Face the Facts! . . . Fabulous Resume or Great Job Offer?

You may have a critical choice to make.that if you're serious about getting a job offer,
Is your job campaign focused on your resumethen you need to start at the other end of the
and getting it distributed? Or is it focused onspectrum in making your job search decisions.
getting a job offer? There's a big difference.In other words, you want to understand what it
We've been brought up to think that you get ais you have to do to meet face-to-face with a
job by beating out the competition with a fabulousdecision-maker as quickly as possible where you'll
resume and getting it distributed to a widerhave the opportunity to demonstrate how you
audience better than anyone else. We've beencan make a difference in their organization going
told that you have to correctly jump through allforward.
the interview hoops and not make any seriousThis means you have to make a whole other
mistakes when talking to a decision-maker.range of strategic decisions that go way beyond
What we've been told is WRONG! At least if ouryour resume . . . and, indeed, go way beyond
goal is to get a good job offer.traditional notions of interviewing.
First of all, no one is going to hire you on theFortunately, there's a proven system that can
basis of your resume . . . I don't care howhelp you do that quickly and effectively. Check
fabulous it is. Any employer worth his/her salt willout "The World's Fastest Alternative Job Search
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face-to-face. And even that isn't contingent uponapproach to the real job market that focuses on
how well you answer all his/her questions.getting a high-paying job offer rather than all the
You see, there are only two things an employerold-fashioned traditional methods we learned about
is looking for in you. He/she wants to see if you. . . resumes, mass distribution, job sites, job
productively fit into the team. And if you canopenings, agencies and recruiters. And wind up
make his/her job easier. If you pass that criticalspending weeks and months looking.
test, then you'll be hired ultimately because theIn fact, when you follow this inventive
hiring decision-maker likes you. There's a personalnon-traditional approach, you'll be meeting in
connection, often unspoken.person with your next boss in a matter of days.
Now those are the facts based on years ofAnd you could be entertaining a great job offer in
examining, not how a resume is written, but howas little as two weeks!
a hiring decision is made. What all of this means is