دانلود کتاب The Perfect Fit: This pandemic, find out how you can be the perfect fit for that IT job you have been eyeing for!

Tell me something that is not in your resume!

This is usually the way I ask applicants to introduce themselves. I often ask them to tell me something which is not found in their resume. Why? Because most applicants would just prepare for and memorize what is in their curriculum vitae/resume. You better just ask us to read if that is the case. We want to get to know you as a person. We want a real conversation. We expect you to tell us a bit about your family perhaps, what you love doing during your spare time, what your pet peeves are, etc.

The way managers screen applicants for whatever position, may vary, but the intrinsic qualities that they look for are similar, one way or another and, guess what — most of them are not found in the resume either.

As the hiring manager, we make an initial assessment whether you will be a good fit to the team or not. And because you will most likely be part of our reporting line, we want to know if there is a professional jive between us, as early as the interview process.

According to Jim Collin’s book Good to Great, the old saying “People are your most important asset” turns out to be wrong. People are not a company’s most important asset. The right people are! So it is indeed critical to get the right people in the bus.

Given the current pandemic, most, if not all interviews are conducted virtually. This is an extra challenge for both sides to determine chemistry, but really, it can be done. With the numerous video call platforms, face to face interaction can easily be replicated.

This book will unravel key considerations in short-listing candidates for an IT post. Well, the soft skills part is applicable to any post, in fact. These are based from my actual experiences and observations in screening applicants for level 1 and support roles (some internal, a lot external) for the past ten (10) years.