In The Mind Of A Recruiter with Ally Barton

Ally Barton a corporate recruiter and hiring strategist from Los Angeles, CA joins us today for a behind the scenes look at recruiting. As the face behind @AllyHires, she teaches professionals how to find the best people and craft successful teams (even with historically low unemployment rates). Ally has spent the last decade perfecting the art of hiring and finds joy in imparting that knowledge to others. When not in interviews, she's obsessed with sushi, The Office reruns, and her three cats. You can find out more about her at allyhires.com or on Instagram @AllyHires.Ally digs in quick and shares tons of information that you won't want to miss - Hints on getting your resume to stand out, interviewing tips, and how she managed to transition careers. This is an episode you don't want to miss. Check out these highlights:(03:13) How do the most promising candidates find you?(04:35) The truth bomb about cover letters. (08:18) What's, what makes a resume stand out and be different that you want to want to talk to that person?(09:36) So what else makes the resume stand out?(11:20) How do you get someone to read your whole resume? (Ally) I feel that if it's concise, I will actually read through the whole thing(18:12) What helps a client stand out in that interview side of things?(22:04) My top secret tip to nearly every interview I'm, it's what I give my personal friends is…(24:51) Being able to pick up on the direction of the interviewer. So if the interviewer is just a little bit more formal, you're kind of going to want to match that tone.(31:50) So any other tips? Any other like don't do this in an interview?(33:29) You did a career transition and that's always a question that I get from folks of how to handle that. So tell me a little bit about your personal approach to finding a job.Free for youFree Cheatsheet from AllyLinks:allyhires.comSubscribe & Review in iTunesIf you like it, would you share and review it? It means the world to me when I see shares of my podcast. And reviews? Well, on iTunes, they mean everything. Thanks!  Click here subscribe or review iTunes!