Showing posts with label Dirk Spencer Recruiter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dirk Spencer Recruiter. Show all posts

Thursday, April 14, 2016

Commercial - Resume Psychology - Breaking News Format

Since I am not interested in selling books out of my car, it seems I need to have a commercial.

Luckily - this is pretty easy to set-up. Hope you like it. There should be a 2-camera angle version coming in the next few weeks. Hopefully, they will let me have the blooper-reel.

Email if you have an opinion - up or down!




To your best resume yet,

Dirk Spencer
Recruitment Consultant
Author of Resume Psychology and The Candy Maker Resume

The Candy Maker Resume: Resume Writing Hacks by Dirk Spencer; ISBN-10: 0692652698 and ISBN-13: 978-0692652695.

Resume Psychology - Resume Hacks and Traps Revealed - Beat the Machine. Be Seen. Get Hired! (ISBN-10: 0692525602 and ISBN-13: 978-0692525609 print and Kindle eBook)

Both available on Amazon.Com and Amazon world-wide: Amazon.Co.UK - Amazon.FR - Amazon.DE - Amazon.CA - Amazon.IT - Amazon.ES.

My book made a 10 Must Buy List…
https://www.recruiter.com/i/10-must-buy-books-for-job-seekers/

My Lead-Page to sell books for Resume Psychology is
www.resumepsychologythebook.com

This Link is to the print and Kindle version of Resume Psychology on Amazon http://www.Amazon.Com/dp/0692525602/

This link is to the print version of The Candy Maker Resume on Amazon.Com http://www.amazon.com/dp/0692652698

The author page for Resume Psychology on Amazon
www.Amazon.Com/Author/DirkSpencer

Buy Resume Psychology at a discount here
https://www.createspace.com/5714917
Printer Discount Code: FA6pWQ4J

My Twitter
@DirkinDallas

Resume Psychology the blog
http://resumepsychology.blogspot.com/

Connect to me on LinkedIn (1K recruiters, 8K connections)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dirkindallas

My online presentations are here
http://www.slideshare.net/dirkspencer

My photo content is here
https://www.flickr.com/photos/origamidirk/

More photos online here
https://www.pinterest.com/DirkinDallas/

Internet articles (recruiting, job search, book, customer service with Dirk mentions)

Examples of great customer service
http://www.nanorep.com/49-customer-experience-professionals

Keeping in Touch with Candidates:
https://www.recruiter.com/i/8-ways-to-stay-in-touch-with-rejected-candidates/

Should You Re-Apply to the Same Job:
http://insights.dice.com/2016/01/11/should-you-apply-for-the-same-job-twice/

You May Be an Outdated Job Seeker If…:
http://www.careercloud.com/news/2016/1/23/the-outdated-job-seeker-part-2

Six Unlikely Places to Find Jobs
https://www.recruiter.com/i/6-unlikely-places-to-find-a-job/

Be a Better Recruiter:
https://www.recruiter.com/i/be-a-better-recruiter-10-simple-tips/

Curve Ball Interview Questions:
https://www.recruiter.com/i/interview-questions-the-top-10-curveball-questions-and-why-you-should-pose-them-to-candidates/

Resume Psychology Blog Posts:

The 3-Rs of Resumes:
http://resumepsychology.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-3-rs-of-resumes.html

Resume Help - Fiverr.Com and Others:
http://resumepsychology.blogspot.com/2016/02/resume-help-fiverrcom-and-others.html

Questions for Hiring Managers - What NOT to Ask:
http://resumepsychology.blogspot.com/2016/02/questions-for-hiring-managers-what-not.html

Questions for Hiring Managers - Potential Insights:
http://resumepsychology.blogspot.com/2016/02/questions-for-hiring-managers-potential.html

Questions for Hiring Managers - Checking Your Field Position:
http://resumepsychology.blogspot.com/2016/02/questions-for-hiring-managers-checking.html

Questions for Hiring Managers - Get Their Back-Story
http://resumepsychology.blogspot.com/2016/02/questions-for-hiring-managers-get-their.html

Questions for Hiring Managers - Go Deep or Go Home:
http://resumepsychology.blogspot.com/2016/01/questions-for-hiring-managers-go-deep.html

