I attended a webinar yesterday about how job searching has changed and was REALLY surprised by some of the old thinking of some of the attendees. Some of them had never heard of the Applicant Tracking Systems! That was frightening.
I have been writing and rewriting and rewriting my resume and then tweaking each resume to use terminology and highlight my past achievements to match every job description for each role I apply for.  I’m trying to crack the code for the ATS every time I apply. It’s time consuming and can be frustrating to try to second guess the systems that screen you before a human ever sees your resume.
That’s why I’m networking so furiously. Some days the networking is fun – I’m loving catching up with people I worked with during my agency career in New York. Some days it’s just hard – and I get it. People are busy with their own work, their own families, their own passion projects and spending time letting me pick their brains is far down the priority list.
So this isn’t much of a throwback, but I’m hoping if anyone ever reached out to me for help in a job search, I at least tried for you. I think I have – but if I ever let something fall through the cracks, I apologize here and now. Pay it forward people – if you have an opportunity to impact someone’s career and life, please take it!
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