E.17: Ask a Recruiter_7 : Cover letter: Yes or No?

Dear Candidate

This is my last episode for 2021 and I'll like to say thank you to everyone who has listened, shared, sent feedback or offered one support or the other. I'm very grateful and that has inspired me in many ways. So I'll like to wish you all a merry Christmas and a happy new year in advance!

How do you convince someone who has little or no interest in meeting or talking to you to talk to you? Think of that for 5 seconds while I count down

Ok, were you able to think of anything? Maybe or maybe not.

The point here is that you need something or someone to pave the way for that to happen. I hope you agree with that?

Now, allow me to make this question a little more relatable.

As a candidate, how do you convince a recruiter or the person reviewing your application documents to invite you to that very first call particularly when your experience and your skillset are not well aligned to the position but you however believe that you can do the job.

Picture this, as the candidate you know in your heart that all you need is just one interview to convince your potential employer of your ability to do the job.

However, on the flip side as a recruiter, I’m staring at your cv, shaking my head and wondering if you sent that cv just to pull my legs because everything in the cv screams wrong wrong wrong. Actually, at this point, I’m wondering if you mistakenly sent in your application because it just seems so out of place.

As a candidate, you need to be proactive. Your voice needs to be heard even when you are not in the room. Now does this work all the time? No but if there is a slight chance that this could work, then one of the biggest questions on my mind is why are candidates not employing this strategy?

Alright people, grab a seat don’t go anywhere as we unpack this further.

للاستماع إلى حلقات ذات محتوى فاضح، قم بتسجيل الدخول.

اطلع على آخر مستجدات هذا البرنامج

قم بتسجيل الدخول أو التسجيل لمتابعة البرامج وحفظ الحلقات والحصول على آخر التحديثات.

تحديد بلد أو منطقة

أفريقيا والشرق الأوسط، والهند

آسيا والمحيط الهادئ

أوروبا

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