CareerScribe

I was speaking with someone about their job search today.  They were frustrated by their job search.  They were being selective about the jobs they were applying to through the big boards and not receiving any calls back.

This caused them to stop and reflect.  The result of that thought, though, produced some interesting results.

Instead of concluding that he needs to find a way to seperate from the rest of candidates that are sending the same cover letter with the same resume attached to an email, the conclusion was that they were not sending to enough jobs.  The odds were not in their favor.

What we are proposing is a change in philosophy.  What a lot of people do not understand is that for good jobs, they are not entering a pool of 20-30 candidates.  They are entering a poole of several hundred or more inside of a talent management system.  They usually just use the big job boards for candidate sourcing.

Every hiring manager knows the secret to quality hiring is getting past the several hundred into a manageable amount.  There are many different ways that different managers use, but obviously, someone that sticks out as interesting or deserving of more attention gets included in this.

The short story is most professionals are only beginning to realize they have to market themselves just like any other product a company buys.  CareerScribe is a great tool that allows people to do just that.  It allows you to market all of your skills and value in a professional and dynamic way and share a rich amount of information beyond a boring resume/cover.  If you want that first interview, you can still be selective.  It's just time to start being your own biggest fan and spend some time with CareerScribe.