What you need to do to find, get your dream job

“The first thing is to always look at what do I want the rest of my life to look like,” said Terry Hansen with Hansen Group.

Hansen says in order to make a career switch you need to be specific

“You first need to know what it is that you want most people who are searching for a job are in the mind frame of that I’ll take whatever I can get I just need a job that’s entirely the wrong attitude to take,” said Hansen.

Once you find the job you want, you must figure out exactly what the company is looking for.

“Before you ever send a resume or make a phone call learn what they need and want first and then when you approach them for the first time make sure your resume is exactly that,” said Hansen.

Hansen isn’t the only who agrees with tailoring your resume.

Human resource manager of BBSI, in Idaho Falls,Terri Hill sees up to 800 resumes a week.

The applicants range from factory workers to high level corporate executives.

The resumes that she takes a second look at must highlight what you can bring to the table for the employer.

“When you’re doing your resume you need to think of it as your 30 second commercial about yourself and what can that employer gain from looking at that in you know 30 to 60 seconds,” said Hill.

If you can’t catch an employer’s eye in less than a minute, she says you’re not getting call back.

She also says there’s many common mistakes that can get your resume placed into the “no” stack.

“You’ve got to make sure you don’t just have a generic resume you send all over. That is one thing that I put into the no pile, if there are misspellings, if it’s hard to read, if there’s way too much information and it’s a very small print. I don’t have time to go through and read all of that,” said Hill.

If you make the cut and do have the opportunity to interview Hansen says you must prepared.

While you may think your on the spot, Hansen says you’ll impress your employer by flipping the balance and actually interviewing the hiring manager yourself.

“Questions such as the position that I’m applying for is that a brand new position or is it one that is being replaced replacing somebody and if it’s replacing somebody you ask them questions like what made them really effective or what did you really like them? what did you not like about them so much?,” said Hansen.

Hansen says asking these questions will give you an advantage over others.

“I’m going to learn what Mr. manager, Mr. boss really likes, what his hot buttons are so when he’s asking me questions I’m going to make sure my answers fit what he really wants to hear,” said Hansen.

Hansen says following these practices will get you one step closer to landing your dream job and overall happiness.

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