{"id":448,"date":"2006-11-20T08:29:00","date_gmt":"2006-11-20T14:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/?p=448"},"modified":"2006-11-20T08:29:33","modified_gmt":"2006-11-20T14:29:33","slug":"how-to-stand-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/11\/how-to-stand-out\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Stand Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are sourcing many different positions right now so my antennae are up regarding resumes, phone calls and emails. At times, the responses can be overwhelming. Or underwhelming. Just yesterday I received a stammering voicemail about a position in which the candidate said they were going to send an email with their resume. I&#8217;m still waiting.<\/p>\n<p>I received another call a couple weeks ago in which the candidate wanted to fax a resume to me for a technical position. I told him he could email it to me instead. He said he doesn&#8217;t have email.<\/p>\n<p>It seems apparent to me that their is no more odd time in a hiring process than sourcing. On that topic, CareerJournal.com offers up a short Q &#038; A article titled <a href=\"http:\/\/www.careerjournal.com\/columnists\/qanda\/strategies\/20061120-qandastrategies.html?mod=RSS_Career_Journal&#038;cjrss=frontpage\" target=\"_blank\">Do&#8217;s and Don&#8217;ts for Emailing Cover Letters and Resumes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The multiple questions are topical and one stands out to me:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Will employers frown on replying to job ads from my work email?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That is an excellent question and I agree with the author&#8217;s answer:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Using your business address may not be wise for another reason: It shows potential employers that you don&#8217;t hesitate to use your company&#8217;s resources for personal gain.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I realize many employees use laptops and capture their work emails from their home network too (myself included). However, the use of work email for personal job hunting has the appearance of lacking respect for corporate property. Whether accurate or not, I often view these candidates as lacking discretion too.<\/p>\n<p>On to a different topic with a solid answer:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>As for cover letters, don&#8217;t attach one unless an employer specifically requests it, because employers don&#8217;t have time to open and read them, says Christine Goodson, director of talent sourcing for SPX Corp., an industrial manufacturer in Charlotte, N.C., employing about 15,000. <\/p>\n<p>Use your email text as a very brief cover letter, Ms. Goodson says. Just say in about three sentences why you are the best person for the opening and offer your phone number.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If you have read <em>The Hire Sense<\/em> for any period of time, you know I have a weakness for poorly worded cover emails. Yet, Ms. Goodson is right &#8211; keep it concise, direct, well-written and you will stand out.<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, a topic that is of great importance in our world:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>She&#8217;s also impressed by applicants who <strong>follow up their emails to job postings with a phone call<\/strong>, even when an ad says not to call. Ms. Goodson says only about one person in 25 calls to ask if she has reviewed their resume. &#8220;It makes a difference,&#8221; she says. &#8220;I can think of several hires we made because someone took the initiative to call and point me to their resume.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Remarkably, the phone call has almost become &#8220;old school&#8221; in the hiring process. In sales sourcing, the phone call is crucial to size up the candidate&#8217;s abilities. I&#8217;ve written this before, but if you are currently filtering candidates by their resume and then bringing them in for a face-to-face interview, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.selectmetrix.com\/Process_Main.html\" target=\"_blank\">there is a better way<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are sourcing many different positions right now so my antennae are up regarding resumes, phone calls and emails. At times, the responses can be overwhelming. Or underwhelming. Just yesterday I received a stammering voicemail about a position in which the candidate said they were going to send an email with their resume. I&#8217;m still waiting. I received another call a couple weeks ago in which the candidate wanted to fax a resume to me for a technical position. I told him he could email it to me instead. He said he doesn&#8217;t have email. It seems apparent to me that their is no more odd time in a hiring&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/11\/how-to-stand-out\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,16,13,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hiring","category-hiring-salespeople","category-resumes","category-sourcing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-7e","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2558,"url":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2015\/04\/revealing-resumes\/","url_meta":{"origin":448,"position":0},"title":"Revealing Resumes","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"April 8, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"We run a systematic hiring process for sales positions.\u00a0 We have refined the process over the past 14 years and have it optimized (even though when we started we were writing newspaper employment ads!).\u00a0 As part of any hiring process, you have to receive resumes of respondents to the ad.\u00a0\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Communication&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Communication","link":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/communication\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2488,"url":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2011\/06\/resume-writing\/","url_meta":{"origin":448,"position":1},"title":"Resume Writing","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"June 3, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"I am filtering through many resumes right now and having a wonderful time examining some of the unique stylings of candidates.\u00a0 Some flavor: -One candidate listed his core competencies\u2026TWENTY FOUR of them -Another stated this, \u201cSubject Matter Expert in dilemma analysis.\u201d -Another misspelled his name \u2013 his name Never ceases\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hiring&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hiring","link":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":911,"url":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/05\/the-can-vs-cant-approach\/","url_meta":{"origin":448,"position":2},"title":"The Can vs. Can&#8217;t Approach","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"May 11, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"One client of ours told me a sales hiring story that led them to us. 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He chose a salesperson with a glowing resume who absolutely won him\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Assessing&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Assessing","link":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/assessing\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/windowslivewriterthecanvs.cantapproach-63b4j04001816.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2387,"url":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2010\/08\/3-years-and-a-cloud-of-dust-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":448,"position":3},"title":"3 Years And A Cloud Of Dust","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"August 3, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"My apologies for co-opting Woody Hayes\u2019 saying, but I am from Ann Arbor and couldn\u2019t stand the guy anyway.\u00a0 I\u2019m wondering what the Great Recession is going to do to resumes.\u00a0 What I mean is this \u2013 many people have shortened tenures nowadays (especially Gen Y).\u00a0 3 years is turning\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hiring&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hiring","link":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":317,"url":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/09\/resume-errors\/","url_meta":{"origin":448,"position":4},"title":"Resume Errors","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"September 21, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Resumes have been a popular topic for us this week. 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