Dear Ms. Theologian,
I just found out that I was very well qualified for a job for which I applied, but was also one of 1000 well qualified applicants for the same position. My question to you is this—when inundated with applicants, how does an employer determine who to hire, aside from the loaded issue of racial quotas and preferential hiring statistics?Thanks,
Seeking Among Thousands
Dear Seeking,
What gets your resume plucked from a stack of thousands of qualified candidates? having a clean, short (1-2 page) resume that stresses the language of the job advertisement and some luck
No one ever admits to the luck since we live in a meritocracy where people seem to think they get what they deserve, but there is quite a lot of luck involved in who gets hired, who gets fired, and who and what are successful.
What gets you hired from an interview among a dozen equally qualified candidates? being likable and, of course, we all tend to think of ourselves that way, so here are some tips to make sure we are (in short, be empathetic and interested).
-Ms. Theologian
May 27th, 2009 at 6:06 pm
Thanks!