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Get HiredTen Tips to Get the Job

by Deb Kloeppel, MSCCN (Military Spouse Corporate Career Network)

 

 

1. Ensure that your résumé truly reflects your skill sets.  Use a one-page résumé.  List the job you want in the first sentence of the cover letter.  Place your desire to work from home in the body of the résumé.

2. Ensure that you are truly job ready.  Recruiters are trained to weed out people who waffle.

3. Ensure that you can pass a criminal and credit check.

4. Ensure that you can pass a drug tap.

5. Ensure that you check the Internet for digital dirt surrounding your name if it is “Googled.”

6. Ensure that you have prepared your military family for your reentry or initial entry into the workforce.

7. Ensure that you don’t negotiate salary and work hours during any part of the interview process.  Wait until you become indispensable to the employer before negotiating terms of employment.

8. Ensure that you know the difference in interview processes between making a reentry into the corporate workforce (break in work cycle) and snagging a corporate job in your field of expertise (no break in work cycle).

9. Ensure that you have a surefire answer to the question:  “Do you move a lot?”  A surefire answer is this:  “On average, a civilian stays in a job two months less than a military wife.  I intend to remain a star producer when working for your organization by fully contributing to the mission of the project assigned to me.  I’ll become the go-to person.”  (Corporate recruiters love this sentiment.)

10. Ensure that you believe in your abilities and talents.  Recruiters are trained to know when you don’t.

 


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User comments:

Celina4/2/2008 4:13:44 PM
can anyone elaborate on number eight. its not quite clear to me.
becky19864/4/2008 9:19:19 PM
I want more answer regarding #3. When I started working many years ago they did not this what type of information are they at? Can anyone help!!!!!
Huzzah11/6/2008 10:24:23 PM
I think I can easily have done this article. Basically when you're applying for a job and depending on the company you're applying to, they may have different application procedures for intrested candidates who have worked for their company before and who have never applied or worked with their company...ever. If you intend on applying for a job with a company that you worked with in the past, I would ask the HR if there is a different process you need to go through to apply for the job. becky1968, background checks have become one of the biggest piorities in the recuitment process for most employers. This is due to the many instances where companies hired criminals that ended up doing BAD THINGS. (Heh) Anyway, it is hard to list what an employer is looking for while they're conducting background checks. Some companies pay for programs that enable them to look up any arrests, felonies, traffic infractions, whatever. As long as you haven't had a run in with the authorities or was discharged from a past job for gross misconduct then you shouldn't have anything to worry about.
Bodega Girl11/12/2009 7:53:31 PM
Very poor article. For example, a one-page resume is not required nor is it recommended by hiring managers. Who writes a tips page with every tip beginning with "Ensure?" I know there are talented military spouses out there who could do a much better job.
tmac7/7/2011 4:22:16 PM
#1 is confusing...as #8 and if I were a recruiter, after hearing the answer give for #9 I would still repeat the question as it was not answered!

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