I Was Perfect For That Job, But They Didnt Call Me.

I Was Perfect For That Job, But They Didnt Call Me.I Was Perfect For That Job, But They Didnt Call Me.INBOX So far Ive submitted my resume for more than 100 jobs. Why cant they see I was perfect for these positions, because I had every qualification listed in the ad?One of the more difficult aspects of job search is investing time andeffort, but then not getting the results you expect. The expectation is that becauseyou know you can do the job, the rolle on the other end will see you as theideal candidate. But does your resume actually say what the employer needs?Heres how you can make sureSay What You Do Right NowThe 1st line of your resume needs to clearly, boldly proclaim what you can come into the organization and do today. Avoid the standard, Results-oriented professional with 19 years of experience, because no-one speaks the words in a normal conversation that theyre results-oriented, and the 19 years of experience immediately ages you. There are many reasons not to call attent ion to your age, and I definitely dont want to see you do so before the employer even knows what you do.Begin with your title and your impact. For example, Sales Director who builds and leads teams that deliver double-digit revenue growth. Thats a clear, bold high-impact statement that immediately tells the employer what hes getting from you. Also note, there are no million-dollar words there nor do they need to be. Resist the urge to dress things up with a lot of superfluous language that really doesnt mean anything. The real ninja move with this opening statement is to modify it on eachresume so that it matches the ad. This is all about speaking the employerslanguage. The employer will recognize his own language more easily. If the adcalls for a candidate who, drives team performance, then present an openingstatement that says, Sales Director who drives team performance and delivers double-digitrevenue growth.Say What You Did In The PastBy the past, I mean something quite differe nt than history which is boring. The resume is your opportunity to illustrate with words. Instead of thinking in terms of job descriptions for each of your roles, ask yourself why they brought you on in the 1st place. Organizations experience evolutionary journeys they are growing, experiencing rapid growth, executing a series of acquisitions, maintaining a dominant market presence, facing tougher competition, stagnating, or declining. At what point in that lifecycle did you come on board? To contribute what specifically?Illustrating that context makes your achievements deliver more impact. For example, if you tell the reader you joined the organization to lead a performance turnaround, then the accomplishment of raising customer satisfaction scores 22% will carry stronger meaning.Heres a pro tip look at the ad for the job youre interested in, andhighlight what you did in your professional history that matches what the ad islooking for. Use the words in the ad. Am I suggesting a di fferent resume everysingle time. Absolutely not. However, you can modify your words to matchtheirs. You know in your mind you can do the job, but no one can read yourmind. They can only read your words, so your resume has to actually say that.Illustrate The Value Of YourWorkquantifyQuantifyQUANTIFY You can attach a number, dollar figure, percentage, amount, or time frame to 95% of what you do. And for the 5% that you cant, dont put it on your resume, thereby maximizing space for what you can quantify. Your past employers only hired you so you could make or save them money. Fundamentally, thats why your next employer is going to hire you as well. So, its in your own best interest to illustrate the value of what you did.If youre in sales, its easy to quantify the amount of revenue you and your team delivered. But what about other fields? A project manager can talk about the budgets on each project. An HR specialist can present the size of the organization, the number of employees, or the percentage of employees who completed a training program. An operations director can highlight a percentage increase in productivity because of a new process he put into place. Think 1st about what your achievements are, then think about those saatkorn achievements again, and this time, attach a number to it.Its entirely possible to close the gap between what your resume actually says and what the employer needs to hear. If you think youre the perfect match, make sure you dont just think it, but that your resume literally says so. Dont require the reader to have to draw her own conclusions. Its your job to make yourself abundantly clear.Making your resume correct is just step 1 in the job search journey. Who is seeing your resume? It better not be just the job boards and the ATS machines. (You know there are no real human beings there, right?) . Getting in direct contact with the decision maker will make or break your job search, especially if youre a mature, experienced candida te. Find out how to do this for every single opportunity in The 5 Secrets Smart Jobseekers Age 50+ Know That Make The Job Search EASY. Well walk you through the case studies of exactly what older candidates did to talk to the right person, and go from job searching to job found in just a matter of weeks.