Getting Past the Gatekeepers

About the Book

If you're still trying to land that perfect job by thinking like an applicant, you're missing the boat. Hiring practices have changed drastically over the last twenty years, yet how we try to find a job has not. Continuing to use traditional methods to secure employment no longer works in today's job market.

To land the job, you have to learn to think like a recruiter.

Written in an easy to follow conversational style, Getting Past the Gatekeepers helps you navigate the hiring process, from writing a resume that actually gets noticed to surviving the new interview models. By understanding the changes in hiring practices and how recruiters really source talent, review resumes, and what they actually look for in candidates, you can finally land that perfect job.

Getting Past the Gatekeepers will show you how to:

• Write a resume that is actually read
• Conduct job searches while still employed
• Create a targeted job search
• Get a job in a new industry
• Use social media to your advantage
• Network to find referrals
• Locate jobs online using recruiter search strings
• Get past the pre-screen process
• Answer the dreaded salary question
• Avoid the common pitfalls of an interview
• Get a job now

About the Author

Kathleen M. Blevens is a leader in the talent acquisition industry with over seventeen years' experience in leading successful recruiting teams and in devising innovative strategies to meet hiring objectives. Her experience combines end-to-end recruitment practices, data intelligence and business process design with the new advancements in recruitment technologies. She is PHR certified, has a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology, a Master's Degree in Education, and was invited to attend the 2012 Women's Executive Leadership at Harvard Business School.