Interview Follow-up, The Art Of Beating the Competition
This is the second great article posted on LinkedIn written by Rebecca Thompson at Prestige career services
This article outlines some great tips about your interview followu-up. This is the second article that has been posted by this author. This article is being re-printed with the permission of Rebecca.
I first began working at age sixteen and in the years that followed, I can recall winning every job and easily beating the competition. I had so much confidence that I could get any job, I never worried about the pitfalls of losing my job. However, the new millennium brought big changes for me, as I am sure it did for many people. After a layoff, I had to instantly learn how to compete for the few jobs that were available. What use to take little time and legwork, now took me nearly six months. Over the course of the six months, my search consisted of weak career marketing tools and only a handful of interview opportunities, which ended in disappointment. It was not until my unemployment benefits were about to run out that I was able to land a job. My days of being the chosen one were long gone and so was the naivety of my youth. The cold hard reality set in and a downward spiraling job market had arrived forcing me to develop my career marketing knowledge, sharpen my resume writing skills, and build an arsenal of job searching tactics. Today’s market is at an all time low and continues to plague the talented workforce of this country. Now more than ever, it is critical to actively compete for available jobs. Therefore, it is no surprise to be competitive you must pull out all stops. The current market requires candidates to provide professional quality resumes and cover letters that are chalked full of accomplishments demonstrating the candidates greatest value. Consequently, if your resume and cover letter are top-notch, you will likely be able to land an interview.