Questions for Hiring Managers - Generic Questions - Make Them Your Own:
http://resumepsychology.blogspot.com/2016/02/questions-for-hiring-managers-generic.html

Professional Summary – Make It Count:
http://resumepsychology.blogspot.com/2016/01/professional-summary-make-it-count.html

Detail Vs. Granularity & What is the Big Deal?:
http://resumepsychology.blogspot.com/2016/01/detail-vs-granularity-what-is-big-deal.html

Will This Get Me Hired?:
http://resumepsychology.blogspot.com/2016/01/will-this-get-me-hired.html

What is Your Goal?:
http://resumepsychology.blogspot.com/2016/01/what-is-your-goal.html

Your Resume is Your Career Anthropology:
http://resumepsychology.blogspot.com/2016/01/your-resume-is-anthropological.html

What is Resume Psychology?
http://resumepsychology.blogspot.com/2015/12/what-is-resume-psychology.html

SlideShare Presentation by Dirk Spencer

Think Like a Search Engine Find User Groups for Leads:
http://www.slideshare.net/dirkspencer/think-like-a-search-engine-find-user-groups-for-leads

Freelancing Online (e-Lancing):
http://www.slideshare.net/dirkspencer/freelancing-online-elancing

Using LinkedIn for Job Search:
http://www.slideshare.net/dirkspencer/using-linkedin-for-job-search

Interview Psychology - Preparation Attracts Offers:
http://www.slideshare.net/dirkspencer/dirk-spencer-interview-psychology

The Candy Maker Exercise:
http://www.slideshare.net/dirkspencer/dirk-spencer-candy-maker-exercise

Resume Psychology - The Resume Playbook:
http://www.slideshare.net/dirkspencer/dirk-spencer-resume-psychology-the-watermark-lecture-2012

Resume Kiss of Death (K.O.D.) - Killing Vague Resume Content:
http://www.slideshare.net/dirkspencer/unpacking-your-content-dirk-spencer

Finding Open Jobs with Job Boards:
http://www.slideshare.net/dirkspencer/dirk-spencer-best-use-of-job-boards

Your Resume Action Plan - Resume Boot Camp:
http://www.slideshare.net/dirkspencer/dirk-spencer-resume-boot-camp-with-dirk-frisco-connect

Resume Psychology – Get the Offer lecture 2011:
http://www.slideshare.net/dirkspencer/dirk-spencer-resume-psychology-the-watermark-lecture-2011

Book interviews I paid for using Fiverr.Com Resources



Resume Psychology: Resume Hacks & Traps Revealed - Beat the Machine. Be Seen. Get Hired! – Amazon World Wide:

The Candy Maker Resume – Resume Writing Hacks - Amazon World Wide:


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Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Great Interview! No Offer?! The Painful Truth

You do not have the experience they want. They want "agency" or "IT" or "aviation" or "big 3" and you do not have any.

 You know it. They know it. Everyone is on the same page knowing you do not have "that" secret sauce of experience. 

 But they schedule the interview anyway. You accept.

 They confirm. You re-confirm.

 You are on-time, prepared. 

 You feel it was a great interview.

 They call with bad news. 

 You are not a fit. You do not have "that" experience they listed. 

 You are a little surprised, right? They knew. They said they loved your "other" experience. 

 But they rejected you for not having "that" experience - but they knew ahead of time, right? Everyone discussed it.  

 Why would they interview someone and not make an offer based on the very reason they knew was missing from the start? 

 Who does that to people? 

 How is the lack of "that" experience still the deal-breaker?

 Why would they do this in the face of a great interview?

 ... Because it was not a great interview ... 
  • You said something dumb in the interview.
  • You took the bait by being too familial.
  • You revealed too much about the after-hours-you.
  • You made a statement which sounded like a job-demand.
  • You talked about passion instead of skills.
  • Your free-spirit is really too quirky for paying job.
In the worst case scenario - they were worried they could not manage your you. Your personality-type. Specifically, how you presented yourself. 

And they cannot tell you because we have all been burned before trying to be honest, trying to help someone become more self-aware. 

Take your lumps and decide to master the interview process. Work with strangers who can be brutally honest with you so you can elevate your interview skills. It can be learned. Go find your teacher. 

