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1. Your Company Name
2. Company Address
3. Contact Phone Number
4. Contact Names and Titles
5. Fax Number
6. Email Address
7. Website Address
8. Preferred Method of Contact
9. Title of the Position That You Are Hiring
10. Who the New Candidate Will Report To
11. Who Will Do the Interviewing?
12. When Would You Like to Interview?
13. When Would You Like this Person to Start?
14. What Hours and Days will they be required to Work? Any Overtime?
15. Any Travel Required?
16. What Languages would you like the candidate to speak?
17. What Software Programs will they be working with?
18. Come up with a very detailed description of what the candidate will be doing on a     day to day basis.
19. What education level would you like the candidate to have?
20. What Salary are you looking at starting this person out at? Potential for Bonuses?
21. Are you interesting in hiring this person temporary, temp-hire or direct hire?
22. Put together a slight description of your company (i.e. Years in business, industry, number of employees and benefits).

Finding the ideal candidate starts with reviewing resumes.  Whether you are working with a staffing agency or conducting your own search, it is important to keep the following tips in mind when reviewing resumes.

It is important to scan the resume looking for grammatically incorrect statements and spelling mistakes. The lay out should look clean and neatly presented. These basic items can tell you whether the person is organized and thoughtful in their actions.

More specifically, you will want to look for relevant educational and work experiences.  You might want to keep a focus on the most recent educational and work experiences, but consider the stability in work history when identifying potential candidates.

If you have reviewed the resume and their work experience seems to fit your job description you need to asses the resume for any red flags. Some of the most common red flags are below and these will help you better filter your choices for interviews.

• Gaps in Employment: These lapses in employment can be something as simple as staying at home and to take care of children to being locked up in prison.
• No Graduation Dates: Leaving dates off your resume indicate either the person did not complete the education, which you will want to know why or that they are trying to hide their age.
• Companies No Longer Exists: Of course companies do close their doors but when seeing this on a resume you have to question rather the applicant is either making up the experience or trying to cover a bad reference.
• Bad Email Addresses: One simple but telling red flag can be the individuals Email Address. If an individual uses the email address sexy_girl@email.com on their resume they are telling you that they are an unprofessional individual.

1. First, always consider utilizing the service of a professional Recruiter. Our Recruiters at EnergiPersonnel are in front of employer’s everyday and are usually the first to hear of job opportunities before the company places a newspaper ad or the job on their website. This way you have a professional out there every day promoting you and did I mention it is FREE.
2. Attend as many industry conferences and seminars as you can find time to go to. Listing conference attendances on your resume will show a potential employer that you’re not content just to sit at a desk doing your job, you’re actually interested in your career and furthering your knowledge on your own. If possible try to become a speaker at a conference in your industry; this will give you instant creditability.
3. Join professional organizations related to the industry you want to work in. But don’t just join; actually go to the meetings. Not only can you learn things that might be useful in your job hunting, attending meetings are one of the best ways possible to network with other people in your field. You may hear about job openings before they’re posted, or you might even meet a hiring manager that you can impress in person without even securing an interview.
4. Look for magazines or journals related to your career, and then write an article to submit.  Published articles look terrific listed on a resume and can be a great addition to a portfolio.
5. Join online professional organizations that you can place informational and professional information on. Do a search online for organizations in your industry that might have an online directory, this is a great way for you to be seen by prospective contacts that are not just in your area. Please do not list profiles that you might have on Facebook.com or Myspace.com, these are not professional sites. LinkedIn.com is a good professional site to try.
6. Take a class! Find a class that may update current skills or try something totally different. The point is to be continuously seeking ways to improve yourself so that you are more valuable to prospective employers. This is also a great chance to meet others who are interested in your industry and may have connections that you may not.