How To Ace the Employment Phone Screen: A Must-Have Skill in a Hyper-Competitive Marketplace
Paul J. Bailo
"This is not only a new company, but also a whole new industry; it's exciting for us, of course, but the real excitement generated by Phone Interview Pro will come from those who hone their skills using the service." - Paul Bailo
Getting to first base means getting past the phone screen. However, far too many individuals in career transition don't take this initial step seriously enough — thinking that it's not that important, that they can "wing-it." Think again. The initial phone interview, if nothing else, is intended to weed-out a large number of prospective candidates. If you don't take it as seriously as an in person, formal interview with the hiring manager, chances are you'll never get to that face-to-face with the employer.
Welcome to a Success Strategies podcast on Total Picture Radio. This is Peter Clayton reporting. Several weeks ago, our friend and frequent contributor, Judy Rosemarin, founder of Sense-Able Strategies, asked me to make a presentation at her ExecuNet senior executive networking meeting in New York on using social networks. At the meeting, I met Paul Bailo, who discovered a need while conducting his own job search: namely, advice on preparing and acing the phone interview screen.
Based on many hours of research, and his own experiences, Paul started Phone Interview Pro – a service for job seekers who want to perfect their telephone job interviewing skills. Paul recognized that while resume, interview preparation, and target company research assistance are commonly offered by outplacement and career counseling organizations, the importance of the telephone interview is often overlooked. In response to this, Phone Interview Pro has created a 250+ point phone evaluation.
Today, job candidates make initial contact with prospective employers via a telephone screen. The phone interview has become a crucial first-step in securing an in-person interview. While making a career transition, Paul Bailo determined that many job candidates needed a phone coaching resource. And Phone Interview Pro is the outgrowth of his experience. Paul's book, The Official Phone Interview Handbook was just released this month.
An Exclusive Interview with Mary Elizabeth Bradford, Internationally Certified Advanced Resume Writer and Tactical Job Search Coach
Mary Elizabeth Bradford
Welcome to a Success Strategies podcast on Total Picture Radio with Peter Clayton Reporting. Joining us today is author, speaker, Internationally Certified Advanced Resume Writer and Internationally Certified Master Director, Mary Elizabeth Bradford.
Mary Elizabeth is the author of two guidebooks: Secrets of the Unadvertised Job Market… Revealed! and Phone Networking Secrets Revealed. She is the publisher of the bimonthly ezine, The Career Insider. Her guidebooks have been lauded by both clients and colleagues as “powerful,” “comprehensive” and “highly effective.”
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A World Wide Rave - David Meerman Scott Knows How To Create One
David Meerman Scott
Welcome to a Success Strategies Channel podcast on Total Picture Radio. This is Peter Clayton Reporting. David Meerman Scott is a online thought leadership and viral marketing strategist and the author of four books on marketing. Based in Boston, he is a speaker at conferences and corporate events and runs seminars about marketing around the world.
I had an opportunity to interview David last year at PodCamp3 Boston — a podcast titled You and Me: Interrupted? I don't think so. The interview is in the Success Strategies channel and I encourage you to check it out. David’s latest book is titled World Wide Rave: Creating Triggers that Get Millions of People to Spread Your Ideas and Share Your Stories and since David launched the new book at South-by-Southwest, he’s taken the book on a world-wide tour to prove the concept.
"A World Wide Rave is when people around the world are talking about you, your company, and your products. Whether you’re located in San Francisco, Dubai, or Reykjavík, it’s when global communities eagerly link to your stuff on the Web. It’s when online buzz drives buyers to your virtual doorstep. And it’s when tons of fans visit your Web site and your blog because they genuinely want to be there." David M. Scott
How to Be Happy in a Recession: Do You Have a Happiness Project?
Gretchen Rubin
Welcome to a Success Strategies podcast on Total Picture Radio with Peter Clayton reporting. Joining us from New York is Gretchen Rubin, the author of the forthcoming book, The Happiness Project, an account of the year she spent test-driving the wisdom of the ages, the current scientific studies, and the lessons from pop culture about how to be happy. On Slate, Huffington Post, RealSimple.com, and on her blog, The Happiness Project, she writes about her daily adventures as she tries to be happier.
Rubin received her undergraduate and law degrees from Yale and was
editor-in-chief of the Yale Law Journal. She clerked on the U.S.
Supreme Court for Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and served as a chief
adviser to Federal Communications Commissions Chairman Reed Hundt. For
many years she taught a seminar at Yale Law School and Yale School of
Management. She lives in New York City.
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