Gary is a recruiting and hiring consultant. He has trained and led high-performance recruiting teams that have made well over 10,000 hires. He has seen the inside story of how recruiting and hiring happens inside over 300 companies from Fortune 100 companies to boutique start-ups.
Gary’s industry background includes software, IT, eCommerce, banking, public sector, semiconductor, engineering, manufacturing, sales, marketing, and environmental companies. His experience spans all levels including C-level executives, senior management, technical leadership, and high-performance professionals as well as support staff and laborers.
Gary was originally on the podcast in episode 58. You can listen to it here.
Gary has been involved in HireFactors for about 2 years.
Many people have varied and eclectic stories. What Gary has found is that their resume and career stories look and sound like their career -scattered and varied.
The hiring manager is looking for someone who has been doing similar kinds of things to the job description and is moving right along in their career with increasing levels of responsibility, because that is the easy hire. If they cannot make sense of your career trajectory then you will not get hired. You need to make your resume and career story portray a clear message.
A software company was looking for a software tester related to dispensing pharmaceuticals. This is highly regulated and they needed someone to test the user interface, which is very routine and monotonous. Gary found someone who had been working in manufacturing - specifically testing related to fighter aircraft. This was testing torque on bolts and welds. He had to do this day in and day out and fill out very complex forms. The hiring manager immediately kicked the resume back.
Gary explained that this person had been performing similar tasks as the position they wanted to fill, had tremendous attention to detail and would not get burned out. If this person had applied directly to this position with no one who was able to translate their skills, there is no way this person would have even gotten an interview.
For the full show notes click here.Rebroadcast of What is Your Mindset Right Now? Are You Ready to Change It? #277
An Excellent Example of a Successful Unretirement with Richard Eisenberg #276
Let's Discuss How to Mitigate Risk in Your Life and Career #275
The Secret to Success to Staying Employed in Technology into Your 70s #274
Are You Taking Risks in Your Career and Life? Let's Talk How to Do It #273
Rebroadcast of How to Switch Industries from Executive Search Consultants Perspective #272
Are you Ready to Bet on You: How to Win with Risk - Author Angie Morgan #271
Experiences from My Trip and Speaking at a Conference to 700 People #270
The Great Retirement Surge Driven by Mass Job Loss During the Pandemic #269
Control at 50+: How to Succeed in the New World of Work with Kerry Hannon #268
Becoming a Domain Lead at GetSetUp using Her Passion for Healthy Food #267
Having a Positive Impact with Families as an Encore Career with Susan Cornish #266
How Age Beliefs Drive Ageism and What to Do About it with Becca Levy #265
Work from the Inside Out and Move Forward with Tammy Gooler Loeb #264
365 Ways to Have a Good Day with Ian Sanders #263
Finding Passion in the Garden and Composting with Deborah Schnur #262
Networking Strategies for the Post COVID-19 World with Karen Wickre #261
Vicki Soll Finds a Happy Place in Her Career by Teaching Older Adults #260
Why Millions of Us are Retiring Earlier than Planned with Mark Miller #259
How to Create Success by Outsmarting Your Brain with Diann Wingert #258
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