When I was job hunting this year, I developed the following preferences of how to get my resume in front of a hiring manager:
- Have a friend or FOAF who works at the hiring company hand my resume directly to the hiring manager
- Have a trusted recruiter represent me
- Have the recruiter who advertised the position represent me
- Apply blindly myself
Yesterday, I tried to explain my process to a friend, and I realized what I really needed was to document my workflow for applying for jobs, so I whipped it up in Visio. Click on the image below to see the full-size version:
