Career and Jobs Tips

The professional profile serves as a mini-synopsis of a candidate’s prior experience. From a macro-view it quickly educates a prospective employer as to what career path the candidate has pursued thus far, and briefly focuses on his or her areas of expertise, i.e “Demonstrated history of directing all business development initiatives for numerous Fortune 500 companies”. It should be written in a fragmented manner, and be nearly 5 sentences in length. The purpose of the professional profile, above being an introduction to the candidate, is to entice the employer to read the resume in length.
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If you never got a definitive answer from them, then you have no way of speculating as to why you didn’t get a callback. All you know for sure is what they or the recruiter told you. That’s it. Any sort of speculation or assumptions on your part are just that, assumptions. You don’t work at that company, you do not know why you haven’t received a call. You have absolutely nothing to lose by just checking in with them to see what the status is.
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Imagine the following scenario: You get invited to interview for the perfect job for you – the right company, the right location and the right level of compensation. The problem is that there are several other qualified candidates vying for the same position. Without question, you will need to distinguish yourself from your competition and the creative use of a presentation binder is a great way to accomplish this.
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