{"id":2291,"date":"2016-11-02T10:00:27","date_gmt":"2016-11-02T15:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bullseyerecruiting.net\/?p=2291"},"modified":"2023-10-05T11:51:26","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T17:51:26","slug":"you-can-put-a-spit-shine-on-a-turd-but-it-is-still-a-turd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bullseyerecruiting.net\/you-can-put-a-spit-shine-on-a-turd-but-it-is-still-a-turd\/","title":{"rendered":"You Can Put a Spit Shine on a TURD, But it is still a TURD!!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"poopemoji\"<\/a>Here is the thing about recruiting.\u00a0 There are good candidates and there are bad candidates.\u00a0 There are also plenty of mediocre candidates.\u00a0 What kind of candidate do you think you are?<\/p>\n

The economy is good right now.\u00a0 Hiring is high and unemployment is low.\u00a0 Companies are being picky, and you know what?\u00a0 I don\u2019t blame them.\u00a0 They should have the best of the best.\u00a0 If you are going to have someone represent your organization, you shouldn\u2019t settle.\u00a0 When organizations settle, they settle their reputation and their brand.<\/p>\n

Resumes are a foot in the door to an organization.\u00a0 If you put the right key words in your resume, chances are a recruiter will find you and give you a ring.\u00a0 If you are lucky, you will even get an interview.\u00a0 The problem, however, is that if you don\u2019t have the skills you will get weeded out quickly.<\/p>\n

On the flip side of that coin, you may have an awful resume but have a great skill set.\u00a0 Do you see where I am going with this?\u00a0 The people with a great skill set often get overlooked and sometimes miss the best opportunities.<\/p>\n

So therein lies the problem.\u00a0 Who is the good candidate?\u00a0 On one hand you have the person who has something to hide.\u00a0 It may be their short work history.\u00a0 It may be their skills.\u00a0 It may be that they are just great bullshit artists.\u00a0 On the other hand, you have the person who is a great fit but can\u2019t articulate what they actually know or do.<\/p>\n

They are both turds.<\/p>\n

You can put a spit shine on both, but the truth is they lack something that differentiates them form the the best- of- the- best candidates .\u00a0 First, if you have \u201cextended the truth\u201d or make something appear one way that is not, then companies truly have no need for you.\u00a0 You may get through the door and you may even get hired, but in the end, the chances are that you won\u2019t last.<\/p>\n

If you can\u2019t articulate what you know or what you do, how in the world will you be able to lead an organization?\u00a0 How will you be able to show confidence in an interview?\u00a0 How will you be the 1% that everyone seems to look for in a candidate?<\/p>\n

You won\u2019t.<\/p>\n

Companies are looking for a number of things, but here are 4 you must have in order to get hired into that role that you are looking to get.<\/p>\n

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  1. Confidence- If you are a nervous nelly, no one will want to hire you.\u00a0 Be confident in your abilities to do the job and sell the heck out of yourself.<\/li>\n
  2. Education- \u00a0I understand not everyone can go to college.\u00a0 If you can and are afforded that ability, then do it.\u00a0 If you start, then finish.\u00a0 College isn\u2019t easy, but showing that you started something and finished it goes a long way with employers.\u00a0 If you say you will go back to school someday, chances are you won\u2019t.\u00a0 Life does get in the way.<\/li>\n
  3. Verbiage- Choose what you say and how you say it very carefully.\u00a0 The more intelligent you speak, the more likely you will be hired.<\/li>\n
  4. Proof of your skills- If you have it on your resume, you better be able to prove it.\u00a0 Testing will happen and you will be forced to show what you can do.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    So, before you put a spit shine on your turd, change somethings about yourself.\u00a0 If you want the skills and you don’t have them, work hard to obtain them.\u00a0 Get involved with your current company.\u00a0 Stay a while with organizations rather than jumping around like a rabbit.\u00a0 If you don’t have a degree, go back to get one.\u00a0 If you don’t have the confidence, practice!\u00a0 You will get better! \u00a0Think before you speak.<\/p>\n

    If you have all the skills in the world, work hard to package yourself as such.\u00a0 Get a professional resume writer.\u00a0 Really work hard to articulate what you have done and why you are the right fit for the job.<\/p>\n

    The good news is you aren’t eternally stuck in turd-land!<\/p>\n

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