Thursday, April 16, 2009

Chicago Interview Tips

Are you waiting for your dream interview before preparing? Are you waiting to be 100& sold on a position before selling your self? You may be making a big mistake, as many recruiters know, your performance on your first interview will probably not be your best performance, but your last interview probably will be. You will wish you "said this" or wish you "had not said that". You will realize after the interview your body language may have given off the wrong signals. You will wonder whether you gave the best impression about your priorities and interest in the position. You may even forget to get the business card, bring your resume, say thank you, or many other mistakes we recruiters observe even with the best educated and experienced professionals.

Before you will get any offers or 2nd interviews you will have to prepare and perform so that the interview results in this goal. If you find out during the interview that the job may not be 100% of your dream job, do not give up on your goal - You still need to know you are doing and saying the right things that will get you wanted, and giving up during an interview will not allow you to learn this. Remember you can always decide after the interview that the job is not a match, if you are indeed extended an offer or invited back for a 2nd interview. You can also follow up on any objections you have to the position and many times employers who want you will surprise you with their willingness to overcome your objections, or refer you to another better suited position or employer. Remember only good things can happen from a well performed interview, but giving up during the interview never helps.

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Chicago Job Posts and Resume Search Services

The Chicago Job market has become more employer friendly in 2009, but staffing challenges remain, especially for highly skilled positions such as Accounting, Engineerring, IT, and Medical. With dozens of online resume and job posting resources, we expect you wish you could use one source for everything, and in today's economy lowering costs is as important as ever. With a few new website services now employers can: Post job FREE across the internet, and access screened resumes from several sources like Monster and Hotjobs. The internet has created new methods for resume sourcing and staffing. 60-70% of candidates will post their resume online. Dozens of career job boards now attract a variety of candidates. Advertising costs have risen while results have declined . Top candidates now have a much shorter shelf-life in the job market.

With the new online resume marketplace you may ask yourself:
Why pay up to $400 for each job posting?
Why pay a full fee to a recruiter who finds the resume online?
Why invest the time and costs required to directly source online resumes?
Resume Search and Mining Services allows employers to use one source to access current and qualified candidates of the major vendors, including: Monster, CareerBuilder, and Hotjobs, at a much lower cost than accessing each directly. This allows an employer to focus on interviewing and hiring while lowering costs and increasing quality interviews. Compared with the costs and time required to source qualified and interested candidates internally or through an executive recruiter, Resume Search & Screen services have become a very popular step in many client recruiting strategies. A few new websites are available to help, allowing job posts to cross post free dozens of leading career sites, like Indeed, SimplyHired, LinkedIn, and many more. The next time you are hiring save time and money and visit http://www.sourcecandidates.com/