Another week goes by and what an eventful week its been!! Thanks so much for your bundles and bundles of mails (sometimes Grizzlee looks at all of them, smiles and says - Grizzlee Khush Hua!!)
In this edition, Grizzlee has chosen to answer just a couple of questions- because they go to the essence of what our product is all about!! If you have any other questions though- keep them coming- through Facebook, our blog, anywhere at all, and we will get to them soon!!
Grizzlee ji, I am very depressed. I gave 5 interviews last week, but it often seems that recruiters don't want to know who I am. How do I share with them who I am as a person and not just where I studied, or what percentage of marks I received in XIIth standard?
Face-in-the-crowd
Dear Grizzlee, I have been following your Facebook feed with interest. Just what does your logo "Its Me!" mean?
Professional Cynic
If I had a penny for every time I was asked these questions!! It is true that one of the biggest conundrums facing job seekers is whether or not they are able to "truly" represent themselves to employers. Every individual is different- and it is important that they get a chance to show that. Hence "Its Me !" - Represent what is most important about you to the world so that you get the job most suited to you in the whole wide world!
To give you an idea of what Its Me! mean, Grizzlee did a little experiment. He went to Google, chose the 10 recent interviews and features on one of his heros- Sachin Tendulkar- and built a world cloud of the same! The words that people use most often to describe Sachin, and the words that he uses most often to describe himself, are in effect- the essence of his personality.
Notice the prevalence of words like 'special', 'different', 'Bradman', 'great', 'focus', 'Mumbai' and 'best' used by journalists across the world to describe him- just as often as words like 'batting', 'runs' or 'centuries' are!
Notice also how some of the words we think are probably more important - like 'winning', 'records', 'Warne' do not make an appearance. To put it in other words- his resume alone is not him. His personality is him :)
Dear Grizzlee, I wish we knew some of the things you share with us now back when we were in college. I would not have made some of the mistakes I did, if I knew better! Would you consider doing a guest lecture at my alma mater?
Older and Wiser
Grizzlee loves to travel to colleges and schools and spread his message! It is true what they say- your first job is one of the most important decisions you make in your life. To find out how Grizzlee can help you make that decision, write to us at feedback@lookbeyondresumes.com and schedule a meeting today!!
That's all we have time for this week. But keep the questions coming to your Happiness Inspector, and in every little thing you do, ensure you add a little bit of you!!
Until next time!
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This is a very interesting take on people and their personality.
ReplyDeleteKeep them coming!
Dear Grizzlee, Why dont people call you for an interview if you are a fresher, that also from a non-premier institute? If everybody wants experience people then where would freshers go?
ReplyDeleteDear Prachi,
ReplyDeleteYour question is representative of what is plaguing recruitment in India today...the need to hire only from certain institutes or those with specific years of experience! The most frustrating comment to hear for any person passionate about building a career is "we are hiring only from tier 1 colleges" or "we like you but we are looking for someone more experienced".
At LookBeyondResumes we want to shatter these patterns and these archaic ways of looking at people - that is why when we talk to employers we are not just trying to talk to them about using our portal, but also trying to educate them to look at THE PERSON and not what lies in what we think is the periphery of the person (viz institutions, experience, grades) The pages in our product, the tools that we use to understand a person in LookBeyondResumes is all reflective of our endeavor to break these patterns.
So the answer to your question would be - we do what we do because we dont know any better - so at LookBeyondResumes we are on a mission to create that "better"
Good luck Prachi and keep writing to us.