— Do you may have a linear background? Which means, have you ever stayed in the identical subject transferring up in your profession and now end up searching for the subsequent step job?

If the reply isn’t any, then I’ll discourage you from persevering with to do your job search on job boards. They have a tendency to work greatest for these with linear backgrounds. They don’t do nicely for profession changers or these with non-linear backgrounds.

Subsequent query I ask:

— Are you conscious that 60-65% of hires occur by way of worker referrals, social media connections and private contacts? Do you know that recruiters first put out openings to their community—they usually attempt to fill it with out ever posting the job, if potential?

If the reply isn’t any, then the job seeker simply realized they might be lacking out on a bunch of jobs that by no means get posted on job boards.

As soon as I ask these two questions, I’ll reply the preliminary query about what to do with a resume to get higher outcomes:

My reply?  Don’t do something.  Get off the job boards.

They didn’t work for many job seekers previous to the pandemic. With exponentially extra individuals searching for work post-pandemic, I can envision job boards being much less efficient for job seekers.

But profession changers and non-linear background job seekers maintain utilizing job boards and repeatedly search out the right way to beat the ATS with the resume.

To no avail.

Why?

I imagine job seekers who regularly use job boards, regardless of the dearth of outcomes, accomplish that as a result of it does the next:

(1) It’s comforting to use and say you probably did one thing in your job search.  Job boards assist us really feel busy, even when it’s much less efficient.

(2) We hope our want for speedy gratification is happy. We hope we will likely be chosen with out having a dialog.

(3) Being ignored by a job board is much less private than an individual ignoring your e-mail.

(4) It’s perceived to be simpler to attempt to beat the system than market oneself to people.

But 60-65% of hires occur by way of networking however solely 20-25% of hires occur by way of job boards.

So I’m perplexed as to why job seekers maintain banging their heads in opposition to the wall with job boards once they repeatedly get poor outcomes.

When you’ve got been chasing your tail and are getting bored with the run-around, simply e-mail me again at lr@chameleonresumes.com for a greater means. 

We are able to both ebook a name with the workforce, or I can merely inform you the one factor you have to be specializing in.

Let’s discuss quickly, 

Lisa

Lisa Rangel – Govt Resume Writing Providers

Chameleon Resumes

Posted: August 28, 2020

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