How To Land The Interview And Nail It

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With such a competitive job market, landing the job offer is getting increasingly harder. Dave Carvajal, author of "Hire Smart From The Start", explains how to set yourself apart from the competition. Following is a transcript of the video.  Dave Carvajal: In a world where people are getting increasingly marketed to more and more, it's important to be able to make your point succinctly and effectively. Carvajal: The biggest mistake that people make when it comes to writing a resume is, first of all, writing a resume. Oftentimes they will write a resume like a list of technical achievements, and so the resume will actually look like a technical manual. Instead, they should be writing their resume like a marketing brochure. A list of benefits to the buyer. Think about the greatest value-creating experiences, the experiences they might have had working on a team and to use, not only action words, but use success-action words; active words. For example, 'driving,' 'growing,' 'leading,' are very positive, affirmative action words. Carvajal: The best advice on cover letters is have them be short and to the point. Understand what the buyer is looking for. Have your cover letter be specifically targeted to the individual reader, and speak to them in their language. Use their words; use their values. Carvajal: As an interviewee, it's very important to make sure that you do research in advance so that you truly understand what are the core values of the organization, what is the cu

Published 2018-03-30 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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