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Your next hire: ZipRecruiter vs. Indeed vs. everybody else

By John Shieldsmith September 20, 2019

This Article first appeared on Quickbooks/Intuit

Expansion can be a stressful, time-consuming, and expensive process. Staffing and recruiting agencies come with very high costs, and for small businesses with limited resources, the task of finding the best candidate often falls solely in your hands as the owner.

But sometimes outsourcing isn’t necessary. A robust and informative “Careers” page on your company website can be very valuable when recruiting. And referrals from current employees and other contacts often make for the best hires. However, if you’re looking for something beyond your network there are a number of options you can consider.

May 16, 2020June 8, 2021

Resume out of date? How to avoid the rejection pile!

Why you need to delete the Objective Statement:

The Hiring Manager is not there to give you a job! Their task is to attract the best possible human assets to fill job requirements. So, job seekers, they don’t really care what your objective is! The questions you want to answer are:

“What do you bring to the table in terms of hard skills and what experience born of accomplishments can you offer the employer? What are the likely results of hiring you?”

Replace the Objective Statement with a Professional Summary

The Professional Summary is a one or two paragraph snapshot of your qualifications and accomplishments. Not your job history. Not your education. Emphasis on accomplishments.

Always think in terms of quantifying. Anyone can say “excelled at last job” but “successfully hit sales quotas 100% of the time and exceeded goals by 20% in the last 6 months” is much more powerful. Remember, you can even do this if your position doesn’t involve numbers.

May 6, 2020June 8, 2021

Jiu-Jitsu and Beating ATS Resume Screens

Artificial IntelligenceI reads your resume

Jiu-Jitsu and the Art of Beating ATS Hiring Systems

robots and woman — Artificial Intelligence and your future…

* Jiu-Jitsu has its roots in the Japanese system of defeating a stronger opponent by using their own strength against them.

Operators of Fourth Generation ATS systems have largely succeeded in convincing employers that job applicants can be accurately and more thoroughly evaluated by using Artificial Intelligence for deep resume and social analysis, all made possible because of the new transparency.

You may be surprised to learn that companies are building massive profiles on you and most of the world population!

In an ideal scenario, the hiring manager can tell ATS exactly the skill set he is looking for, and you will materialize for an interview after ATS has decided “You’re the one!” But what if you are one of the other 99 applicants who were discarded, and what if you actually have the better skills? The hiring manager will never know because he will never interview you, thanks to ATS.

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