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So you wrote a great resume, had a mind-blowing cover letter and have all of the required skills but you never received a call. What now? Do you drown your sorrows by watching the Bears? Do you head over to the Eisenhower and try to win a real life game of Frogger? Well don’t do it! We just need to look at the beginning: your resume. You thought it was great but is it really? Let’s find out.

Swallow this little detail: a large number of hiring managers today receive a couple hundred resumes within days and sometimes even hours of posting an open position, with no regard to company or industry. Of those couple hundred, hiring managers are seeing more custom tailored resumes than ever. If you have a generic resume to spam out to companies and job postings, you’re playing Resume Russian Roulette. Every no-call is another shot until it finally kills you.

Simon Schwarz, VP of Options Xpress says, “I’m more inclined to speak with individuals who take the extra 20 seconds to look over the job description and tailor their resume accordingly.” If you already tailor your resume to every posting then how do you stand out from the ever-growing crowd?

The Objective

Well let’s start at the top. Should you have an objective? Most hiring managers agree that an objective is important but not the type of objective you’re thinking of. Many hiring managers have indicated that a “personal statement,” a condensed cover letter of sorts, is far superior to your run of the mill objective.

The personal statement or the “why the hell wouldn’t you hire me!?” statement, as I call it, is your vital introduction. Your resume won’t even get a once over if you don’t grab your reader by the face and never let go.

The traditional “I want to obtain a job in X industry to A, B and C” is crap. Everyone puts this on their resume, so why should you? Instead of saying you want a position in X industry tell the reader what role you’re going to be in at their company and how your background will make you successful in that role.

Let’s take a look at an objective for someone applying for the role of Front Desk Manager at a local hotel:

“I want to obtain a management role within the Hospitality Industry to further develop my leadership skills, help the hotel to be more successful and eventually move up to a senior management role.”

Of course you do, but do you have any idea what role this person applied for or where? Me neither. Now let’s look at a personal statement for someone else applying for the same role:

“Besides my previous success as a Front Desk Supervisor, due to my personality, attention to details and drive to be the best, I am sure you will find me a great fit for the role of Front Desk Manager at X hotel.”

Now which resume do you want to read? If you said the first one then you’re the exception to the rule. For everyone else the second choice is clear. Your interest has been peaked and you want to find out why and how the person was successful in their previous role. This is where the meat of your resume comes into play.

The Meat

You’ve whetted the reader’s appetite; now how do you get them to take a bite and invite you to an interview? The meat of your resume, all of the boring details like “education,” “work history” and “skills,” is your answer. But we face another issue: if everyone lays out the facts in the meat of their resume, how can I stand apart from the masses? That’s a great question, let’s answer that and land you an interview!

There are many ways to format a resume, but that’s for a whole other day. Right now let’s simply focus on how to make the facts stand out from all of the other crap hiring managers see on a daily basis.

Start with some basic research. A measly 5 minutes to glance over the company’s website can yield some vital information on how to present yourself. Look for the “About Us” sections and read every line. Typically this alone will give you enough juicy information to set you apart from the pack. Look for common themes and buzz words such as, “determination,” “passion,” “integrity” and a host of other ones and write them down. The company is giving you what you need to make the cut.

If the website has information on the company culture or, better yet, on what they look for in their future employees, pay attention and take notes! These are blatant clues to what they want to see in a future team member. Now with that being said if their descriptions don’t match you and what you want to see in a company then you should probably look elsewhere for that next great role.

If they match you and what you’re looking for in a company then take those phrases, buzz words and other clues and inject them into the meat of your resume. Just as cooks season their food to add flavor and appeal, you too are spicing up your resume to hold the readers attention and invite them back for more.

For example, if a line in your resume reads, “Successfully met monthly quotas 100% of the time” and the company mentions “passion” multiple times then use that to your advantage. Matching what the company wants and values in their team will make you standout. Try something like, “My passion to succeed allowed me to never miss a quota.” You’re still presenting the same fact but with a more tailored approach. Now you’re matching one of your traits, passion, with a trait the company expects, passion.

The Bottom Line

The bottom line is take 5 minutes to look over the job posting and browse the company’s website. With even those 5 extra little minutes, and the following 5 minutes it’ll take you to tailor your resume, you’ll give the hiring manager something to chew on and a reason to invite you in for seconds.

By Matt Haeussler – IT Search Executive at Ashley Ellis

Matt is Search Executive at Ashley Ellis. Ashley Ellis specializes in placing Information Technology Professionals on a permanent, contract and contract-to-hire basis in Chicago, IL and the Chicago suburbs. With a knowledgeable staff of IT focused Recruiters, client companies and IT professionals are brought together in harmony to form a fulfilling relationship.

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How does a nice game of Russian roulette sound to you? Here’s how we will play our little game. We will put a couple of bullets in the gun, one of the bullets will be a blank (completely harmless), and the other will be a regular bullet. Next we will point it to our head, give the chamber a spin and keep pulling the trigger until we hear a bang (or part of a bang). Now doesn’t that sound fun? Now would anybody with a smidgen of smarts want to play this game? No they wouldn’t, however, millions of intelligent people play this game with their diet pill choices.

These people purchase appetite suppressants without finding out what’s, well, in the chamber. The results can be disastrous.

Phentermine–Is It A Bullet?

Here is the Wikipedia definition of phentermine:

“It is approved as an appetite suppressant to help reduce weight in obese patients when used short-term and combined with exercise, diet, and behavioral modification. It is typically prescribed for individuals who are at increased medical risk because of their weight and works by helping to release certain chemicals in the brain that control appetite.”

Phentermine was first sold under the name of “Fastin”, but was removed from the market in 1998 due to questioanable side effects.

However, pharmaceutical companies don’t give up easily. To its shame, a company combined phentermine with fenfluramine or dexfenfluramine and begin selling it as Fen-Phen. Phentermine and fenfluamine turned out to be a dangerous combination and so the problems really began.

In 1997, after 24 cases of heart valve problems in Fen-Phen users, fenfluramine and dexfenfluramine were voluntarily removed from the market. This was done at the request of the FDA. Findings later proved that nearly 30% of those who were using fenfluramine or dexfenfluramine had developed abnormal valves. This has given phentermine a bad name, although it was the fenfluramine/phentermine combination that caused this serious problem.

However, phentermine is effective as an appetite suppressant and is still sold today. The various brands that are sold today are fairly well tolerated, but do have side effects, such as:

• Neverousness
• Irritability
• Insomnia
• Increased energy level
• Increased blood pressure

The above are the more common side effects. Phentermine does have some more serious, rare side effects, but the worst comes from overdose.

If you do decide to try phentermine, be sure you take it under a doctor’s care.

Now How About Hoodia?

This diet pill does not affect a patient’s heart rate, mental state or even blood pressure. It simply and safely fools the body into thinking that it’s already had a lot of glucose and thus shuts off hunger signals. The natives in South Africa have been using it for thousands of years to suppress hunger with no side effects.

Now, when it comes to comparing hoodia and phentermine for side effects, there really is no comparison. So what should you do if you want to use an appetite suppressant? Simply put, be wise in your choices. Way the pros and cons…and please, do not forget, for maximum weight loss and good health, be sure to exercise and eat right.

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