What a recruiter told me they look for on resumes
Posted By: Fingers on 2009-04-21
In Reply to: By dates. Find a time when you SM - Jennyanydots
I was told when a job is posted, they literally get 100 resumes/applications. When they go through them - they want to see exactly what kind of experience you have. Not just specialties, neurology for example - but what type of reports, EMGs, EEGs, MRIs, CTs, etc. What type of op notes? This should be a little verbose. Next they want to know what services you have worked for, paid by production, platforms used, and yes even the equipment that you currently have in your possession and ready to use. This cuts down on the questions they have to ask you. If you have already answered most of their questions on your resume, you probably go in the contact pile. If your current and past MT employment is sketchy and verification information/dates is not offered, you probably go in the trash pile if they have enough qualified people to contact. You can't just say I have been an MT for 10-20 years, a lot of people have. Think of yourself as the recruiter and the information you would want to know.
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on this board, they keep a pretty good eye on things. and now since it has been questioned by someone, the administrator may just come out and tell us if it is a US computer address or not.
I just wish they would monitor the MQ board better, as the people on that one are really calling each other s*t*u*p*i*d and the like, and getting away with it. I have never seen such rude people as on that board! my goodness.
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Polish up those resumes
I've been job hunting for a long time time searching for the right job. This week I got three job offers, plus my phone and emails are going on overload. Let the hiring begin.
Now's the time fellow MTs, everyone seems to be hiring!!
MTSOs AND RESUMES
As a recruiter, it is nice to have the references already listed in the resume.
I don't think everything is caught - like the job resumes
with addresses like Mumbai, Hawaii. Could it be a name, not a place?
14 cpl? are you still taking resumes?
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Resumes "use caution" sm
i provided a little too much information in my resume to a company I did not know. That company had the "brass ones" to go after some of the accounts I used to service. I think one has to be very explicit as to what they have to offer, i.e., education, backgound (not too specific yet), willingness to test (that should tell them something)and not too much upfront or personal. I have a wonderful background and while testing online, I was thrown some curves by a company, such as showing me an anatomy chart with arrows pointing. What did they want? They were not clear, I could have answered in muscles, bones,tendons, areas of the body, etc., just blank black and white charts with arrows pointing at random is kind of irrelevant. Then before they let me finish the test, I received a message that I had "failed the test." These brainless idiots missed out and I really would not want any part of them anyway. I have received replies that I would "here" from others with the worst English language on the face of the earth in those replies. This testing stuff is for the birds. Either you know it or you don't -- you're not going to fake it to make it just to land a job with a company who tell you nothing about themselves but want to know everything about you. Beware of the wolves at your door! I've given my life to this field and now I want to work from home for someone like myself who gave their heart and soul to the business,and I will be willing to share my experience for the comfort of working from home. I will not work for some money-making jerks who don't care about the patients, just the almighty $$$. Too bad they only care about how they can "soak" their clients and kick good people to the curb.Too many inmantes are running the asylum. Be careful!
Question for MTSOs about resumes
Just curious... what is the preference of an MTSO when it comes to references..... would you prefer to have them listed in the resume or is it acceptable to have "Available upon request" on a resume.
Thank you
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AOL problems please resend resumes..sm
To anyone that applied for the radiology IC position posted a few days ago, if you sent a resume, or email, I did not get it. I have since found out that there is a problem with AOL for some reason on this site and no replies are coming through. I have since reposted the ad with a different email server.
If you are still looking for IC radiology position, plenty of work guaranteed, do not over hire, please read the ad I reposted on the job board and send a resume.
I reply to all emails if you meet the requirements.
Tiffany
Resumes and filling out applications
Hi all, I'd like to know if any of you have run into the same problem as I have when filling out applications and what you did about it. I have, from time to time, left MT work and applied for other jobs outside the home. Over the last few years, I have worked for a few MT services for a short time. I don't even remember the dates that I started working for each one and stopped. Some were so short (a few months) because it didn't work out for some reason (job wasn't as described or some other reason). How do you handle something like that on an application? You don't want to appear as though you job hop, but you know as well as I do how some services are and you CAN'T stay any longer working for them. I'm at a loss now, how to handle this on a job application.
Thanks for any help or advice.
