8 Dilemmas Facing Executives in the Job Search

Dilemma 3 - Why Should They Hire You?

7 Dilemmas Think back for a minute to when you hired people who reported to you. It is then that you realize that the process is not very different, but the stakes are higher. It is up to you to be the finalist among the 25-1,000 people applying for the position you desire to have. Here is a fact of today's job market: there are now over 500 applications for each advertised position.

How do you demonstrate to the hiring authority that you are the most qualified candidate and that you are the one that can move the biggest mountains? Of course, you begin with the usual resume, send it out, and wonder why you are not more successful in getting more and better interviews. Consider these facts:

Your package must be impeccable
15 seconds is all the reader will give you to prove your candidacy
To get an interview, you must get a call
To get a call, your bio and resume must compel the reader to pick up the phone
If you think that a good objective and a few job description facts will suffice, you will never get a significant interview. Competition is too stiff to allow for such cavalier attitudes in the market in which we now find ourselves.