Who Is Unemployed- A, B and C Players

Who Is Unemployed- A, B and C Players In order to be the best job seeker possible, you need an understanding of what is going on in the heads of hiring professionals. In the current economic situation, with hundreds of thousands of people out of work, how can theoverwhelmed HR professionals and recruiters possibly handle the volume of resumes they receive? Well, thats sort of a related question. On Nick Corcodoliss, Ask the Headhunter, he sited and summarized Why hiring is paradoxically harder in a downturn by Auren Hoffman. Heres my take away from reading Hoffmans piece: The world of work is made up a A, B, and C Players. (A players are the best and C players do the job). Of course,most companies want to hire A players. The other important fact is that there are more B players than A players and even more C players than B. This makes A players scarce. When layoffs occur, usually the C players are let go first. The company will try and hold on to A players, yet that isnt always possible. (i.e. Construction,Financial and Legal industries were hit hard and all players lost their jobs despite how well they performed) The challenge now for companies is to find the A Players among the see of B and C Players applying for jobs. The resume isnt the greatest tool to use in screening these players. An A player is innovative and hard working and their resume demonstrates that with accomplishments. NOT the words innovative and hard working. The otherlesson here is that you want to be known forbeing an A Player, not a slacker. Do whatever you can do to change the way you do your job to become an A Player!