INSIDER JOB SEARCH STRATEGIES

Real advice from an Executive Recruiter who switched sides to help job seekers.

If Your Resume Isn’t Making the Phone Ring, It Isn’t Doing Its Job

by: ILENE REIN

Your resume has one job, making the phone ring. If it isn’t, more rewrites won’t fix it. Here’s what Recruiters are actually doing with it in five seconds.

If you’re job searching, you should be getting 3 to 5 calls a week. Are you?

by: ILENE REIN

If you’re job searching, Recruiters and hiring managers should be calling you three to five times a week. If they aren’t, it isn’t you. Here’s what the number is telling you.

One Sentence in Your Cover Letter Is Costing You the Call.

by: ILENE REIN

Most cover letters open with the same sentence, and hiring managers stop reading right there. A Recruiter's take on why your letter isn't getting you the call.

"Under Review" Is Costing You Money.

by: ILENE REIN

How long to hear back after applying, from an Executive Recruiter. What really happens on their side, why two weeks of silence usually means nothing, and what your search should be doing meanwhile.