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I have learned something recently that every job seeker out there needs to know. When you send a resume to a hiring manager or recruiter for a specific position you probably believe you have now been included in the companies search for a candidate for that position. The problem is, most companies don’t look at it that way. They are looking for reasons to exclude you. First he or she wants to cut down that three inch stack of  resumes to a manageable size. With a forty second pass on your resume, if you’re lucky, you are being scanned for reasons to be placed in the circular floor file (trash can).  Even when they get down to twenty resumes for one position, the process continues. For what reason can I exclude this candidate?  The winnowing goes on until there is a manageable pile that the company wants to call in for face to face interviews. Remember you are, more then likely, not the only one coming in for an interview. If you think they are now looking for reasons to keep you, start at the top of this article and read it again. The process continues. Should you get the job offer, you were simply not excluded. Scary, maybe, but that is how the game is played.  How do I know this, because I have discovered the “Grail”.  It may not be holy, but it’s a grail none the less.

It’s called “HeadHunter Hiring Secrets“, by Skip Freeman, and the information I have given you is but a drop in the ocean of the information you can get from his $17.95 e-book!

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Prepare  for your job interview by getting as much information about the company, division, department and individual office as you can. Short of bugging the place, talk to everyone you can and tell them what you are doing. Be respectful of peoples’ time.  If the company has public information available, get it. Do Google searches on the company, products and individual persons, if you can. It is important not to cross the line here. In today’s world you can look on facebook, MySpace and a zillion other networking sites, but don’t ask for personal information from a company secretary or company truck driver. You get the picture.  Hiring managers are not going to be upset by you being informed. Have a good and informed answer for “Why do you want to work here” other than “Everything I have read about your company says you would be a great place to work for”. Be specific, “I looked at your balance sheet and your competition and see, that even though your sales appear to be about half of theirs your growth far exceeds theirs”.  Damn, that sounds like you know what you’re talking about. Remember as a kid when you went into an algebra test knowing absolutely more then Mrs. Finklestein could possibly put on the test and you aced it because you were prepared. There is no difference now.  Do you homework and don’t tell me the dog ate it.

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