Comments on: Advice to career changers: Be specific http://www.careermanagementalliance.com/blog/advice-to-career-changers-be-specific/ Career advice from job search experts Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:03:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Marti Weis http://www.careermanagementalliance.com/blog/advice-to-career-changers-be-specific/#comment-640 Marti Weis Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:43:31 +0000 http://www.careermanagementalliance.com/blog/advice-to-career-changers-be-specific/#comment-640 Well stated. I am an independent recruiter and carefully screen all my candidates thoroughly. No sense wasting anyone times and clogging the pipe with unqualified applicants. There are next generation tools in the marketplace to assist the employer, recruiter and job seeker. The job seeker should expose themselves on social network sites, and the Employers, Hiring Managers and Recruiters should be employing the resources of new "recruiting marketplaces" sites like Dayak, TalentHire, etc. Reitering your advice to the job seeker to "be yourself" and discuss specific accomplishments is very important. No one wants to hear rookie speak "i am a go-getter" "reliable" etc. Those words may get you the interview BUT NOT the job. Well stated. I am an independent recruiter and carefully screen all my candidates thoroughly. No sense wasting anyone times and clogging the pipe with unqualified applicants. There are next generation tools in the marketplace to assist the employer, recruiter and job seeker. The job seeker should expose themselves on social network sites, and the Employers, Hiring Managers and Recruiters should be employing the resources of new “recruiting marketplaces” sites like Dayak, TalentHire, etc.

Reitering your advice to the job seeker to “be yourself” and discuss specific accomplishments is very important. No one wants to hear rookie speak “i am a go-getter” “reliable” etc. Those words may get you the interview BUT NOT the job.

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