Save Hundreds of Hours Off Your Job Search! 0

by Phil Weslow • Resume Distribution

In today’s challenging market, it’s not uncommon for hundreds of applicants to apply for a single opening. This means that in the pre-screening process HR professionals are looking to find potential “best fit” candidates.

We’ve all had that feeling of coming across a job listing and saying, “wow, I’d be perfect for that job!” In today’s market, even more so that usual, those listings represent a “sweet spot” in your job search, which may very well represent your best chances for meaningful employment.

The challenge then becomes, how do you make sure that you are aware of each of these openings, so that none of them slip by unnoticed, and secondly, how do you make sure you’re aware of such openings as soon as they’re announced? Read More…

Using “Mental Models” to Land Your Next Gig 1

by Phil Weslow • Mental Models

Courtesy of {link:http://www.flickr.com/photos/zipckr/4688416205/}zipckr{/link}

A couple of years ago, I came across the work of a professor, formerly of Columbia University, named Srikumar Rao.  He had become somewhat of a celebrity at the school for teaching a course in the MBA program on the subject of happiness, entitled “Creativity and Personal Mastery” (CPM).

Central to the course is the use of “mental models”, or what others in the field, such as Michael Ray, have referred to as heuristics. The CPM course provides an in-depth study of the formation and application of these models, which is beyond the scope of this post; however, the use of these models has a profound potential to impact not only personal development, but career development as well. Read More…

Twenty Calls, One New Job 0

by Phil Weslow • Resume Distribution

Courtesy of {link:http://www.flickr.com/photos/ilamont/4328630235/}ilamont.com{/link}

I wrote a resume for a client who decided that he wasn’t going to let his new resume collect dust on some job board. His proactive strategy was to make a list of twenty people he knew in his industry, with a focus on those working at companies other than his current employer and reach out to them to see if they knew of any job openings.

If they said “yes”, he’d thank them and promptly email them a copy of his resume. If not, then he’d kindly ask them to keep their “ear to the ground” and let him know if they heard of anything. From his first round of twenty phone calls, he got wind of three openings (two of which were at the same company). Read More…

Our First Post 0

by Phil Weslow • Resume Distribution

Courtesy of {link:http://www.flickr.com/photos/woodysworld1778/2077090795/}howdy1778a{/link}

Hello and welcome to the Resume Marketing Systems blog. I’m starting this site is to present strategies and tactics to help people “get their foot in the door” and land job interviews.

As everyone knows, the job market we are facing is especially fierce. Add to this, the fact that the emergence of new technology has fundamentally changed the way that employers and job hunters relate to one another, and you are faced with a truly unique confluence of events. Read More…