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There's one thing that's worked for me EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. Dedicate yourself, but do it easily. Recruiters and HR employees get hundreds of applications for e
by jeffclark 16y ago
There's one thing that's worked for me EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.
Dedicate yourself, but do it easily. Recruiters and HR employees get hundreds of applications for every job post. Make yourself stand out.
I do it with a website: http://www.IHiredJeffClark.com http://www.IHiredJeffClark.com
For the low-level jobs I want, I just direct them there. It has examples of past work and recommendations pulled directly from my LinkedIn profile.
For the jobs that could be The One (you know it when you see it), I create a specific subdomain for it. Then, I essentially write my cover letter on the website and include stuff relevant to that job (and the company) for them.
It proves what you can do and that you really want the job. 100% of the time, I get a callback.
- photon_off 16y agoGreat advice. Also great: "One time I found an olive underneath the couch and Jeff was like, "Dude! That's disgusting!". He shamed me into not eating that olive and he might have possibly saved my life."
- jules 16y agoExcellent. Can you show use one of your subdomains?
- jeffclark 16y agoSure: http://zipcar.ihiredjeffclark.com/ http://zipcar.ihiredjeffclark.com/ [user and pass are both zipcar]
- photon_off 16y agoThis is a really stellar example, and I'll definitely use this as inspiration. Thanks for sharing it.
- smiler 16y agoDid it work? what feedback did you get?
- jeffclark 16y agoI get a callback 100% of the time I use a subdomain. Less so on the others, but still far above 75%.
- pi_neutrino 16y agoFantastic portfolio site! I've been meaning to do one for myself for quite a while now, and you're giving me a lot of inspiration and ideas on what to add to it.
- ryandvm 16y agoExcellent advice. I've been cranking out side projects left and right (http://ryan.vanmiddlesworth.org/ http://ryan.vanmiddlesworth.org/), but the dedicated subdomain idea is gold.
- HackyGeeky 16y agoThat is the most unique way of finding jobs I've seen in a long time.
- jeremyheslop 16y agoJeff is my hero.