Follow Up On “How To Get Hired 65% Faster”

Posted by ResumeHelp on December 29, 2009

Yesterday I ran a post on how to get hired 65% faster and lots of you emailed me and asked me if this were true. Let me be perfectly clear — YES, 100% true. Today I would like to follow up and give you another idea or two. But this isn’t all there is – if you will take the next step and follow the link to Guerrilla Resume you will learn and receive lots more. These methods really work. The example we gave yesterday came from someone living in Michigan where the unemployment rate is at least 15% (conservatively) and if this will work there, why won’t it work where you live?

• Guerrilla job tip: Your job search is a sales and marketing campaign.

Many people never think of it that way. You should and must!

Think about it.

To get hired, you must identify, qualify and contact prospects (decision makers who can hire you) and sell to them (convince them to offer you a job). Anyone who has ever had a sales job knows the above to be true. You must sell the decision maker!

Here are 2 Guerrilla Job Search tactics based on *unconventional* sales and marketing methods.

Try one or both today, to get hired faster tomorrow …

• Treat Voicemails as Radio Spots

Here’s an idea: Think of your voicemail messages as 30-second radio commercials.

That means you should script and rehearse the voicemails you leave for employers.

Don’t adopt a fake baritone, but do try to sound upbeat and professional.

While other job seekers leave dull, rambling messages, you can give employers one more reason to hire you, by leaving tantalizing voicemails that practically force them to call you back.

Example:

“Hi, this is Steve Jones. I wanted to make

sure you got the resume I mailed you on Monday

for the position of accountant. I had something

to add to the part where I saved $27,000 last

year for a firm just like yours. If you’d like

to know the missing piece, please call me at

702-555-1212. Thank you!”

• Send Sales Letters, Not Cover Letters

It’s been said (by us) that you can’t bore employers into hiring you. So why send out the same dull cover letters as other job seekers?

To sell an employer on the idea of hiring you, it helps to send them a … sales letter.

Here’s a crash course to get you started:

• Personalize your opening. Example: “Dear Mr. Jackson.” Never, ever write: “Dear Sir or Madam.” Can’t find the name of the hiring manager? Pick up the phone and call.

Timid job seekers have skinny kids.

• Focus on the reader. All good sales letters are written about “you,” the reader, and not, “I,” the author. If you change all instances of “I” to “you” in your cover letter, you’ll make it more effective.

• Make specific claims, then prove them with facts. Look at your last letter. How many numbers, percentages, and dollar signs do you see? Add more.

• Ask for the sale. Example: “Please call me today to learn how I can save you money as a customer service manager.” Or, better: “I will call your office at 10 a.m. Wed. to answer any questions and tell you how I saved $15,000 in my last role as a customer service manager.”

Are you beginning to think you will NEVER find another job? Are you tired of being unemployed? You don’t have to be! Want to know more? The real key to your success is whether you are willing to take the next step or not. It’s that simple. Click here for more details!