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Job Search: Think Like a Doctor, Part 4
Approach the Job Interview like a Consultation. Come to the interview as if you’re wearing a stethoscope. This is your opportunity to look, listen, and get a feel for the company, the culture, and the ailment they are hiring in order to cure.
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Job Search: Think Like a Doctor, Part 3
Become the Expert. Learn everything there is to know about your industry, the companies you are applying to and their competitors, what they do, who is in the hierarchy, recent industry activity. Look for clues as to what might be the needs of your prospective employers. Consider solutions that you might offer.
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Job Search: Think Like a Doctor, Part 2
Find Opportunity Everywhere. Employers hire people (and pay them!) to provide solutions, whether they use the word “problem” or not. If you approach every business from that perspective and can apply yourself physically or mentally in such a way as to solve their dilemma, you’ve created opportunity to serve them. Congratulations! You’re a doctor: Dr.…
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Job Search: Think Like a Doctor, Part 1
Seek to Serve. Many a job-seeker is looking for an employer to solve his problems, to provide him steady income and benefits…and a pension would be great, too. But no matter how good a person you are nor how heavy your burden, employers don’t hire people because they are nice. Employers hire to fill a…
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5 Ways to Improve Your Resume and Survive a Recruiter’s Second Cut
If your car isn’t prepared to resist auto theft, it could be gone in 60 seconds. Here’s why — and how — you should arm your resume so your interview chances aren’t ‘stolen’, too! Hiring managers receive dozens of resumes for most job listings. They screen these with a quick First Glance, discarding the majority…
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Would Your Resume Survive a Recruiter’s First Glance Test?
These days, recruiters and hiring managers receive dozens — sometimes hundreds — of resumes for most job listings. How do they manage all of this paper? They weed out the bulk of those resumes with a quick First Glance Test. Eye-tracking studies by Ladders found recruiters spend merely 6 to 7 seconds on their initial…
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