Tag: resumes

Which Outdated Job Search Strategies Are Holding You Back?

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Help with job search strategies

You’ll shorten your job search and receive more employment offers if you get rid of outdated strategies that could be holding you back. While some advice, like showing up on time and proofreading your materials, never goes out of style, there are other tactics that are no longer effective.

If you’ve been out of the job market for a while or you just want to maximize your opportunities, consider these job search strategies. They’ll help you update your game plan.

Are You a Resume Procrastinator?

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Are you a resume procrastinator?

Why do we procrastinate around keeping our resumes up to date?  Six reasons that will resonate with you are:

  1. It is a struggle.   Drafts and rewrites of updated experience and skills take too much time, and you have more pressing work to get done. 
  2. Resume style standards keep changing.  How do you know what is the latest and greatest?  Are objectives at the top of a resume, old school?  Are resumes submitted on-line in a different format from a printed version?
  3. Skill sets are a moving target.  What is hot today may not be tomorrow.  So, I might as well wait till I need a resume to emphasize my latest expertise.
  4. You are in a good place.  You feel good about your job and see a future with the company.   
  5. It is pricey.   It can be costly to hire a professional writer.
  6. Out of sight, out of mind. It is easy to stash your resume away in your bottom drawer and forget about it.