Isn’t cell
phone technology fabulous! And what
about those apps! Awesome! My little iPhone has dramatically improved my
efficiency, allowing me to spend more time out of the office building
relationships. The GolfLogix app has
been especially helpful with club selection and tracking my golf stats. I will likely develop that thought further if
I ever set up a Blog about golf. The
point is that I probably spend more time using my iPhone on the job than at my
computer. It is great to be able to
respond promptly to an email message from a client or a text message from a
candidate via my iPhone. I never miss a
call to my desk as I instantly receive a message from my Voip Service. This feature
provides the caller’s phone number and a text version of any message left. The ability to touch a phone number or email
address to respond is vital. It would be
an understatement to say that my iPhone is fast becoming my preferred business
tool. In fact, it is very fair to say
that the apps I have on my iPhone create a virtual office wherever I happen to be,
so long as I have my iPhone with me. I
am certainly not unique in this regard.
I become irritated
when my candidates or prospective candidates fail to appreciate the importance
of my iPhone in my work. I am certain
this will come as no surprise to anyone reading this post. The first thing I tell my candidates is “help
me help you.” The first rule is to make
it easy to find you. Make it easy to
find your resume and make it easy to contact you. By contact, I mean via text, email, or voice. My correspondence includes my complete
contact information including my website, blog, and LinkedIn profile. All of my correspondence! A savvy candidate will add that information
into their electronic address book across all of their devices. Likewise they should provide a complete
signature section to make it easy to respond to them; wherever I am and on my schedule.
Help me
help you.
- Label your resume file as follows: last name_first name_year
- Provide complete contact information in all of your correspondence.
- If using MS WORD for your resume complete the ‘file properties’ menu.
- Put my complete contact information in all of your address books.
- Become very familiar with my website content and blog posts.
If a
candidate can follow these rules it is a signal to me that I am dealing with a
savvy professional. Savvy, at least as
it concerns the effective use of technology.
But that is a good start!
Reviewing their resume and talking with them on an introductory call
will confirm that opinion. I am
confident that any hiring manager or internal recruiter will think the
same. So, put yourself in the place of
your audience; a recruiter or a hiring manager.
Let them help you, by helping them.
Embrace the technology!
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Jim Weber, President
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