Archive for October, 2008
Work At Home Resumes – Are You Making It To The Short Pile?
When you come across what looks like a perfect work at home opportunity, it can be frustrating to wait for a reply after applying. If you don’t hear back you wonder if it was something you said or something you didn’t say. The fact is, some companies that offer telecommuting jobs are just so backlogged with resumes that you might not hear from them unless you do two important things:
1. You follow their directions closely first and then
2. You make sure you stand apart as a cut above the others in the short pile
A hiring manager will generally sift through the large pile of resumes and glance quickly to decide if the pile will go into the trash or into a short pile to be looked at more closely. In work at home opportunities there is often a larger number of applicants than the advertiser initially expected so it starts off as a process of elimination before it becomes a close look at skills and suitability.
Here are some tips for getting from the tall pile in the resume inbox to the short pile of resumes actually being considered.
Follow Directions!
Follow directions! Because the interviewer has to weed through a lot of responses, they’re not going to read it if something is off from the start. Some companies put a test in their classified ad to make sure you can follow instructions such as asking for the resume to be sent in a specific format. Be sure you read and re-read the applying instructions otherwise you might get deleted before you’re even read.
Are You Qualified?
Don’t apply unless you truly are qualified. This is almost always true in a high demand work at home job because of the vast number of resumes coming in. Some hiring managers get hundreds or even thousands of responses when they send out a call for new hires so typically aren’t looking for an inexperienced intern. There are times when these types of learning opportunities are available but generally in the highly competitive telecommuting world those are few and far in between unless you have an inside scoop.
Personalize Your Application
Take the time to personalize the application. You might be sending your resume out to 100 work at home jobs a day but each prospective employer needs to see that you’ve taken the time to understand their advertisement. While it’s ok to use a template that you update for each job you apply for instead of taking the time to craft a brand new resume and cover letter, if you send a form letter you might be ignoring a specific direction on the classified ad and you won’t appear original enough. Take some time to research the company and you can inject a bit of this research into your resume. Showing you’ve taken the time to learn about the company can set you apart from the crowd.
Do you work at home? What are your secrets for standing apart in the crowd?
Work At Home Job Lead: Telephone Interviewer Jobs
If you want to be paid piece work for interviewing on the phone, you can find these types of jobs that offer you positions calling people with interviews about consumer product use, election polling, etc.
These jobs typically require you to pay for your own long distance calls but many online calling plans can be purchased with unlimited calls through your long distance company or VOIP provider.
Public Opinion Research, Inc is a company that regularly hires work at home phone interviewers. You can apply here at work at home phone interviewer jobs.
This job lead is not researched or qualified by The WAH Blog. Apply at your own discretion.
Work At Home Job Lead: Help Desk Jobs
WAH Help Desk Job lead: If you’re looking for a tech support help desk support work at home job, consider applying to a company like Telvisio. Many jobs like these pay telecommuters for the time they’re on the phone. If you’ve got experience with this company, feel free to comment below about how you enjoy working for them.
Help desk jobs operate all over the world 24/7 and are often great paying if you’ve got experience and a good broadband connection.
Help Desk Telecommuting Tip:
Why work as a telecommuter in the tech support field? This is a flexible type of job that often has many shifts available. You could conceivably have flexible hours with the ability to put in a lot of overtime hours. Saving money on commuting and dry cleaning could make this a great option.
Most people who have small children underfoot wouldn’t find this to be the right type of job since you cannot have background noise unless you have a door you can close and in-house childcare.
This job lead not verified, researched or qualified by the wah blog. Apply at your own discretion.
