When targeting a job advertised by a corporate
recruiter in a specific company, demonstrate in your resume that you've researched that organization and can tie your accomplishments to the employer's needs.
Not exact matches
Another way to view this is to tailor the objective for a
specific position, ie; «to obtain a summer internship with
Company ABC
in the areas of marketing, advertising, or web design» or «obtain a full - time Computer Programmer position (IT is a very diverse field — specifying what area helps the
recruiter)».
You're focusing on a very
specific position
in your field (e.g. you're not just sending your resume to a
company you like, or passing it along to a
recruiter, and hoping for an opening that fits).
An internal
recruiter or a hiring manager
in a different part of a big
company isn't going to be familiar with all the aspects of what you do — and even if they have access to the job description for your position, that won't tell them about the
specific contributions that you've made
in your current role.
I use a Fishing Resume to send when you don't know who the
company is (to a blind ad, to a
recruiter, to your network without a
specific company in mind).
Recruiters like to know you are actually interested
in their
specific company.
Interviewing like a consultant brought
in to fix a
specific problem at the
company is a terrific way to impress a
recruiter — and the best approach to a winning interview.
Recruiters agree that at each point
in the application process your
recruiter should be able to cite
specific reasons why she (or the hiring
company) doesn't think you're a suitable candidate for the job.
Besides, there are some
recruiters who like to copy and paste
specific content from your resume to their own
company templates which allows them to present the short - listed candidate's data to their clients
in a consistent format along with their
company logo and contact details.
Ultimately,
recruiters want to identify candidates who present the greatest chances for success
in a given position at a
specific company.
Be sure to first look online, find positions of interest, apply via the careers page and then approach a
recruiter at that
company with some
specific positions of interest
in mind.
Recruiters will make suggestions as to what to include (or not include)
in your resume when applying to
specific companies, or what to say to a particular hiring manager during interview, etc..
In his next, transitional search, Jim didn't focus on insisting to square - peg, square - hole - centered recruiters that he was the right fit for their very specific requirements; instead, he focused on new shoots of green by directly contacting key decision - makers in companies exhibiting signs of growth and rebirt
In his next, transitional search, Jim didn't focus on insisting to square - peg, square - hole - centered
recruiters that he was the right fit for their very
specific requirements; instead, he focused on new shoots of green by directly contacting key decision - makers
in companies exhibiting signs of growth and rebirt
in companies exhibiting signs of growth and rebirth.
Recruiters want to know that you're interested
in working for the
specific company to which you're applying.
When getting
in touch with a
recruiter, remember that their compensation comes directly from client
companies (NOT candidates) who task them with finding executives matching
specific requirements.