“I’ve been finding people jobs since 1973, and have helped thousands of candidates find great career opportunities. Let me help you too!”... Tony Beshara
"I've been finding people jobs since 1973, and have helped thousands of candidates find great career opportunities. Let me help you too!"... Tony Beshara
…maybe folks like being unemployed or really like their lousy job…i can’t believe folks simply won’t follow the instructions…even when they are so simple..
we had five candidates go to interview for a position at one of our clients..
only one…one out of five…even after our coaching before the interviews…asked for the job..
hiring authority couldn’t believe it either..only one…
all you gotta do is say, “what do i ineed to do to get the job?”
…i know you are busy keeping the job you have or taking tme off from the part time gig you have
but when it comes to interviews, please, for your own sake, don’t rearrange them with the hiring authority…unless you absolutely have to
we had an excellent candidate that couldn’t make the inteview because of a problem at work..
our client was interviewing five candidates on the same day…when our candidate couldn’t make it and asked to have it rearranged, the employer simply said, “well, lets see how these go…if i see a couple i like, i won’t need to see her”
sure enough, he saw two of the four that he liked…our candidate missed out…
remember…you have a ton of competition…if you miss an interview they may not need to see you ..
don’t loose out this way
shawn goes to negotiate a comp plan as he is accepting the job…he skillfully postpones talking about money until the very last issue..
when the converstion about money came up, he simply said, “lets get a few more things clarrified and then we can talk about money…”
so, he gets a clear understanding of everything about the job…and then they trun to money…he asks the hiring manager what they had in mind..(he knew all along..just wanted to hear it again)..
after he hears the answer, he states that he can do more than the reqirements…he enumerates all of the value he brings to the company…he reviews his past performance, he reminds them why he is the best candidate…gets them to agree that he is pretty unique…then simply tells them that the job is worth $15,000 more than what they want to pay..and reminds them of the value he brings…
they agree to think about it…he is gracious and not flustered..
keep in mind, he doesn’t have a job now…in fact, he has been out of work for a while…doesn’t even have another offer…or even close to one…
we’ll see what they say…
…i call my client and present a excellent candidate…my client starts laughing and say, “oh, yea i know him..no way…yea, his background is perfect but i wouldn’t hire him on a bet..”
so, i say..”can you tell me why?”
he says…”yea…after i got out of college for a number of years i was a bartender at a very upscale restaurant in dallas…i got into this company seven years ago…but i tended bar before that…”
“this guy you sent me use to bring clients to our place…spend lots of money buying drinks and dinners for them as well as lots of his different women…but, no matter how well we treated him, he would hardly ever tip…i mean hardly ever…and when he did, it was an insult…we hated to see him come it…all fancy and a big shot…but didn’t treat us right…”
“so, i figure he’d mistreat others when he didn’t have to be nice…so i’m going to pass…he’s an empty suit…won’t hire him”
…lesson speaks for itself
not a week goes by that some candidate represented by our firm reveals one of the above just about the time they are going to get a job offer from one of our clients..
most of the time, these issues stop the offer..sometimes they can be worked around by the hiring authority and the company…but they are always problems
unfortuantely felonies are almost always insurmountable…in professional positions, only once in 36 years have i had a company hire a candidate with a felony in their recent past..
the empathetic part of me realizes how sad this might be…but the business side of me realizes why companies can’t run that risk..
now there are some jobs that a felony may not make a difference…our firm doesn’t know where they might be..
DWI’s and misdemanors can often be explained and overlooked by some firms…but it is hard…i suggest people get an attorney to find out how, if enough time has elapsed, these records might be removed from a persons public background..
if you aren’t sure of what is on your record, run a background check on yourself…for around $40, you can see what most employeers will find..identity confusion other odd things do happen…you need to know..
if there are some of these issues in your background, i’d recommend discussing them with the hiring authority if you think you are going to be a finalist for the job opportunity..
don’t be angry or try to justify how you were “wronged”… it won’t work…be remorseful, appolgetic and have an “how can we work this out” attitude..
if a company simply can’t work around the issue, be graceful and understanding…
banckruptcies are a bit different…some companies don’t care..others might…we had a banking client that refused to hire one of our candidates because of a previous bankruptcy… they really wanted to hire the candidate but they had just fired an officer for embezzlement…they couldn’t take the chance
as with the other issues..if you think it will have an impact on your getting an offer, bring it up toward the end of the interview cycle..
this is tricky…when you have taken a stop gap job and it dragged on longer than you ever intended…like six months or so, you are now going to have to explain it to a hiring or interviewing authority
do this carefully and humbly…
do not justify the job flipantly by saying something like, “hey, i had to do something to put bread on the table…can’t blame me…now the market has changed and i can do better…i’m ready to leave”
that tells an employer that you would do the same thing to them…when the market gets better..no, no…
the way you explain it is like this, “well, i never intended for this job to last so long…it was meant to be a stop gap to put food on the table…however, the people were great and very nice and it seemed to go on a longer time…”
“it really isn’t a career for me and it has dead ended pretty fast…i am not growing personally…they are aware of my situation and understand that i really need to get on with my career with a very challenging opportunity as this one..”
say it humbly..then drop it…ask a new question
…good candidate..looks like a good track record…i placed him 10 years ago…looks like he has done well since..
he calls…i get him three interviews…one of my clients really likes him…brings him back for follow up interviews…he does well…going to the regional VP for final…
one of the interviewing authorities decides to find him on linkedin…fair enough…my candidate has two differentplaces that he has worked at in the past two years listed on his linkedin profile than is on his resume…
this is so dumb, i couldn’t even make it up…but it is true..
obviously, they drop him…so do i…even after 36 years of doing this, i still find people doing things that is simply can’t believe
we had a candidate today that simply casually walked off her job ’cause she just didn’t like the environment…or maybe it was the boss…or maybe she said didn’t like the people she worked with an more…she gave no notice…just told her boss it wasn’t working out and she was leaving..
at any rate, she had been there two years and figured it was simply time to go…left the job as casually as you and i would go to lunch…oh, well…
that was six months ago…she has since been evicted, loosing her car, moving in with family…beside herself about not being able to find a job..mad, angry, upset, sad and depressed
where are people’s heads…do they think that it can’t happen to them…she can’t believe she simply casually walked off that job…she even tried to get it back…now, why would someone hire another back who walked off the job…
…too late for her, but in this market you can’t be that clueless…
…candidate we placed six months ago calls…says that everything was fine and going very well…
he called us two weeks into this job to say that he wanted to quit…he was overwhelmed…didn’t like the people…the job…nothing about it…
he needed the job, but at that point he was ready to quit…
this happens quite a bit…candidate gets a new job…really doesn’t know what he or she is getting into…a bit afraid …overwhelmed is a good way to put it…so, couple of weeks into it, they are ready to go back looking for a job..
our advice was to hang in there for a while…give it 90 days or so…unless there is something that is so awful that one can’t live with it, give yourself a chance…have no expectations..just go to work and see what happens..
once the new employee got over the fear of being new, everything worked out…
give it time…it doesn’t always work out…but give yourself a chance..
one of my candidates was “coached” by…guess what..a career coach to tell people that he wasn’t really looking for a job, he was looking to be a company’s “problem solver”….
oh, boy!…silly and pretentious
don’t do that…don’t try to be unique by being coy or silly..
if you are looking for a job, you’re looking for job…great…then proceed to tell them why they ought to hire you…what you can do for them …today…
keep it simple..effective and forceful…but simple
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