You Need a Career - Job Search Coach NOT a Recruiter

By Ken Zwerdling on Feb 04, 2019

You Need a Career - Job Search Coach NOT a Recruiter When Looking For a New Job!

White Paper – Written and Published by Ken Zwerdling – CEO, Global Expansion, Inc.

During the past 30+ years, I have worked in several large Fortune 500 companies, been an entrepreneur starting 4 companies (3 of them global) and was the Director of Human Resources for a Non-Profit. During my career, I have been on over 100 interviews at many different companies, a hiring manager at large companies interviewing hundreds more and a global recruiter, placing hundreds of candidates all around the world.  If there is one subject, I am considered an expert in, it's helping professionals find new jobs.

After personally reviewing hundreds of thousands of resumes, what I can tell you is that the art, process, function of resumes and technology relating to a successful career change/job search has dramatically changed. When I graduated college in 1984, there was no internet and no personal computers.  How one searched for a job was completely different. Your job search/career change is ultimately your responsibility.  However, what’s really needed today is someone to help you get started and put the right tools in place.  Not actually do it for you, but help you put everything in place.

Today almost all resumes are sent electronically by email to companies & recruiters, or in response to jobs posted on the major job boards. The typical recruiter or HR representative spends less than 10-seconds reviewing your resume to determine if they wish to read more & dig deeper or hit the delete key.

Perhaps you need your resume professionally written, or you need to register on all the major job boards, or need help strategizing on what the best positions for you might be. Or most likely, your LinkedIn profile needs to be updated and optimized. There are plenty of new jobs out there. However, in order to land the right one, you need to take charge of your own job search. The first step is to work with an experienced career coach because searching for a new job is now a process that is a combination of art, science and technology.

Did you know job seekers that use the services of a Career-Job Search Coach are over 3X more likely to find a new job faster and for a greater salary than without using a coach.
 

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Here is Why You Need a Career – Job Search Coach

• A Career – Job Search Coach can help you tell your story….BETTER.
• A Recruiter will take your resume as is and present it for a current job opening from his/her client.
   
• A Career – Job Search Coach will ask questions and discuss your entire career.
• A Recruiter will only see what’s on your resume.
   

• A Career – Job Search Coach will discuss your history, your current position and what you want to do in the future.
• A Recruiter will focus more on the open position being worked on, than you.  They are representing more than one person for the position.

• A Career – Job Search Coach will listen to your thoughts and feelings on the type of job you are seeking and re-write your resume, so it specifically matches your vision and interest.
• A Recruiter will place you in one box – their box.
  
   
• A Career – Job Search Coach can customize different cover letters for you.
• A Recruiter will only use what you first presented.
  
   
• A Career – Job Search Coach will prepare your resume (s) and cover letter (s) register you on the major job boards, set up alerts, update and optimize your LinkedIn profile, prepare you for interviews, help you with salary negotiations, research companies and contact industry specific recruiters.
• A Recruiter will not provide any of these.
  
   
• A Career – Job Search Coach will create a strong foundation, so you become aware of dozens of job openings as they come to your inbox each day.
• A Recruiter will present you for one specific position.
  
   
• A Career – Job Search Coach will help you to manage your own career.
• A Recruiter will not provide career guidance.
  
   
• A Career – Job Search Coach has taken hundreds of hours of in-depth training and has acquired expert level knowledge on all the major job boards.
• A Recruiter has not taking these trainings and does know have this knowledge.
  
   
• A Career – Job Search Coach can effectively summarize a 20-year career into a one paragraph, professional summary
• A Recruiter cannot.
  
   
• A Career – Job Search Coach can help you find openings locally, regionally, nationally and internationally.
• A Recruiter normally only works on local positions.
   

• A Career – Job Search Coach is knowledgeable about industries, companies, multiple job search technologies, resume writing, how to find new job openings as they become available each day, updating and optimizing your LinkedIn profile, is an experienced business professional, has advanced education, decades of work experience in multiple industries, is knowledgeable in multiple disciplines including finance/accounting, human resources, operations, technology, purchasing, sales and marketing, interviewing, salary negotiations, writing effective subject lines, career summaries, benefits and insurance, offer letters of employment and performance reviews

• A Recruiter is a Salesman

A Career – Job Search Coach Can Help You Tell Your Story.   BETTER