Why are you not getting interview calls?

A very large number of candidates while applying for jobs do not even realize the countless obstacles they create for themselves during the process of applying for jobs. These are some of the most common pitfalls.

• When you force hiring managers to toss out your own resume

I cannot even imagine that some well educated and highly experienced professionals can commit this common mistake across the board. I see this happening in more than half of the resumes I receive in response to all our open positions on a daily basis. Most of the prospective candidates name their resumes as “resume.doc” while sending resumes as attachments. Look at the problem we hiring managers have to face now:

Very first thing we do is right-click your attachment and click “Save As”, to save your resume, so that we can read it later. If you named your resume as “resume.doc”, that is what appears as file name when we click “Save As”. So, now your resume is saved as “resume.doc” in our records. An hour later, we open another candidate’s resume which is also named as “resume.doc”. Now see what happens. When we click save as, we see this message flashed on screen: "The file resume.doc already exists. Do you want to replace the existing file?" Now, look what have you done to your resume. If we click Yes, then the resume of the first candidate has gone forever. If we click No, then we have to provide a name for your resume. Ideally, we would like to save your resume as your_name.doc for future references but at this point, we do not even know your name. To find out your name, we now have to open your resume, copy your name, close your resume, click Save As, paste your name which we copied in above step as file name and then click save.

Are you realizing that you just wasted about one minute of hiring manager’s time. Now imagine how irritating it is for us when we receive hundreds of resumes every day and majority of these all named as “resume.doc”. The only way to not allow any one waste our time is that we just skip or delete all such emails with resumes named as “resume.doc” because most hiring managers, who are at the CIO, CTO, Director level cannot afford to waste one minute for every single resume to just save the file for future reference.

You can see how this little carelessness is costing you a job at the prospective company even though you could have been an ideal fit for the position you applied for.

• When you make it difficult for hiring managers to contact you

This is another very common example of the problem I face a lot when I try to reach a candidate. You apply for a job and email your resume. We find your skills and experience a reasonably good match for the position. In your contact information is your cell phone number and I decide to call you and plan to leave a voice mail with my phone number so that you can contact me later. But on many occasions, instead of option to leave a voice mail, I hear a recorded message, saying, “Voice mail box is full. You cannot leave voice mail at this time”. What do you think, I should do now. Call you every few hours with a hope that either you will pick up the phone or you might have deleted some old voice mails and I will be able to leave a voice mail for next time I call. No, I will not do that. I will just move on to the next candidate. In couple of cases, I actually sent an email to the candidate, with the news “Your voice mail box is full. Please delete your old voice mails, so that I can leave a message for you”. But I will be brutally honest with you here. Most hiring managers will not send you an email to tell you that your voice mail box is full.

If you are in the job market, please make it a point to regularly delete your old voice mails and make it easy for hiring managers to contact you.

• When you ask hiring managers to do what should be your responsibility

This is not too common a mistake but still happens many times. We understand that you apply for many open positions and sometimes it is not possible to remember the position description of every job you applied for. But when we send an email to you in response to your resume you sent to us while applying for our advertised job, it is inappropriate to call or email back the hiring manager asking to send you the job description.

It will help you to be a bit more organized and save a copy of the job description of every job you apply for, in a company specific folder on your computer. That way, even if hiring manager contacts you one or two months after you applied, you can always go to that specific company folder and look at the position description instead of asking your possible future employer to send you the job description. Such a request will not create a negative impression about long before you are called for the interview. And let me add that most hiring managers will put your resume on a side a minute after you make such a request.

