Practical Tips

Thinking about leaving and keep getting discouraged by your coworkers who keep telling you how hard it is outside or how great the discount is at the company store? Well here are some practical steps that you can start taking immediately and all it cost you is a few hours a week.

Update your resume now. Don’t wait until you decide to start jobhunting. Update your resume and continually tweak it occasionally you can carve out an hour or two per month to update your resume.

Update your LinkedIn as well and make sure it reflects your resume.

You can use LinkedIn, indeed or any of the job boards out there and have them send you a weekly digest of open positions. Make a point of applying to a few of these weekly whether or not you are 100% qualified. You will start seeing how effective your resume is and get a good sense of the timing for different companies and the process they use. You also start building a network of recruiting contacts at these companies whether or not you end up making it past a phone screen. These contacts can be gold down the road. The other thing about doing this is you learn how to prioritize your time to make sure you were applying to jobs… lat this point you should know that you shouldn’t be applying to jobs that have been open for weeks.

network network network. Connect with people who you worked with before, people who have left and gone onto other companies and even if it’s just a simple hi how is .. everything helps to get on their radar. Don’t take anything personal because you never know what someone is going through when you reach out, I have been on both ends of that.

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Just be happy you still have a job.

Good posts. I would add a first step:

Take some time to self reflect. What are YOUR priorities? What do you enjoy doing? What are you good at? Are there specific industries, sizes of companies or levels you want to target? Is there a certain geographic area you want to be in? How important is work life balance, pay, perks, etc.?

Once you understand what you want, I would recommend a more targeted approach (assuming you already have a job and aren’t in a super rush to get out). Network. Reach out to people in those industries/companies. Target your resume. Identify some companies and check their job boards constantly (or set up auto notifications). Be selective.

Best of luck. There is life beyond the berm. Don’t let others scare you into staying. Just Do It!

Run your resume through a scanner to be sure your resume is ATS (Applicant Tracking System) compatible and at least a 75% match for the job to which you are applying. Most scanners will give you tips on what to add and update to increase your percentage.

Leverage ai to make your resume a better match too.

@pjb+1vtqsLhV What I’m saying is “push notifications” don’t work because by the time the job has flowed to the 3rd party sites and is pushed to you, it’s been up on the corporate site a few days and likely already has 100+ applicants.

I recommend checking direct company sites daily if you have any desire and applying same day as they are posted.

@jvq+1vtqsLhV Good point. In that case and depending on your sense of urgency, then you might want to change your notification to be more frequent like every day.

In this market I’m finding you need to apply for a role within 48 hours of if being posted or your resume will be lost in the stack so those automatic notifications aren’t helpful because usually roles have been up for a few days by the time they come through.

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