4 critical questions of allhiring managers.
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All of this is about how to sell yourself forthe job…
• Because the job search is a sales process:
You Are the Product The Cost of YourProduct is Your Salary
Your Customer isthe Hiring Manager
Online applications keep youaway from your customer.
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Contacting the hiring manager directly isgoing straight to your customer.
• They’re the one with a problem to be solved and a need thatyou can fill –– How can you sell yourself to that customer as a solution for their
problem by filling out online applications with a basic job history?
– What’s in it for them?
– Why do they need you?
Those are the questions you answer when youturn your resume into a marketing document and
bring a 30-60-90-day plan to your interview.
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• It’s All About Communication– Can you answer those 4 questions the hiring manager has? Do you understand the job? Can you do the job? Will you do the job? Will you pose a risk to his or her employment?
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