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Anybody use Stewart, Cooper & Coon Ex placement? |
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The #1 problem in job hunting |
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06/26/2007 |
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I have been talking with them for about a month. Something like an executive talent agent, and yes, you pay. The drill is a resume and cover letter rewrite and depending on the level you buy in at, they distribute it to 50-100 companies.
While there are many companies like this, SC&C says they have a in house placement agency and "contacts". I have been checking alot of these companies out and most of them are a bit shady. I found only one negative SC&C report on ripoff.com saying that they do not find you a job nor refund you any money as per their money back guarantee. Also, there is a question that Stewart nor Cooper actually exist. I expect none of these companies will actually refund anything.
At $8,000, it's a bargain if they could do what they say they can do, but it's a big roll of the dice, especially if you are out of work. They claim to place 97% of all candidates within 4 months.......but that 3% is a convienent fall back should something go wrong. I'm still on the fence, let me know what you do lol. Good luck. |
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The #1 problem for job hunters is how to get interviews with someone that can hire you.
In the past, many people felt that if they could just get their resume in front of the right people, that would solve the problem. Hence, co's like the one you mentioned sprung up and began advertising their services of distributing your resume to companies in whatever industry you want to apply to.
Unfortunately, EVEN if you are merely trying to make a lateral move within your current industry, it is extremely UNlikely that you will get interviews, much less a job offer, as the result of having your resume sent to a list of companies...EVEN if they are sent to a specific person at those companies.
The reason why that fails 99% of the time is because it solves the WRONG problem.
Job hunting today is NOT a resume distribution problem. Job hunting should be approached as a MARKETING problem.
The hiring process is mostly about elimination, NOT selection. So, co's today use resumes to screen people out.
A quick glance at your resume is all it takes to find a "reason" to eliminate you from consideration.
In less than a nanosecond, they can see if your current job title/industry/co. size are the same as theirs. If not, you're out. Too young/too old? You're out. No degree/wrong degree/no advanced degree? You're out.
What you need if you want to land a good job, in the least amount of time, is a STRATEGIC approach.
Successful companies don't try to sell their widgets by just printing product spec sheets and dropping them from a small airplane. They use marketing strategies, because they know that EACH prospective customer has different needs, wants, problems, hopes, fears, insecurities, price resistance, and all the rest.
The only way to satisfy buyer concerns is to approach prospects as individuals, with
the right strategy for THEM.
You can and should do the same thing in your job search.
As a longtime job hunter's consultant, I personally analyze each targeted opening, and only THEN figure out the best strategy to use to promote and differentiate my client from competitors, pre-handle the most likely potential objections to my client's candidacy, and what kind of message will have the strongest appeal to a given hiring authority...resulting in an invitation to my client for an interview.
I'm not saying that a resume isn't needed, but rather that it's better to NOT allow a decision about your candidacy to be made PRIMARILY based on your resume. That's why what I do is write a letter that does the "selling". That way, my client's resume becomes more like a proof sheet, rather than something used to screen my client out.
The above is based on 20 years of experience personally helping job hunters of all ages and backgrounds.
I'm not saying it's the only way to find and get a good job, but in my years of experience, it IS the fastest and only SURE way I know of.
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