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#82) The Big Bad Recruiting Panel | We Ask Recruiters How to GET HIRED
Season 1, Ep. 82
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In this episode, you are going to discover what hiring managers are looking for. I took some of the best recruiters here in Austin - and we’re going to have a live panel discussion to help you all get hired.
The theme to hammer home: Put yourself in the perspective of a hiring decision maker, and we’re going straight to the horse’s mouth with this episode.
We’ll talk about how to get your resume noticed in the first place -- and how to be the one that gets picked during the interview process
Here's what we asked the recruiters:
- What makes you put a resume in the yes vs. no pile?
- Please discuss your mechanism of sourcing + filtering out candidates. What do you actually type in during your searches?
- If someone is interviewing with you -- and all of your candidates are awesome -- what’s the one thing that makes you pick the winner?
- “What’s your biggest weakness” Best way to respond?
- What percentage of cover letters do you actually read?
- Resume or PDF?
- Have you actually disqualified someone just due to a typo?
- How long do you actually spend on each resume?
- What do you think is the best investment of time a job seeker can make for their job search?
...PLUS Q&A from the audience!
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GUEST LINKEDIN PROFILES:
- Lara MacGonigle on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laramacgonigle/
- Ryman Stringer on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rymanstringer/
- Nada Lulic on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nadalulic/
- Lisa Novak on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisanovakhr/
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