To your best resume yet,

Dirk Spencer
Recruitment Consultant
Author of Resume Psychology and The Candy Maker Resume

The Candy Maker Resume: Resume Writing Hacks by Dirk Spencer; ISBN-10: 0692652698 and ISBN-13: 978-0692652695.

Resume Psychology - Resume Hacks and Traps Revealed - Beat the Machine. Be Seen. Get Hired! (ISBN-10: 0692525602 and ISBN-13: 978-0692525609 print and Kindle eBook)

Both available on Amazon.Com and Amazon world-wide: Amazon.Co.UK - Amazon.FR - Amazon.DE - Amazon.CA - Amazon.IT - Amazon.ES.

My book made a 10 Must Buy List…
https://www.recruiter.com/i/10-must-buy-books-for-job-seekers/

My Lead-Page to sell books for Resume Psychology is
www.resumepsychologythebook.com

This Link is to the print and Kindle version of Resume Psychology on Amazon http://www.Amazon.Com/dp/0692525602/

This link is to the print version of The Candy Maker Resume on Amazon.Com http://www.amazon.com/dp/0692652698

The author page for Resume Psychology on Amazon
www.Amazon.Com/Author/DirkSpencer

Buy Resume Psychology at a discount here
https://www.createspace.com/5714917
Printer Discount Code: FA6pWQ4J

My Twitter
@DirkinDallas

Resume Psychology the blog
http://resumepsychology.blogspot.com/

Connect to me on LinkedIn (1K recruiters, 8K connections)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dirkindallas

My online presentations are here
http://www.slideshare.net/dirkspencer

My photo content is here
https://www.flickr.com/photos/origamidirk/

More photos online here
https://www.pinterest.com/DirkinDallas/

Internet articles (recruiting, job search, book, customer service with Dirk mentions)

Examples of great customer service
http://www.nanorep.com/49-customer-experience-professionals

Keeping in Touch with Candidates:
https://www.recruiter.com/i/8-ways-to-stay-in-touch-with-rejected-candidates/

Should You Re-Apply to the Same Job:
http://insights.dice.com/2016/01/11/should-you-apply-for-the-same-job-twice/

You May Be an Outdated Job Seeker If…:
http://www.careercloud.com/news/2016/1/23/the-outdated-job-seeker-part-2

Six Unlikely Places to Find Jobs
https://www.recruiter.com/i/6-unlikely-places-to-find-a-job/

Be a Better Recruiter:
https://www.recruiter.com/i/be-a-better-recruiter-10-simple-tips/

Curve Ball Interview Questions:
https://www.recruiter.com/i/interview-questions-the-top-10-curveball-questions-and-why-you-should-pose-them-to-candidates/

Resume Psychology Blog Posts:

The 3-Rs of Resumes:
http://resumepsychology.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-3-rs-of-resumes.html

Resume Help - Fiverr.Com and Others:
http://resumepsychology.blogspot.com/2016/02/resume-help-fiverrcom-and-others.html

Questions for Hiring Managers - What NOT to Ask:
http://resumepsychology.blogspot.com/2016/02/questions-for-hiring-managers-what-not.html

Questions for Hiring Managers - Potential Insights:
http://resumepsychology.blogspot.com/2016/02/questions-for-hiring-managers-potential.html

Questions for Hiring Managers - Checking Your Field Position:
http://resumepsychology.blogspot.com/2016/02/questions-for-hiring-managers-checking.html

Questions for Hiring Managers - Get Their Back-Story
http://resumepsychology.blogspot.com/2016/02/questions-for-hiring-managers-get-their.html

Questions for Hiring Managers - Go Deep or Go Home:
http://resumepsychology.blogspot.com/2016/01/questions-for-hiring-managers-go-deep.html

Questions for Hiring Managers - Generic Questions - Make Them Your Own:
http://resumepsychology.blogspot.com/2016/02/questions-for-hiring-managers-generic.html

Professional Summary – Make It Count:
http://resumepsychology.blogspot.com/2016/01/professional-summary-make-it-count.html

Detail Vs. Granularity & What is the Big Deal?:
http://resumepsychology.blogspot.com/2016/01/detail-vs-granularity-what-is-big-deal.html