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Thanks. I have already sent out like 11 resumes and tested with three of the places. I have only he
the woman told me she had just hired and to check back in 6 months. I have also e-mailed five other companies to see if they were hiring. I assume since I have heard nothing back from them they are not. Thankfully the one I heard from was not a defnite no but I can't wait 6 months for a job either. With times as they are I could use some extra income right now. I guess I will keep looking and hope someone calls me soon.
Next thing they will be using HSD on resumes and credits ---
high school dropout.
AA is absolutely a nothing degree. It means you took a year or 2 of education beyond getting your GED or graduating from high school.
Start sending resumes now
I'd start sending resumes now. The way things seem to be going, it will take several months to get anything anyway, so don't delay. Really try to pump up the good aspects of how you work - good accuracy, building speed, reliability to schedule, etc. That may help when employers see that you've only been at it for 9 months. You will find someone who will take a chance on you.
As to your other questions, there are so many variables, there's no one situation that works for most people. A lot of people like being employees, but a lot of us like being IC. Some people hate large corporations and others love them and would never think of working for a small company.
I know for my situation, it took a couple of tries until I found a situation that I think works for me.
If I were in your situation (and I have been) I'd send out resumes to every company that is advertising and even some that are not. If a company is advertising and they want someone with 2 years or less, send them a resume or take their online test. The worst that can happen is they say no, but you just might hit someone on a good day where they think you're worth talking to.
Good luck.
Can someone tell me where you post your resumes on here. I dont see a place for them.
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How would the info from our resumes be used for identity theft?
I guess I don't understand it. My social is not on my resume. Only my name and phone number and previous employers. How would one use this info to gain enough info to use my identity? I am just curious.
I would just start sending out resumes and posting
your resume on the various job boards. I never had any MT training, but I have also been doing this for 20 years. You might not get a job in acute care, but your experience should get you in the door.
May I ask if the experienced people have been getting any replies to their resumes posted on here
within the past few weeks. Just curious as to what type of responses you have hda. Thanks much.
There's a link to post resumes on the Job Seeker's board. nm
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I handle resumes/apps at my company and I would assume
If you note to me in your mail or on your resume next to the company name to not contact, I would have no problem whatsoever with that.
I understand - I handle resumes/apps for 2 large companies and it is
Part of me wants to play an HR advisor and give them a mini-course!
Not going to happen, however, because that is their sole responsibility - to present their best foot forward.
now this right here has recruiter
that was only from one recruiter - sm
She was really great to talk to. I have been with five companies over the past four years and it was good to have her ask me what I liked and what I didn't. And she seemed genuine, and she had told me some of her experiences as well. So maybe they do listen, or maybe some companies are trying to "revamp" their old ways ... keep our fingers crossed.
recruiter?
Could you please let everyone know the name of this recruitment company? First off, it would be a great service to all of us here who frequent this board -- better we should be warned first. If they are soliciting, it hopefully should be no big secret who they are ... usually these people LIKE the names of their companies in the spotlight. And third, how totally and completely IGNORANT this recruiting firm must be to make the comment to you that they would be "curious" as to how you "knew" this information ..... isn't it THEIR business to know this stuff? What a joke of a recruiting company! Kind of like asking a billing company to go recruiting for oceanographers. Ha!
Has anybody here ever been a recruiter?
I am curious what are some requirements of becoming a recruiter. I think that might be an interesting job to have, but there are possibly some things I'm not considering. Does anyone know how to find information on this? I would think that it is probably competative, so I don't want to ask another recruiter.
I am a recruiter.
I came into this position without a background in recruiting. If you know transcription, can do a bit of QA (to score tests), and like talking to people about the same thing over and over and over and over again, don't let inexperience stop you.
Good luck!
How does one get a recruiter job?
I think my mom would be perfect for this type of position, but I've never seen them posted on the job boards. How would she go about applying for this type of position?
