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Author: Soozy Miller
Top 10 mistakes to avoid in your job search
10. Let a bad interviewer distract you Even as an executive, you might come across an inept or inexperienced interviewer during the hiring process. Don’t let their lack of experience or bad attitude deter you. Just concentrate on addressing the company’s needs and proving your point with impact. You can succeed even if the interviewer…
The problem of over-applying to jobs
Some people are sending out 75, 150, 400 resumes to jobs. And then they’re so happy that they finally landed 30 interviews… or one. No one – I mean no one – should have to send out 150 resumes to land 30 interviews. That is just a horrible ratio. And no one should have to go…
Career questions to think about
Questions to ask yourself as you consider a career pivot: What things do I like most about my current/past job(s)? 2. What are the jobs or careers of people I find fascinating, interesting, or successful? 3. What distinctive skills do people see in me, and what specific indicator(s) makes people see them (credentials, behaviors, experience,…
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You can beat internal hiring
You might have heard the term “hidden job market.” This term does not mean that there are “secret” jobs somewhere or that companies are hiding jobs. “Hidden job market” refers to all available and upcoming jobs that simply haven’t been publicly posted yet. One type of “hidden” job is a position that hiring managers want…
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AI in the recruitment process
AI is rapidly gaining popularity. When it became available, people immediately started using AI to write general resumes, and recruiters started using AI to gather lists of global contacts. AI is being used on both sides of the hiring desk. The job search is becoming an AI vs. AI battle involving ridiculously high numbers. The…
The long and winding job search
A Chief Marketing Officer that I’m working with just heard about a job opening six months after being turned down by the company. The other candidate apparently didn’t work out. At my last recruiter gig, after several interviews, the company CEO was still contemplating a marketing manager candidate about 9 weeks after the hiring manager…
What is Branding Cohesion?
One of my colleagues posted the following: Ensure branding cohesion: — Align your resume and LinkedIn messaging. — Create a unified narrative of your career story. — Make life easier for recruiters by staying in sync. Aren’t they all the same thing? Branding consistency and cohesion. But that’s not even the part that gives me…
Job search problems that can be solved
Your job search challenges really come down to 4 problems: 1. Tough job market 2. Resume looks like everyone else’s 3. Need to reach recruiters 4. No idea how to begin the job search Let’s address each of them. 1. The job market is tough. Due to a variety of factors too lengthy to get…
Lousy interviews
I was helping a Chief Operating Officer who is an expert at process optimization. He specializes in identifying the problems and gaps, and fixing them. The companies are much better off after hiring him. During one of our calls, he told me that he had had a screening phone call a few days before with…
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The answer is in your skills
Did you just receive another auto-generated generic rejection email for a job that you are absolutely certain you were right for? Now you’re feeling hopeless and asking, WHAT DO THEY WANT FROM ME??? Instead of writing a hate letter to the recruiter, or screaming at the sky, or laying your weary head on your desk…