Will This Get Me Hired?:
http://resumepsychology.blogspot.com/2016/01/will-this-get-me-hired.html

What is Your Goal?:
http://resumepsychology.blogspot.com/2016/01/what-is-your-goal.html

Your Resume is Your Career Anthropology:
http://resumepsychology.blogspot.com/2016/01/your-resume-is-anthropological.html

What is Resume Psychology?
http://resumepsychology.blogspot.com/2015/12/what-is-resume-psychology.html

SlideShare Presentation by Dirk Spencer

Think Like a Search Engine Find User Groups for Leads:
http://www.slideshare.net/dirkspencer/think-like-a-search-engine-find-user-groups-for-leads

Freelancing Online (e-Lancing):
http://www.slideshare.net/dirkspencer/freelancing-online-elancing

Using LinkedIn for Job Search:
http://www.slideshare.net/dirkspencer/using-linkedin-for-job-search

Interview Psychology - Preparation Attracts Offers:
http://www.slideshare.net/dirkspencer/dirk-spencer-interview-psychology

The Candy Maker Exercise:
http://www.slideshare.net/dirkspencer/dirk-spencer-candy-maker-exercise

Resume Psychology - The Resume Playbook:
http://www.slideshare.net/dirkspencer/dirk-spencer-resume-psychology-the-watermark-lecture-2012

Resume Kiss of Death (K.O.D.) - Killing Vague Resume Content:
http://www.slideshare.net/dirkspencer/unpacking-your-content-dirk-spencer

Finding Open Jobs with Job Boards:
http://www.slideshare.net/dirkspencer/dirk-spencer-best-use-of-job-boards

Your Resume Action Plan - Resume Boot Camp:
http://www.slideshare.net/dirkspencer/dirk-spencer-resume-boot-camp-with-dirk-frisco-connect

Resume Psychology – Get the Offer lecture 2011:
http://www.slideshare.net/dirkspencer/dirk-spencer-resume-psychology-the-watermark-lecture-2011

Book interviews I paid for using Fiverr.Com Resources



Resume Psychology: Resume Hacks & Traps Revealed - Beat the Machine. Be Seen. Get Hired! – Amazon World Wide:

The Candy Maker Resume – Resume Writing Hacks - Amazon World Wide:


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Thursday, February 25, 2016

The 3-Rs of Resumes

The resume is a game of three distinct items: reachability, readability, and relatability.

Reachability may sound obvious and simple, but on a regular basis people submit their resume without their name, without their phone number, and most regrettably, without their email address.

No one is using the US Postal Service to reach candidates in the age of the Internet.

Most recruiters are not going to spend the time to research how to contact a job candidate if the information is missing.

If the contact information is not easy to come by on a resume, the recruiter is simply going to move on to the next candidate.

Resume readability is all about structure.

A resume should have easy to read content, a consistent layout, and simple formatting.

Photographs, graphics, and fancy word processing tactics are distracting.

Sometimes the best-qualified candidates have the most difficult resumes to read because they use the resume to show off their word processing chops, rather than to communicate their skills effectively.

Relatability is all about how a candidate presents their experience.

Is the presentation too formal, too stiff, or too vague?

The most qualified candidates do not automatically receive interviews.

It is the candidate who finds a balance to their presentation on the resume and can bypass the traps associated with resume automation.

My Lead-Page for the book is www.resumepsychologythebook.com

This Link is to the print and Kindle version on Amazon http://www.Amazon.Com/-/dp/0692525602/

The author page on Amazon is www.Amazon.Com/Author/DirkSpencer

Buy the book at a discount here https://www.createspace.com/5714917
Printer Discount Code: FA6pWQ4J

The book is called Resume Psychology Resume Hacks & Traps Revealed- Beat the Machine. Be Seen. Get Hired! by Dirk Spencer. ISBN-10: 0692525602 and ISBN-13: 978-0692525609 available in print and Kindle eBook.

