{"id":571,"date":"2011-05-31T05:33:30","date_gmt":"2011-05-31T09:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/?p=571"},"modified":"2011-05-21T10:57:23","modified_gmt":"2011-05-21T14:57:23","slug":"currently-unemployed-and-being-screened-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/currently-unemployed-and-being-screened-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Currently unemployed and being screened out?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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No doubt you have heard all the conversations about companies who screen out those who are currently unemployed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Some employers or hiring managers don\u2019t call or interview people with a status of \u201cunemployed\u201d. \u00a0Yes, your r\u00e9sum\u00e9 might be screened out in this way.\u00a0 In fact New Jersey now has a law that will fine employers who do this and other states may soon do the same.<\/p>\n

It is too bad that some employers may elect to use only your current employment status as a screening tool, but it is not new <\/strong>and may or may not end with new laws on the books.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

What is your best defense?\u00a0 In my view your best defenses is your personal marketing,\u00a0your personal marketing plan and the execution of your plan.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Marketing is about overcoming the objections of the buyer. \u00a0An employer is the \u201cbuyer\u201d of your services. The purchase is about\u00a0the value you bring to an organization with your services.\u00a0 That value\u00a0is measured in the results you achieve or what someone believes you will achieve.\u00a0<\/p>\n

If you believe\u00a0your current employment status\u00a0is an objection that an employer may have, you do need to address it!<\/p>\n

Here is one suggestion from Sandra McCartt<\/a>, an Executive Recruiter, based in Amarillo, Texas.\u00a0 Sandra suggests thinking about being between successes and recently shared the notation below.<\/p>\n

\u201cSeptember 2010 to Present:\u00a0 Between Successes\u201d<\/p>\n

Change your thinking \u2013 you have heard me say it before – until you shift your thinking, others will not shift their view of your situation.<\/p>\n

If you have been successful and want to be successful again, what is stopping you?<\/p>\n

When you can, I always suggest having a focused conversation before you send your r\u00e9sum\u00e9.\u00a0 Need a suggestion?\u00a0 Here’s a conversation suggestion for those changing industries or directions within your industry:<\/p>\n

\u201cMy current focus is bringing fresh foods to the c-store customer to improve customer satisfaction and profitably grow the category.\u00a0 The challenge for many organizations today, is that food prices recently made the biggest jump in 36 years.\u00a0 In 2010 when I focused on RTD tea for <insert prior company> I helped grow that category in percent of\u00a0sales over prior year and helped grow sales in all major cold vault space.\u201d<\/p>\n

What do you think?\u00a0 Should you be specific?\u00a0<\/p>\n

It does\u00a0open doors \u2013 if the potential employer isn\u2019t focused on growing the fresh foods category, yet wants to grow the cold vault or another area, there is an opportunity to continue the conversation.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Or you can stick with the process\u00a0that is proven not<\/strong> to work fast<\/em> \u2013 \u201cI am unemployed, haven\u2019t worked in 14 months, don\u2019t have a clue what is going on in the industry, but need a job NOW, here’s my r\u00e9sum\u00e9.\u00a0 When can I start?\u201d<\/p>\n

Have a comment, suggestion\u00a0or thought?\u00a0 Post it below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No doubt you have heard all the conversations about companies who screen out those who are currently unemployed.\u00a0 Some employers or hiring managers don\u2019t call or interview people with a status of \u201cunemployed\u201d. \u00a0Yes, your r\u00e9sum\u00e9 might be screened out in this way.\u00a0 In fact New Jersey now has a law that will fine employers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,7],"tags":[5,10],"class_list":["post-571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-action-tips","category-job-search-focus","tag-focus","tag-job-search"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}