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.My Observations on Quick Trip to Texas from Mexico #198
Career Sherpa Hannah Morgan on the 55+ Job Search in a Pandemic #197
Two Common Mindset Issues And How To Overcome Them #196
Navigating The Federal Job Hiring Maze #195
Returning to a Past Career and Finding Stability #194
The Experts Take on Looking for a Job During a Pandemic - Part 2 #193
The Experts Take on Looking for a Job During a Pandemic - Part 1 #192
LinkedIn Strategies in a Time of Pandemic with Andy Foote #191
Retirement in the Time of COVID-19 with Mark Miller #190
Pivoting Macs List Job Board In The Time Of COVID-19 #189
What is Going on in the Real World of Hiring and HR - Part 2 #188
What is Going on in the Real World of Hiring and HR - Part 1 #187
HR and Hiring in a Pandemic Update #186
Pivoting a Speaking Career in a Time of Pandemic #185
From Mining Engineer To Small Business Consultant #184
5 Fascinating Second Act Career Stories with Andy Levine #183
Networking and Remote Work in the COVID-19 World with Tammy Gooler Loeb #182
Thriving at 50+: How to Reinvent and Rebrand Yourself #181
Are You Prepared to be an 'After the Age of 50' Entrepreneur? #180
Can Phil Repurpose His Career? Part 4 of 4 #179
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