How to Avoid Sabotaging Your Interview

NEW YORK - April 24, 2015 - PRLog -- “…sabotaging yourself is real easy…”

In recent conversations with my candidates I’ve been talking about how sabotaging yourself is real easy, all starting with putting together a resume that may “kill you” rather than sell you. It’s the little things that many people are unaware of that move you from possibility to unknown. Many of us believe our skills are so good, and in such high demand, that anyone who receives our resume will want to talk with us instantly. Rather than having a resume that sells you to get that interview, it blocks you from ever being seen. And even though we’re all “legends in our minds,” you need to be heard in order to be seen.

What can prevent you from being heard? I received a very interesting newsletter from Marc Cenedella of The Ladders titled “Three ways you're sabotaging yourself”

Below are a few bulleted commonly made mistakes. (My comments after each.)

Can a stranger read your resume?
More importantly, can a stranger differentiate you from the crowd?
If they can’t, you’re just in a pile. Forgotten.

Did you talk to a live person today?
If you did, you’re a unique individual, unless it was a preset appointment. I can hardly get to talk with a representative from companies I send money to, even though they tell me “your call is very important to us”.
You may be blocked by a company’s OCR and never know it. You’ve wasted your time even applying to the company. Actually you didn’t apply.
Don’t know what an OCR is? You’re not alone.

Email address
Does your e-m address represent you? Is it classy or is it “cutesy”?
And you never thought that was an issue?

Yes there are many issues, any one of which can that can prevent you from being “heard”.

About Hal Eskenazi:
Hal Eskenazi - https://www.linkedin.com/in/haleskenazi
A veteran Recruiting Specialist, National Accounts Manager and Trainer with extensive experience recruiting for Top Tier Corporations, Management Consulting  organizations and mid to small companies across all lines of business. Expansive experience in advising clients on effective recruiting, hiring techniques and retention practices over the last 25 years. Dedicated to helping candidates and clients achieve success through developed methodologies, processes, and techniques.

About vieReady:
vie (French) – Life, Career; Ready – To be fully prepared
The goal of vieReady is to empower you to be self sufficient, to move   your career and job opportunities forward, by providing the tools and knowledge necessary to be competitive in an ever changing job marketplace starting with:
A resume that sells you, clearly, concisely, professionally.
An interview skill set that gets you the job offer
Find out more at http://www.vieready.com