QUOTE(vyro12 @ Mar 10 2012, 01:55 AM)
hi all, just wanted to touch a little bit on both sides, as a jobseeker my belief is similiar to that of daryl's. an interview is always an opportunity...on the top of that u mite nvr know where you'll land yourself.let me tell u a true story which i myself experienced recently. i was in the job market and was kind of recomended by a friend to go for this interview as he thinks that i will fit very welk in that job, and so i went for the interview...then came the funny part, i was given a few options to join the company with few differnt roles that they think i would fit but not the job i was being interviewed for...so here's a classic example of you dont know where it mite lead you....another thing that happen was, that same company that i attended the interview called me up again. this time it was for ther subsidiary company. so u see one application, one interview, many doors can open...from here you can chart your career path and decide where you wanna go...
there's also a lot of arguement nowadays within the employers and hr people themselves if you log on to one of their forums on hiring people as there have been a good number of cases and rising rapidly on the attitude of some of the jobseekers...
i did read some comments above as there's a discussion on employers not being professional as well. i guess it happens as to put in plainly, not all employers are perfect as they're just humans rite, and not all jobseekers are perfect either. so there's always two sides to the situation, just be positive over stuff that happens ya
another point i would like to touch on is on marketability...its very important to allow your resume to speak for you in an outstanding way. a good way to do it would be to provide a summary of yourself as an opening as some1 did mention that some HR has many2 resume's to look at. so in order for your application to stand out, you'll need some powerful words and description as your summary to knock the hr person off balance so your resume would get noticed. also you could use tools that are provided like 'priority applications' and such to help out stand out from the crowd if you're serious about nailing that particular job with that particular company.
i believe that jobstreet do organize resume clinics as well to help out jobseekers in getting their resume up to speed with the current market trend. normally is held at their career fair in mid valley. and one of the rule of thumb in job application is to tweak your resume to suit the requirements and responsibilities of the job advertised to stand a higher chance in your application. so if ur resume is just a resume that generally describes your experience then before you apply, look at the job advertisement and see how you can use ur experience in a similiar capacity, and change it to the nature of the job, then only submit your application. remember, its not one size fits all yea...good luck people in your job huntin
Very well said....i am very impressed on your knowledge. This is what I have been preaching and have organize number of talks on how to get the job you want. Its all come down to resume. Resume get you the interview. And interview get you the job. I will be giving a talk at the upcoming Jobstreet Career Fair in Mid Valley end of this month and i more than welcome for anyone to attend or even have a dissuasion with you.
You mention your experience of what might lead you......that is a good story. In fact, i got my job in Josbtreet by applying to a different job but ended up a totally different job and i love it. Its all about connecting the dots. Go google Steve Job's Connecting the dots and you will know what i mean Believe me, it is really powerful once you understand the concept.
Added on March 12, 2012, 3:34 pmQUOTE(OMG! @ Mar 11 2012, 07:45 PM)
I am a little bit confused here, most companies advertised in Jobstreet do not include the commencement date for those who are shortlisted for the job. So what if those who are final year students, who could only start after their final exams? should they state their preferable commencement date in the resume or during the interview?
Easy my friend...just state in your resume what is your expected graduation date. Then employer will know when you can start working...
Added on March 12, 2012, 3:47 pmQUOTE(you90 @ Mar 11 2012, 08:31 PM)
I have been applying for 2 jobs through jobstreet for the past few weeks .
However, One thing which make me wonder is why every jobs I applied come out this kind of status under MY APPLICATION:
What does all those status , like unsuccessful, processed offline etc mean?
Perhaps somebody could enlighten here?
OK...let me explain this.
Received.....just mean that your resume has successfully deliver to the customer recruitment system. We provide all our customer a system to manage their resume. Why we provide this information was in the past, some jobseeker has doubt that their resume was delivered or not as they do not see or hear any status of their application and assume that their application did not go through.
Viewed X times.....mean exactly what is means. How many times the employer has viewed the resume. Could be the same person or hiring manager or anyone. As long as they open your resume..we count the number
Scheduled for interview.....meaning employer has use our system to schedule an interview with you. By now, you should received an email inviting you for any interview. Of course, you can request to change date or time, etc etc....but you have to contact the employer directly. All information about the employer should be in that email.
Unsuccessful.....means the employer feel that you do not fit for the job and has decline your application. Now...they are times employer could make a mistake here or the job requirement has change. Example, they may have rejected you first, then later for whatever reason, they still interested in you and pull your resume out and call you. That is why there were time jobseeker received an interview invite when the status show unsuccessful.
Job Closed.....means the employer has completed their recruitment....if you do not receive an invite, mean you can forget about this and move on. Same thing may applied as unsuccessful...they may pull your resume out later even they have closed for the position. Why? Many reason...maybe they need more headcount...etc etc
No status.....means that the employer are not using our system and prefer to print out your resume and do the selection. This way...we have no way to tell you what is going on.
What we always try to do is to allow our jobseeker to know what is going on. But we can only do this if the employer chose to update the system. Some employer just do not do this. Do not use this status as something that is cast on stone but as an indicator. As a rule of thumb, if you apply for a job and you do not hear from the employer after 4 weeks later, i think you should move on to something else. But before you do so, ask yourself why you are not call for the interview. There is only 2 reasons. One is your resume...like what I mention from the above post...the other is, you really not fit for the job.
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