Summary Sunday: Switch Up Your Job Search

I’m asking you to switch up your job search. You just can’t play by the same job search rules you used before. Employers aren’t, so why should you?

There are many reasons why old job search advice or strategies may no longer work. In this week’s summary, you’ll learn new job search ideas.

• Job search beyond applying for jobs online
• Tips from experts on how to job search in 2021
• Should you take a pay cut to get your foot in the door
• Help and resources for the long term unemployed
• Remote work trends
• Become more visible at work
• Reframe anxiety

Why You Need To Switch It Up

Whether you’ve been job seeking for 11 months or 1 month, I am asking you to switch up your job search activities or at least be open to the idea.

Your job search strategy is based on assumptions… and it may be time for you to challenge these assumptions. What do employers really want? How do they prefer to hire? How are they screening candidates?

If you think you know these answers, you may be wrong. Here’s why

No two recruiters or hiring managers think the same way or have the same processes.

That’s right, as much as companies try to create a fair and consistent hiring process, each individual sees candidates through their own lens and has personal preferences.

What this means is that when you continue to use the same strategies for your job search, you may not meet the preferences of the recruiter or hiring manager. So if you are not switching up your job search strategy, you’re probably missing the mark.

Challenge your beliefs. Test new ideas. Evolve and adjust for today’s job market and hiring trends.

JOB SEARCH

6 Things You Should Be Doing When Looking For Work, Besides Just Applying Online | Fast Company

6 things you should be doing when looking for work, besides just applying online

As an executive coach, I often ask this question of clients who are in the midst of a job transition. The answer I invariably get comes down to FOMO: They fear missing out on an opportunity. Anyone who has ever been unemployed knows how overwhelming a job search can be.

How to Find a Job in 2021: Tips and Tricks from the Experts | Jobscan

How to Find a Job in 2021: Tips and Tricks from the Experts – Jobscan Blog

They say the definition of insanity is “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.” You might feel as if you’re going a bit mad while trudging through the job searching process. You’re not alone. As a creepy Cheshire Cat once said, “We’re all mad here.”

INTERVIEWING

Should You Discount Your Salary To Get Your Foot In The Door? | Ask The Headhunter

Ask The Headhunter® | Should you discount your salary to get your foot in the door?

How do you get your foot in the door without the necessary degree (yet)? I’m changing careers from computer programming to bioinformatics, which is a field that uses computers to answer biological questions. Most bioinformaticians I’ve spoken to consider computing to be a more important skill than genetics.

Long Term Unemployment

The Impact of Long-Term Unemployment and How to Get Help | The Balance

Where Long-Term Unemployed Job Seekers Can Get Help

Even though the unemployment rate is dropping and the economy is creating jobs, there are still millions of people out of work in the U.S. For many of those who are unemployed, the length of time out of work is only increasing.

REMOTE WORK TRENDS

Redefining HR Fireside Chat Series, with Darren Murph (GitLab, Head of Remote) | Redefining HR

https://my.demio.com/recording/NEnOFKb2

CAREER

Here’s The Deal – Do You Have A Visibility Strategy? | Dr. Dawn Graham

Here’s the deal!

Do you have a visibility strategy? Great work can only take you so far if others aren’t aware of it. Here’s how to get noticed!

WELL-BEING

How Reframing Your Anxiety This Way Can Help Conquer Impostor Syndrome | Fast Company

How reframing your anxiety this way can help conquer impostor syndrome

For many of us, our natural instinct when feeling anxious is to try to escape the feeling entirely. We use relaxation techniques, such as deep breathing exercises, in an attempt to calm down and recenter. However, when our bodies are in a heightened state, simply trying to return to ‘normal’ can be difficult, if not futile.

DID YOU MISS THIS

Should You Use LinkedIn’s #OpenToWork