1. Great Job Listing! How To Land the Interview with Allan Freedman

2. Tonight’s Goals How to Land the Interview
Understand Hiring Manager’s Perspective
How to Apply to Get the Interview
Read a Job Posting
Do Research
Build a Resume
Write a Cover Letter
Next Steps

3. Allan Freedman, MS, SHRM-SCP
Chief Operating Officer, National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy
Society of Human Resource Management – Senior Certified Professional
MS in Business, Finance, Johns Hopkins University
BS in Business, University of Maryland
Board Member, DC Chapter, International Dyslexia Association
Facilitator, 40Plus of Washington
Fired Four Times in my Career… Been here, Done this.

5. An Attractive Job Posting

6. the Resume!!!

7. AND…
Nothing but Crickets

9. What we feel is the companies response to our resume…

11. And How the Hiring Manager Perceive Resumes Submitted for a Job Opening…

13. How Do We Get Noticed, and Land the Interview?

16. Steps to Getting to the Top of the Resume Pile
Don’t Waste Time - Is this a good job you can do?
Do your Research
Do you Really Want to Apply?
Dissect the Job Listing
Create a Resume that will get you Noticed!
How to get to the top of the pile
Use your Network
Who do you know?
Don’t forget the last step…

18. Filtering Job Listings – My Process
Visit Job Listings
Indeed.com
LinkedIn Job Board
Hill Jobs -
Nonprofit Jobs - ASAE Job Board -
Print or Check Job Listings that Look Promising
Get a coffee, edit your LinkedIn profile, take the dog for a walk
Review the short list – any possible winners?
Now time to work the process to land interviews

21. Time for Research Can I Support the Mission? Is it a Good Employer?
Can they Afford Me?
Any Deal Breakers?

22. WEBSITE

24. Glassdoor.com

25. Guidestar.org

26. 990 Tax Return

27. 990 Tax Return

28. “IT’S A GO” Time to Apply To Cover or not to Cover?
Build a Resume that Makes the Cut
To Cover or not to Cover?

29. Build a Resume that is Aspirin to the Pain

30. Evidence in a Resume

36. Create the “Pain Relief” Resume
One or Two Pages
Targeted Information – You are the answer to their search
Catch ‘em Quickly – Top of the Fold
Direct Profile Statements
40Plus Success Bites – illustrate success and skills

38. The Last Step
Speaking from personal experience there is a feeling that when you send in the perfect application for the perfect job you deserve to take a break and see how it works out. STOP IT! The only good reasons to deviate from a well-designed job search plan is a) because you landed a new job; b) a family emergency; or c) hospitalization. Otherwise you have to keep going, most importantly because the job you were really meant to have may have been just around the corner from the job application you just submitted and you can’t afford to miss it.

39. Time Check Plus Class

40. Time for Networking!

41. LinkedIn – Easy Bake Networking

42. LinkedIn – ASIS Employees

43. LinkedIn – Connections

44. Time Check Plus Class

45. Preparing for the Interview

46. Google News Search

47. Google News Search Article

48. Google News Search Article

49. Peter O’Neil, CEO, Twitter Feed

50. LinkedIn – Peter O’Neil, CEO