Studies suggest that job seekers have a better
chance of getting hired through networking and referrals versus job boards.
In this article, we are going to discuss ways on how to improve
your chances of getting hired through your interesting and effective resume.
Not exact matches
If you reach out to executive recruiters and the right
hiring decision makers (not HR)
through a personal introduction or your own first - degree relationships, and
get your resume into their hands first, before it potentially
gets plopped into their ATS, you have a better
chance of moving into the interviewing process.
Both the Jobvite Social Recruiting Survey 2012 and the 2012 CareerXroads Source
of Hire Survey note that those who came in as a referral had a 1 in 7 or 1 in 10
chance of landing the role, whereas only 1 in 100 candidates who applied
through the regular channels
got the job.
You can't say
getting hired through the site is by
chance when so much
of the site's appeal is self - explanatory.
Over 60 %
of job seekers
get a real
chance of being
hired through networking efforts.
Job seekers who apply for positions
through Skills receive preferential consideration from employers, personal guidance
through the application process, and valuable advice that will increase the
chance of getting hired.
Hiring managers and recruiters alike, expect job - seekers to go through the effort of doing their best to get their job application noticed, so seeing as there's no chance to know if your hiring manager is the type who reads cover letters; it only makes sense to send one anyway — in case he
Hiring managers and recruiters alike, expect job - seekers to go
through the effort
of doing their best to
get their job application noticed, so seeing as there's no
chance to know if your
hiring manager is the type who reads cover letters; it only makes sense to send one anyway — in case he
hiring manager is the type who reads cover letters; it only makes sense to send one anyway — in case he does.