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Job Market in the Dwindling Economy

In spite of this Dwindling Economy, in spite of many jobs being eliminated, in spite of many IT specialists losing jobs every day, and in spite of many companies going out of business every week, we are still advertising for many new positions every single day.
But I am noticing a strange phenomenon. We always advertise certain specialized IT jobs based in many cities within United States on all our open positions on a daily basis and due to the nature of certain positions, some of these positions have a requirement that the candidate must be a U.S. Citizen while in some cases, a green card is acceptable. What I am not able to understand is that in spite of thousands of people losing jobs in recent weeks, why I do not see much response from IT Specialists who are U.S. Citizens. Few US Citizens who do apply seem to be ignoring the need of presenting their resumes in a well–written and impressive way with a compelling cover letter. It seems that some of the resumes I receive have not been updated for a very long time.
I cannot believe that there are not many US Citizens with expertise in various IT domains who are currently looking for a job. I know there are thousands of them. Problem is that are not applying for open jobs that are being advertised. Why is that happening?
• Frustration?
• Out of touch with the Specialized Domains?
• Left IT industry and moved on to some other non-IT domains?
• Got no response for months, so losing hopes? Your current resume and style of presentation may be responsible for this.
I would like to remind experienced IT specialists who are U.S. Citizens that IT industry has thousands of unfilled positions which for different reasons, cannot be filled by any candidate who is not a US citizen. If you have the specific skill set, expertise, and experience, please reach out and apply for such positions.
If you believe that your presentation and style of resume is hurting your chances of getting interview calls, please have a look at our career help to see what we can do for you to help and feel free to contact us at:
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I would like to remind our readers that sending a resume which has not been updated for a long time is hurting them. It is not difficult to notice such resumes within five seconds of our looking at it. Another problem I see is that a very large number of people have one standard resume that goes out for every single position they apply for. You may be suitable for most of these positions but your resume must reflect your expertise in those specific areas. You miss these finer points because you might not have updated your resume for months.

I would like to hear view points of our readers. What do you think? Please feel free to reach-out and post your opinions here.

You and the Job-Market
If you are not getting any job offers even after sending your resume for many positions, you know something is wrong but it is not just the economy because someone is being hired for every single open position that is advertised. Problem is that you are not getting the job offers. But why your resume is skipped and ignored every time employers look at it?
I know it is very frustrating when in spite of many years of experience and an excellent skill set; you do not get interview calls after you send out your resume in response to many advertised open positions. However, the stark reality is that in most cases, the problem is with your resume; the way it is written and presented. With today’s job market in this dwindling economy, it is extremely critical that your resume stands out in a crowd of hundreds. Getting a job in today’s market is like advertising and marketing yourself, because “You are the Product” that is being marketed to the world of future employers. Moreover, your resume is the only means of taking your first step towards “marketing the product” that is YOU.
As President and CIO of DBA Web Technologies, I come across hundreds of resumes every day. While majority of resumes I see every morning, are from IT Specialists, who are well qualified with a strong skill-set and reasonably good experience, there is only one thing lacking in these otherwise impressive technical profiles. What is hurting you is your presentation style or the lack of it!
I am amazed to notice that 50% of the resumes I receive every day, do not have any cover letter. It is very upsetting for me to see that most people underestimate the importance of a cover letter that should always accompany a resume. I want to remind my readers, that the very first thing we read when we open your email is your cover letter. If you did not send a cover letter, you might have already lost half the battle.
I would like to remind those of you in the job-market that your resume really needs a Professional Look to catch the attention of future employers who glance at every new resume for barely 10 seconds and make a decision to reject or select a candidate to be shortlisted for the interview. A resume with a Professional Touch and Impressive Presentation along with a compelling Cover Letter is necessary for your survival in this competitive job-market.
For most IT Professionals, both junior level as well as highly experienced, the biggest hurdle is getting an interview call. Once they get interview calls, they have the capability, expertise and skill set to prove themselves during interviews. A well-written, professional and sophisticated resume, introduces you to your future employers in a very impressive and presentable style, which helps you to cross the biggest hurdle and succeed in getting the initial interview calls.
It is more critical in today’s dwindling economy because every week hundreds of well qualified IT Professionals are entering the job-market as more and more people are losing jobs for reasons beyond their control. You have to do something extra-ordinary to stand out in the crowd because all those competing for the same job as you; are not less qualified than you. Remember, you have to sell your profile in barely five seconds!
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