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Why Executive Interviewing Doesn't Have To Be Your Kill Switch! 3 Huge Tips!Wouldn’t it be great if you could bypass scary executive interviewing and lock up a good job without it? Trouble is you've been told that the gateway to a job offer is interviewing. No interview--no offer! Look. We’ve all been taught that you have to go on interviews if you want a job. You’ve been told to prepare an award-winning resume to open the door to executive interviewing. Then you have to distribute it widely to capture some interest in you so you’ll be invited in for interviews--scary interviews! But that methodology is an old-fashioned one. It doesn’t address the enormous changes that have taken place in the job marketplace in the 21st Century . . . especially sine 9/11 and Katrina. For example, employers no longer look to your resume to provide them with the understanding of your credentials to help them make a hiring decision about you. Today’s employers expect that you come to them having done your homework. They expect that you’ve taken the time to learn something about their organization and its needs. And they hope you’ve also picked up some information on their own hot buttons and their business passion. But how can you do that in a traditional interview where you see yourself answering questions about your work history and other credentials? And jumping through all sorts of hoops to prove you’re better than the competition? 21st Century executive interviewing is a different ballgame. You need a different approach if you want to bypass those scary interviews and lock up a high-paying job without worrying about competition. Here are 3 huge tips that can have you meeting directly with a hiring decision-maker who could be your next boss . . . and do it in a matter of days. You have to set up a face-to-face meeting and engage in a productive dialog rather than a traditional interview. The advantage of this approach, of course, is that you by-pass scary executive interviewing and the competition in one stroke. 1. Before you write or tweak your resume, do your homework. Go online to identify and study organizations that match up with your preferences--without looking for a job opening. Then identify and study the person who would be your next boss. 2. Prepare a short, impactual resume that addresses the needs you‘ve uncovered rather than dwelling on what you used to do. But more importantly, prepare a portfolio that proudly presents evidence of your accomplishments. Tailor it to next employer. 3. Take your presentation around to friends and knowledgeable people for their feedback. Even more importantly, ask them to introduce you or refer you to the people you’ve identified as your next boss. Use your introductions or referrals to get yourself in front of the right people rather than your resume. It’s all a question of knowing how to do it the right way. There’s no mystery or anything magical about this strategy. It’s what we call organized common sense. When you employ this step-by-step program, you can be meeting face-to-face with hiring decision-makers of your choice in a matter of days. And lock up a high-paying job in as little as two weeks. Sure, it takes a little more effort than emailing or sending your resumes and hoping they’ll get the job for you. At your level that’s just not going to happen.
 
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