Having just got off the phone speaking to a human resources representative, I feel I should take a moment to nail home an important point about phone calls. (Which actually one of the SLPs at my hospital internship tried to drill into me weeks ago. You can lead a horse to water, I guess….)
Sell yourself.
I completely just failed at that. Reflecting on the conversation I just had, the rep was giving me plenty of opportunities for me to extol my virtues and I did not take the opportunity.
The plan? I’m going to write down what I consider the highlights of my resume; what I think makes me a unique candidate. I am going to have this list handy so I can throw in as many as possible during my conversation with an HR rep, or leave as many as I think I can in a message. The one near the top of my list? That I am looking for a CFY. If it turns out the job I just applied for is not open for CFYs, there may be a CFY position available that they haven’t posted yet and that they can tell me about.
Lesson learned.
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December 1, 2015 at 8:35 pm
Paul Dameson
Fantastic analysis , For my two cents if others a FL DH 527 , We encountered a sample version here or http://www.health.utah.edu/ot/colleagues/evalreviews/ripa.pdf.