Guerrilla Job Hunting

Job Hunting - Considered India?

Today's guest blogger is one of the most widely read HR Gurus on the net.  Please welcome Guatam Ghosh: http://gauteg.blogspot.com

Job Hunting - Considered India?

I guess India and China are staple discussion items and are often hyphenated together. No wonder that my posts are so closely following Frank's in the Recruiting BlogSwap

Here's my submission to you:

If you are looking for a job, maybe it's time for you to consider India !

Why is that?

Retiring Baby Boomers and job hunting

Just as the United States is emerging from its recession, a major
event is poised to erase all the productivity gains of the past few years and cripple growth across every sector of the economy—baby
boomers are retiring in unprecedented numbers.

Go East Young Man

As part of the Big Bad Recruiting Blog Swap, today's post is brought to you by Frank  Mulligan: http://www.talent-software.com/private/online_hiring_china

Of all the markets in the world where Guerilla Marketing could be applied, China might seem to be the least applicable. This is because in China the candidate is King. Employers spend most of their time, no make that all of their time, chasing the good, the bad and the average.

Unfortunately, this doesn't mean that China is perfectly fluid in connecting good candidates with good jobs, and average candidates with average jobs. Often, the best jobs in China are lost in the chaos of

How to use a Case study to land a job

Do a case study on a project which showcases your skills. This could be as simple as a new coveted client you sold, or as complex as a new product you helped introduce to the market. 

Assurance - Get Solid

I like tennis. Started learning it as a teenager with my dad. There was one thing in particular I noticed as we practiced and my shots and volleys got wilder or more controlled and purposeful. It was my feet. When I was moving my feet about trying to get into position and then moving again and shifting (I began to call it "waffling"), my shots had little accuracy. I'd lose the volley. But when I firmly planted my feet and stood in solid, square position, my shots went exactly where I wanted and I'd win the point.

Many times job seekers do the same thing but in regard to the presentation they make. Now the presentation can be multi-dynamic -- body language, voice, inflections, posture, handshake, eye movement and contact. And the presentation comes through in the resume and correspondence. But let's deal with the physical today. Anyway, there's a parallel between solidly planted feet while playing tennis and making a lasting, good impression during the job search. It's part of gaining the point.

The thing that wins anyone over is a positive, self assured attitude. When you go into any type of encounter, stand straight, square your shoulders, look the other person in the eye. Looking down at your feet or askance says you're trying to hide something or you're really weak. Either way, it isn't giving a good impression. Being self confident conveys itself as competent.

Let's say you're asked a question or asked to take a stance on some topic. What the interviewer wants is to see how well you can talk about the subject. If you have expertise in the area, this is your time to show off and go into some detail. The best way to drive the interviewer up a wall is to take first one stance and then backpedal while trying to figure out what they want to hear. Don't waffle! It isn't necessary to please people. What is necessary is to take a stance and be able to follow up on that stance with reasonable, well-founded, supporting statements.

Going into an interview, conducting a job search, meeting other people is sort of like playing tennis. The more you let your feet dance around, the more you waffle, the less likely you're going to make your point. But when you stand solid, when you're sure-footed with feet planted and squared, looking directly at your target, the more confident you'll appear and the more your shot will go exactly where you want it.

Yvonne LaRose, CAC
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