What do you think - should being local, fully qualified, and having an impeccable resume be enough to earn an interview? (cover letters, employee)
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If you have the following working in your favor when applying for a job:
1. You are a local candidate in the same town/city you are applying for.
2. You are fully qualified for the position (not just their basic requirements, but the preferred ones as well).
3. You have an impeccable resume, tailored impressively to the job and free of any grammar/spelling/formatting errors.
Do you feel that this should be enough to earn you an interview? Why/why not?
What percentage of candidates that a job opening looks at do you think meet these three requirements?
So you're asking : If I'm perfect on paper, should I expect to get an interview?
So many other factors... how many other perfect candidates (on paper) are applying for this job? How far along in the interview process is the company when you applied? does your salary expectations match theirs? etc etc
If you have the following working in your favor when applying for a job:
1. You are a local candidate in the same town/city you are applying for.
2. You are fully qualified for the position (not just their basic requirements, but the preferred ones as well).
3. You have an impeccable resume, tailored impressively to the job and free of any grammar/spelling/formatting errors.
Do you feel that this should be enough to earn you an interview? Why/why not?
What percentage of candidates that a job opening looks at do you think meet these three requirements?
It depends on what your competition looks like, along with any other factors that may give them the edge.
If you have the following working in your favor when applying for a job:
1. You are a local candidate in the same town/city you are applying for.
2. You are fully qualified for the position (not just their basic requirements, but the preferred ones as well).
3. You have an impeccable resume, tailored impressively to the job and free of any grammar/spelling/formatting errors.
Do you feel that this should be enough to earn you an interview? Why/why not?
What percentage of candidates that a job opening looks at do you think meet these three requirements?
Are they hiring, or just posting to meet legal requirements, with an "inside" candidate that the job description has been tailored for?
If they are really seeking an employee through advertising, I would think you would be a top tier candidate, and the job would be yours to lose. If they have tailored the requirements to the skill set of a specific person they want to hire, and are posting to meet legal requirements, I would think you would still be interveiwed, but may or may not have a legitimate shot at the job.
Last edited by Tuck's Dad; 03-05-2015 at 03:29 PM..
As others have said, it depends on the job and the applicant pool. If the job is extremely specialized such that very few people exist with the exact background they are looking for then yes, I would expect the perfect-on-paper person to get an interview (provided their cover letter was also good and they didn't have a terrible reputation within the industry.) But for something less intensely specific there could be dozens if not hundreds of applicants that have exactly what the posting asks for. In that case, obviously only a handful would get interviews no matter how "perfect" they all were.
You have to apply to get a shot. Further, try to reach out personally to someone in the organization to make sure they even read your application. Then if the qualifications are reasonably specialized (i.e., programming, excel, years in the industry, etc.), you should get an interview.
I once applied for a local position where I met 80-90% of the desired qualifications, had a great resume/portfolio, wrote a great cover letter tailored to the job that showed my excitement and even then didn't get an interview. So it clearly isn't a sure thing.
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