New Career Bootcamp

The Cure for Career Confusion

(2.5) Is It a Waste of Time To Apply If You’re Not Perfectly Qualified?

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One frustrating but common predicament job seekers encounter is deciding whether or not to apply for a job if they don’t meet the employer’s qualifications.

While browsing job postings, you see a job that has the responsibilities and duties that match your interests. The day-to-day role is exactly what you’ve been hoping to find.

Then you see the minimal requirements and, although you have some of the necessary skills and plenty of passion, you don’t have ALL of the qualifications the company specifies.

Perhaps you have three years of relevant experience, not five. Or you have a bachelor’s degree, not a master’s. You’ve been in a managerial role but haven’t drawn up a budget before. You know you can do the job, but you don’t know if you’ll even be considered without satisfying each of the requirements.

Should you apply?

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Tips & Tricks For Submitting Your Resume & Cover Letter For More Success

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In this training module you will learn:

  • 4 ways to quickly tailor your resume to win more interviews (Module 3.1)
  • How to write a blockbuster cover letter that positions you for a career transition (Module 3.2.1)
  • Handling salary information in a cover letter
  • (Module 3.2.2)Best practices for submitting your resume & cover letter (Module 3.3)
  • Handling online salary boxes (Module 3.3.1) 
  • The best way to follow up with human resources after you submit your application (Module 3.4)

(3.2.1) Write a Blockbuster Cover Letter That Positions You For a Career Change

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Companies that advertise job vacancies online can expect to receive hundreds (sometimes thousands) of responses from applicants.

If the company staff (typically it’s an Human Resource clerk, Office Manager or Executive Assistant who does the first screening) spent 5 minutes reviewing each resume and cover letter submitted for that one opening, they could easily spend one full week doing NOTHING but reviewing resumes and cover letters for that ONE job posting (500 resumes & cover letters x 5 minutes is 2,500 minutes = 42 hours.)

That’s not going to happen.

The company employee reading the resume has two goals:

  • To look as good as possible to their boss by finding the ‘best qualified’ candidates
  • To get through that stack of resumes and cover letters as quickly as possible so they can get back to their other job responsibilities

That means you MUST develop a cover letter that makes it EASY for HR professionals, recruiters and hiring managers to QUICKLY see why you’re a strong candidate – even though you’re making a career transition.

Here’s exactly how you can do that…

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(3.4) Should You Follow Up With Human Resources?

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As a job seeker, it’s hard to know the boundaries for some of our actions; and certainly a big one is when to call a hiring manager after you send your resume.

In this module you’ll learn:

  • How long after submitting your resume & cover letter should you follow up with HR
  • Best practices when calling HR to pique their interest
  • A sample script that you can easily and quickly tailor for your situation

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