My Twitter is https://twitter.com/dirkindallas

The blog link is http://resumepsychology.blogspot.com/

Connect to me on LinkedIn here https://www.linkedin.com/in/dirkindallas

My online content is here http://www.slideshare.net/dirkspencer

My photo content is here https://www.flickr.com/photos/origamidirk/

Recent media mentions include:
https://www.recruiter.com/i/10-must-buy-books-for-job-seekers/
https://www.recruiter.com/i/8-ways-to-stay-in-touch-with-rejected-candidates/
http://insights.dice.com/2016/01/11/should-you-apply-for-the-same-job-twice/
http://www.careercloud.com/news/2016/1/23/the-outdated-job-seeker-part-2
https://www.recruiter.com/i/6-unlikely-places-to-find-a-job/
https://www.recruiter.com/i/be-a-better-recruiter-10-simple-tips/
https://www.recruiter.com/i/interview-questions-the-top-10-curveball-questions-and-why-you-should-pose-them-to-candidates/



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Sunday, December 27, 2015

THE BOOK IS LIVE: Resume Psychology Resume Hacks & Traps Revealed- Beat the Machine. Be Seen. Get Hired!

I finally wrote the book: Resume Psychology Resume Hacks & Traps Revealed- Beat the Machine. Be Seen. Get Hired!

The book became available October 1st of 2015. My web site http://www.resumepsychologythebook.com is live!

If you ever wanted the book version of the lecture by the same name it is now available. You can buy it online two-ways.

The first option is to buy directly from the people who print the book. They provide all authors with an online store to sell books directly to the public. My online store is: https://www.createspace.com/5714917.

Create Space is an Amazon company. They allow buyers to use their Amazon login to order books. There is a discount code to save a few bucks (FA6pWQ4J). You enter the discount code at the check-out page. Anyone can use this discount code.

The second buy option is at Amazon.Com. There is no discount available here. But you can read the free preview and leave a review. You can see the entire table of contents, part of the intro and then it jumps to the back of the book. In the back you can see a sample resume reviewed line-by-line.

At Amazon you can type Resume Psychology or the author name (Dirk Spencer) press enter and find the book doing a search.

Here I have included a direct link to the book:http://www.Amazon.Com/-/dp/0692525602/. This will take you to the print and Kindle versions.

Resume Psychology Resume Hacks & Traps Revealed- Beat the Machine. Be Seen. Get Hired!
 Contains all of my notes and insights to the people, processes and technology affecting resumes. At a 159 pages it is a fast read.

The table of contents is more like an index to make it easy to find topics quickly. There are answers to 35 common questions that did not fit cleanly into the book (An FAQ section by any other name). There are also 85+ references provided on my research.

The book explains what Resume Psychology is about, what you need to know about resumes with additional topics on what it takes to write great content. The book also details physical layout concerns, check-lists to use and what to avoid putting in the resume. There is also a sample resume included which is reviewed line-by-line. This might be the most requested piece of data for Resume Psychology.

The International Standard Book Numbers (ISBN) are:ISBN-10: 0692525602 and ISBN-13: 978-0692525609.

You can network and connect to me on LinkedIn via this link: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dirkindallas.

This is my lead-page for the book www.resumepsychologythebook.com

This jumps to the book on Amazon http://www.Amazon.Com/-/dp/0692525602/

This is the author page on Amazon www.Amazon.Com/Author/DirkSpencer

Save some money buying the book here https://www.createspace.com/5714917
Printer Discount Code: FA6pWQ4J

The book is called Resume Psychology Resume Hacks & Traps Revealed- Beat the Machine. Be Seen. Get Hired! by Dirk Spencer. ISBN-10: 0692525602 and ISBN-13: 978-0692525609 available in print and Kindle eBook.

My Twitter is https://twitter.com/dirkindallas

Connect to me on LinkedIn here https://www.linkedin.com/in/dirkindallas

My online content is here http://www.slideshare.net/dirkspencer

Recent media mentions include:
https://www.recruiter.com/i/8-ways-to-stay-in-touch-with-rejected-candidates/
http://insights.dice.com/2016/01/11/should-you-apply-for-the-same-job-twice/
http://www.careercloud.com/news/2016/1/23/the-outdated-job-seeker-part-2
https://www.recruiter.com/i/6-unlikely-places-to-find-a-job/
https://www.recruiter.com/i/be-a-better-recruiter-10-simple-tips/
https://www.recruiter.com/i/interview-questions-the-top-10-curveball-questions-and-why-you-should-pose-them-to-candidates/


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