What to do to be
employed in a highly competitive labor market where attractive options for
employment appear to be scarce and where employers have the option of choosing
from hundreds of applicants. Nowadays it is one of the significant questions
that many candidates have to face today when seeking for employment. It is notorious that candidates must have
provable knowledge and skills in their resumes to be interviewed by headhunters
and employers.
There are some
weaknesses that candidates need to improve when they are going to labor market.
The point is how people can transform their weaknesses in strengths before of
the job interview. Certainly, there are some skills and strategies that people
can develop to be successful in their interviews.
First, a well written
resume is one of the main requirements to compete in the labor market.
Generally some candidates prepare long resumes without highlighting the main
features, dates of work, and achievements obtained in the positions
performed. Also full of misspellings,
wrong punctuation, and lacking a technical vocabulary to explain the functions
performed in their work. These mistakes work against and applicants could be
rejected by employers and headhunters, becoming unsuccessful candidates. If you
lack these aspects, it is important to consult a qualified expert who can help
in this regard.
Second, most jobs
require that candidates have good communications. Employers and headhunters
check written communication when they read the resumes. In the interview
recruiters watch your voice, tone, gestures, and speech. Furthermore, employer
evaluates the verbal communications. There
are two phases in verbal communication that applicants need to handle in their
job interviews: descriptive and persuasive communication. Descriptive communication
describes the activities performed in the jobs. While in the persuasive
communication the focus is demonstrate to the employer with a convince speech
why you are the ideal candidate to fill the job. Both phases are important
because they help to organize the job interview and show communications skills,
which are important in any job. .
Third, candidates need to stand out in their resumes which
have been their achievements in the company. Apparently it may be easy to put a
certain percentage of achievement, but a head hunter or employer will wonder
how did the individual to achieve such an accomplishment that made a difference
in his job. It is important that candidates have incorporated within their
abilities what is generally known as critical thinking. Critical thinking
refers to the ability to use knowledge, facts, and data to effectively solve
workplace problem. Furthermore, critical thinking is a good method to be
incorporated as skills to explain step by step how the candidate has added
value in the company. It is a powerful tool to organize the ideas and explain
with details how the candidate faced and solved a problem in the company.
Four, the
proliferation of websites offering job opportunities are many. Actually there
are few that can seriously be an interesting option to invest their time in
deciphering complex pages, which eventually end up offering other things than
their intended purpose of seeking work options. For this it is more advisable
to find job options through family, friends, neighbors, associations to which you
are affiliated, serious headhunters, websites of companies or institutions that
are handling offers in the market. This is a safe way and will avoid a waste of
time.
To conclude, there are
other points that job seekers need to know when they are looking for a job;
these will be explained in other articles. In this opportunity have been
analyzed four essential skills and strategies that candidates must handle in a
labor market extremely competitive and with few opportunities. These abilities
and strategies can be a good opportunity to prepare your next job interview,
hopping that you can apply and get your new job.
Carlos Portillo
United States of America
Certification in Human Resources Studies, Cornell University
HR Advisor in the USA and for http://www.Chileven.com and http:// www.vallemontserrat.com/ in
Chile
