Resumes that Connect, Optimized by AI
This is an excerpt from Tony Robbins, when asked about what he would say to someone who has failed at school, failed in relationships, failed at work, now perhaps late in life may just not feel like trying again. The entire interview first published in Psychology Today. (link below)
Continue reading “Mission versus Career”
In today’s job market, it’s not enough to just have a top notch resume. Employers also expect you to have a polished online professional brand that aligns with your resume and current job goals. In fact, according to a recent study most recruiters are using social media to attract — and vet — potential candidates for their open positions. As a result, it’s important to not only develop a fleshed out online profile that you can include on your resume but to also customize its public web address so it’s easy for people to find and connect with you. That means you need a personal LinkedIn URL.
Follow the LinkedIn profile tips below to customize your public LinkedIn profile URL to promote your professional brand.
Log into your LinkedIn account and click Me > View Profile from the upper right-hand corner of the page.
On the upper right-hand side of your profile page, click Edit your public profile.
This will open a new window called Public profile settings. On the right-hand side of this page, you will see a section called Edit public profile URL. Under this section header, you will find your current URL next to an icon that looks like a pencil. Click on the pencil to edit your URL. I recommend using your name, as it appears on your resume, or a combination of your name and profession to maintain a consistent brand.
Make sure to hit save and that’s it! You’ve now created a personal LinkedIn URL.
We all have done this from time to time and most of us should do it a great deal more frequently!
Soul searching is an important part of spiritual and intellectual growth. It can create a thought process that can alter the direction or your life in ways you may have never thought possible. It’s a good exercise to pursue from time to time. Here is a scientifically developed, free, exercise. Enjoy!
How to avoid false starts in your journey to success and happiness!
What does Nestle’s Qwik Chocolate Powder and Positive Thinking have in common?
Chances are when you were a kid, at some point you enjoyed adding Nestle’s Qwik chocolate powder to some cold milk and loved it. Using the frequently misunderstood reasoning of positive thinking, one might conclude that just going for a big spoon full of the powdered chocolate would be even better!
Sorry! Life doesn’t work that way for chocolate powder or for positive thinking. Disclosure: I am a huge fan of positive thinking and could not envision a successful life without it. Unfortunately, there have been books, seminars, and course promotions pitching the idea that it’s your own fault if you are not wildly successful, and through simply positive visualization, success will come to you. This is no more true than if you placed a pile of money on a table and visualized the pile growing. Folks, it’s not going to happen!
Continue reading “”ATS can be your secret weapon, or it can be your undoing!
Here is a little food for thought about who is going to read your resume!
On the way to your new job…
Before you can be hired, you must be interviewed;
Before you can be interviewed your resume must make it into the interview stack;
Before your resume makes it into the interview stack, it must pass the ATS screen.
Why do over 87% of employers now use ATS screens?
Well, thank the internet!
Finding out about job openings is easier than ever before, and applying is easier than ever before. Back in the day, you could send 50 job applications by USPS for about $25, or overnight via FEDEX for about $1000. Neither one worked if you were broke!
Today, if you can copy and paste, you can send 100’s even 1000’s of job applications on the internet for FREE. Consequently, employers are besieged with 100’s of applications for every job offered and the majority are not qualified. There is a pervasive world mindset, that if it’s free to apply why not take a chance? Free lotteries, free drawings, free coupons and free job applications.
Continue reading “Guess who reads your resume first!”
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