He who submits a resume has already lost
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He who submits a resume has already lost
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#2In short, having someone on the inside recommend you is better. Thanks, Captain Obvious.
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#3Good point and this is some of the reason I am getting a bit more serious about open source coding and writing on a blog. Although friends and coworkers are good they tend to work in the kinda places you already worked, so it is harder to make a quantum leap that way.
Re: He who submits a resume has already lost
#4sounds like `He who remains`
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#5Overly generalized rant.
Sure some jobs happen outside the resume submission system, but most of the employment market works via resume submission.
There’s no value in reading this post.
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#6> That leaves a field of 40 more-or-less qualified people who have at this point all committed a significant amount of time doing unpaid labor for a company to manage the company’s risk and hiring costs.
Ahh yes, the "significant amount of time doing unpaid labor" of sending my resume via email, which took me all of 5 minutes.
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#7I keep giving this advice on how to significantly increase your chances of getting to the interview stage.
Most candidates really only submit a resume. The chances of getting to the interview stage with this approach are almost zero.
Because everyone does this, you can easily stand out. Simply answer the following 2 questions briefly in plain English.
1. Why do you want to take this role?
2. Why are you a good fit for this role?
Example:
1. I've read through your website and documentation and are truly inspired by your vision. Especially that you're working and X thing really got my attention as I know that Y and Z are super important for the customer segment you're working on.
2. I have previous experience in this field and wrote an open source library to solve some of the issues you might be facing (link).
Simply out, show interest and explain why you're a good fit.
I've had too many candidates who never checked out our landing page (https://wundergraph.com). We're doing a lot of innovative stuff in the API segment. If you apply for a job with us and you don't have an opinion whether you like what we do or not, it's really hard to gauge interest.
The question I'm asking myself is. Why should I read your CV when you didn't bother skimming through my landing page, docs, or open source repository. What's the purpose of sending a CV when I have to do all the hard work?
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#8If you hire one out of 50 applicants, there is an implication that you're at least trying to hire the best 2%, and that there is an employer's market.
That's of course incorrect if every applicant on average makes 100 job applications. That means you're lucky if you get one of those 50 before some other company makes them a better offer, which is why you have to keep a couple of choices open until the papers are signed.
That means there are two open jobs for every applicant (with some fair assumptions).
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#9> That leaves a field of 40 more-or-less qualified people who have at this point all committed a significant amount of time doing unpaid labor for a company to manage the company’s risk and hiring costs. Ahh yes, the "significant amount of time doing unpaid labor" of sending my resume via email, which took me all of 5 minutes.
Lets say you're someone who has changed careers alot, it means finding and applying is your full-time job for months on end. Despite people who have changed careers, succesfully, are often the best kind of people you'd want to hire.
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#10I keep giving this advice on how to significantly increase your chances of getting to the interview stage. Most candidates really only submit a resume. The chances of getting to the interview stage with this approach are almost zero. Because everyone does this, you can easily stand out. Simply answer the following 2 questions briefly in plain English. 1. Why do you want to take this role? 2. Why are you a good fit fo…
This attitude is well suited to an employers market in which you need to profess your love for the job and company as part of your job application. A pity the market has turned back this direction. It’s usually accompanied by an employer “looking for someone who loves the opportunity enough to go through our 12 week, 9 interview, 1 whiteboard, 2 coding test process which usually ends in veto and ghosting”.
Like telling a girl/guy you love them before first date.