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Anytime I can meet new contacts AND stay in my pajama bottoms, I’m in!

Networking remotely IS an essential skill set nowadays.

So, I will give you 2 easy and modern ways to meet people remotely.

And it’s beyond reaching out to people on LinkedIn …

And if you want more no-cost insights on how hiring happens, join me for my next PopUpCareerChat.com ←click here to register for the Tuesday 2/27 @ 12noon event.

My next Pop Up Career Chat is with @Austin Lilling, where we discuss Key Components of an Executive Compensation Plan. He is a partner of executive compensation at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, so this is going to be fascinating!

Look forward to seeing you there!

And feel free to share in the comments other ways you network remotely.

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Job postings are receiving, on average, 250 resumes, according to Glassdoor 2023.
And SourceCon stated that job applications are up 30%.
Are recruiters even spending 6 seconds on a resume?
What if you had less than 6 seconds to catch a recruiter’s attention?
What would you do to grab the attention of a reader of your resume that YOU are the person to interview?
Use these two tactics I suggest in this video and understand my rationale behind each quick fix.
If you want to learn more about what makes a resume great and what makes a job search strategy fail-safe, attend my next free training at http://freeexecresumetraining.com
I will show before and after resumes and cover what makes a job search strategy work!

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How do you know you are using AI and social media right in your job search?

Are you…

Writing AI prompts.

Automating outreach.

Using social media and online messaging channels for branding.

Can’t swing a dead cat on the interwebs without a guru talking about this stuff.
But how do you know it’s working?

I have chatted recently with clients and prospective clients about the best way to use (and not use) these tools.

Ultimately, using AI and social media properly comes down to one point of measurement.
I talk about it in this week’s video.

If you need more help making this one thing happen in your job search, grab the ebooks, resume templates, and training videos I created at gethiredfastbundle.com.

Don’t dawdle. Let’s do this.

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“Why is this job search so damn hard?”

This is a sentiment I hear often…

And, yes, the job search nowadays at all levels ain’t easy.

It’s always had its challenges…

But in this video, I go through 5 stats/scenarios that explain why it’s hard.

Thank you to Jim Stroud of SourceCon, Hunt Scanlon, Hung Lee, Bureau of Labor Statistics, and Katrina Kibben for their stats and insights that helped me come up with this list (credit given for each point in the video, too).

It’s no wonder job seekers are burned out.

These 5 points are big hurdles to overcome.

But here is the thing…

They are “overcome-able”…

100%

First step to fixing a problem is admitting that you have a problem and accepting the situation at hand.

So watch this video.

And accept the situation…

Like you have done 627 times at work.

Once you accept the situation, you can come up with a plan.

So DM me if you want to have a plan.

And until then, keep educating yourself on how recruiting works and what’s going on “on the other side.”

Each month, I have a pop-up career chat, aptly named PopUpCareerChat.com, where I speak to executive recruiting experts from different disciplines and tangentially-related-to-hiring experts (like executive comp lawyers, executive coaches, employment lawyers, executive education leaders, etc…) to give YOU the inside scoop on how hiring works.

So go to PopUpCareerChat.com to register for my next guest session with Mark Polansky of Outcome Solutions (formerly of Korn Ferry for 25 years). We will be discussing how to use your IT knowledge to land a C-level role in any profession (CMO, CFO, COO, etc…).
Tech knowledge isn’t just for CIOs, CTOs, CISOs, or CDOs anymore.

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Including your recent relevant achievements in a cover letter is a no-brainer nowadays.

But how else can you differentiate yourself as the candidate of choice?

In this next video, I discuss “5 Elements of an Interview-Generating Cover Letter” so you can know what else to include alongside your achievements to increase the odds of getting your cover letter read to land an interview.

Now…this post isn’t to debate whether you need a cover letter or not.

The bottom line is that some hiring managers want them, and some don’t.

So have a good one ready to go if it’s needed for an application for a job you want.

No need to argue.

Just be prepared! (You know my motto….).

To ensure you are ready, go to CoverLetterENotes.com and grab my ebook that will show you how to write a proper cover letter and be prepared.

#coverletter #coverletters

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