RECRUITER
MY take is it sounds like they don't want you despite your situation just because of the working nights issue as it IS hard to get people to work nights. Once he found out (I'm taking it that you couldn't work nights) that you didn't want to work nights, he probably threw your resume in the trash can. I don't mean to sound brutal ....... really....... just trying to keep it truthful. Let's face it, MTs are a dime a dozen now. For every MT that gets hired, there are probably 100 disappointed MTs that DIID NOT get hired. I just think it's supply versus demand. They have hundreds of MTs to choose from, plus it does not sound like a company I would want to work for that would treat you like that before you were even hired. Just think how you might get treated if you WERE hired. I really feel God is looking out for you on this one. I may be wrong, but i don't think so. Silence can translate to hundreds of words, or one word ....... NO (they don't need you as much as you need them, and they know that).
Their recruiter
I've heard about her ... a real fly brain.
Are you a recruiter?
A recruiter's POV
This probably doesn't apply to you, or many people out there, but it has happened a time or two when I was a recruiter. An MT applies, recruiter A talks with them. All looks good. Then, recruiter B notices the application, and has worked with the MT before. Turns out it was very difficult experience, either the MT's quality scores, or attitude/ethics, MT disappeared, who knows? It's not an easy situation to handle, and it might be that recruiter A decides to simply not follow up with the potential MT. We eventually shared our list of MTs we didn't feel would suit the company and it never happened again.
Again, not saying this is the situation, or that if it is that the situation was handled correctly, but sometimes we all might choose to take the easy way out in difficult situations. It's not easy to tell someone that their reputation as a substandard MT has all of a sudden come to light through someone else.
I hope that somehow this situation works out for you, or that a better one comes along.
Not a recruiter...
...but I always make my current employer 'confidential' and in my cover letter say it will be disclosed 'upon mutual interest.' I give the dates and all other pertinent information, just not the name of the company. No point in having that information out there when the recipient has no intention of even contacting you. If/when they do, then I consider getting specific. I've been hired several times from resumes with this information. You just never know which recruiters know one another. 'Sally, did you know Tilly Typist at your company is shopping her resume around?"
I told you once, I told you twice, eTransPlus is going down the drain!
Don't expect communication from anyone, we are only little "peons."
Not Recruiter, Just Excited
Not a recruiter, never have been, wouldn't want to be. Seeking honest answers for something someone with no experience things may be too good to be true. Thank you for your opinion, though.
The recruiter at Spheris.... sm
really missed her calling. She should have been a used car salesman (salesperson :) She told me that everything depended on the account I would be assigned to, but with my experience I should expect at least 8.5 cpl as well as production incentives and weekend incentives, and on and on. And no, I didn't get it in writing. I had no reason to think she was fast talking me. I did question the $7.00 an hour training rate which I thought was way off base. She told me my training would only be one week and then I would start getting paid production. I think everyone will agree with me.. that was a straight out lie.! I trained on HITS for a week and then I found out the two accounts I had been assigned didn't use HITS. So now I had to train on two other accounts, both with different platforms. I swear, if I had stayed I'd probably still be training. I don't know if the situation is the same with all accounts, but I was told to leave my email on at all times and answer every one immediately as it may be an important notice from my team leader or supervisor. I had to stop working to read emails every 2 minutes. And none of them were of any importance. Someone wishing someone else a Happy Birthday, someone complaining that someone else was cherry-picking. The worst was their on line collaberation procedure. One person has trouble with a word and 50 MTs are supposed to stop working? Listen, I'm more than willing to help out a fellow MT, but every 5 minutes? It was just insanity. Many of you sound like you're happy there, so maybe I just couldn't adapt to the constant interruptions as well as all the broken promises. So that was my experience with a national. Never again.
I got this same e-mail from the recruiter. nm
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B and E and have never had a recruiter ask for CMT credentials ever! nm
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has anyone ever had a recruiter talk down to them - sm
I cannot believe the way this woman spoke to me in such a condescending manner. She made herself sound so high and mighty, and yet all through the industry I had only heard good things about her. I applied for a position, was contacted by phone, and she told me that my EXTENSIVE 14 years experience, along with 3 years QA experience was not enough for their company. But it was the tone that she used! I am not a sensitive person in any way, but she made me feel like I was inadequate and had no business applying for a job with their company. When I told her what I made (which I said I could prove on my taxes and pay slips) she balked (?sp) as if I was making it up.
Has anyone else ever been through this?? I do not want to say the name of this person or the company because I do not think it is relevant.
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