How One Job Seeker Landed 2 Job Offers in 2 Weeks

How One Job Seeker Landed 2 Job Offers in 2 Weeks Have you ever spent hours working on your resume only to find that its quickly rejected after hitting send? Not a great feeling right? Well dont worry you are not alone. I work with clients each week who are producing some pretty amazing results in their job searches. Their stories might be your stories so I hope youll benefit from learning more about what theyve done that makes all the difference. One of my superstar executive clients ended up landing multiple offers and a GREAT job, not too long ago, after tweaking something simple in her approach. Shes a superstar because she knew she didnt want to leave her job search up to chance and really committed to accessing the right tools to take her to the next level in her career.  Heres how she did it: Step 1: Be decisive commit  if you know you need help Robin came to me for branding help and we gave her a total makeover on her resume, Linkedin and cover letter. Being that it was later in her career, she was hoping to make her next move the right one something where shed be fulfilled but also be able to capitalize on her years of solid experience to really shine. She also was targeting a shift from an individual contributor role into management and senior leadership. Being a busy executive, she knew that she didnt have the time to work and rework her resume over and over and over again so she came to us for help. We got her all set up with The Works and she was on her way to apply for jobs. Step 2: Know When Somethings Not Working Change it As Robin was applying to jobs she noticed that she wasnt receiving the response rate she had hoped for. Since we offer a 30-day guarantee on all resumes, she came back to us to let us know something wasnt quite right. Our guarantee is in place to ensure that we are on target just as much as our job seeker clients and so we immediately reviewed the job descriptions to see where things were off so we could perform any rewrite work. No, this is not something all resume services will do (compare different resume services and what to expect here)  but we kind of have a thing about getting it right AND seeing our clients succeed, so we were on it! Step 3: Small Tweaks Create BIG Opportunities After reviewing the job descriptions it was clear why Robin wasnt landing interviews with her new resume: She was way too overqualified. BEWARE: This is a very common application error and one of the main reasons most applicants never hear back. We were able to identify some hiring language that indicated she was better off targeting higher level roles. We even did a preliminary search for better-fit opportunities and sent a few job descriptions to illustrate better-fit roles. Step 4: Embrace Timing as a Critical Factor Robin took the ball and ran with it now that she had this much clearer picture of where she was a fit. She put herself out there and remained active in pursuing new job applications and although it took a little time, she realized timing was everything (and worth the wait)! She didnt allow herself to get discouraged. Rather, she remained positive and invested in her search and her investment paid off. Step 5: Dont Risk Blowing the Big Interview A few months later, timing had worked out in Robins favor and she had MULTIPLE interviews scheduled. Im talkin life-changing opportunities that dont come along every day. And the beautiful thing with multiple opportunities is that you really get to be selective. She knew she didnt want to risk not having a selection of offers so she got back in touch with our team for interview coaching support. And of course, we were ready to support! If youve been  interviewing and havent received offers, heres what you need to know. Step 6: Let Someone Else Sweat the Small Things She felt great about her interview skills but needed help with a few specifics like asking great questions to her interviewers and crafting unique thank you notes for her follow up. We took these pieces off her plate so she could focus on preparing her answers. To access these thank you templates and make your life easier, sign up for membership to the NG community. Step 7: Pull Out the Big Guns Robin was resting easy, knowing that the little things were being attended to but she also needed a way to stand out. Partnering with our interview standout expert, Robin learned how to stand out and highlight her expertise through a strategic interview presentation. This gave Robin the extra edge by teaching her how to take control of the interview conversation and communicate to her interviewers she was serious, qualified and ready to hit the ground running! If you havent guessed by now, Robins interviews were a smashing success. She found herself negotiating two offers and selecting the one she wanted most. For compensation and negotiation coaching, click here. If there were ever to be a moral to this story it would be this: A new resume, alone, wont seal the deal. If the job search isnt your thing, dont be afraid to access help at every step of the way (until the offer is in hand)! A big congrats to Robin on her success! If accessing the right tools/experts is something you havent been doing in your job search, take it from Robin: it makes all the difference! I hope Robin can be an inspiration to you as you continue down your career path. Its never too late to try something new to shake up your job search. And you can never have enough support from the experts!