Nope, not talking about a 3-pointer at the buzzer where the game was won with someone draining the basketball through the net while having a defender’s hand in their face.

I’m referring to a job search report I read today that talked about how job search is different today than it was just a few short months ago, and how significantly different it is from a few years ago.

Things aren’t done the way they were in 1999 or 2008. With the way companies, HR Professionals and Recruiters are embracing technology to make their jobs easier, it is putting more of a challenge on job seekers to adapt.

More and more efforts to find good job candidates are taking place on the Internet, and job seekers who don’t adapt to that change may struggle hard to find opportunities for the kinds of jobs wanted at the pay deserved.

$100K+ job seekers could suffer the most because of the number of job candidates. That’s why failing to plan a job search is surely planning to fail.

Can’t predict the future, but trends sure do point to “nothing but Net” at some point in the future.

If you do the job search wrong, then three things happen…. 1) You don’t get the chance to show hiring managers what you are worth…. That leads to… 2) You start losing confidence in your ability and start thinking that you aren’t worth anything to an employer, and this starts spilling over into your self-esteem… This leads to… 3) Just taking a job that you don’t really want at a pay less than you are qualified to get.

”You’re Worth More”. It’s not just about the resume, or the networking, or the interviewing – it’s about the whole job search working together, leveraging the power of the Internet to reach people, and then showing them what you are worth to them.

I would be happy to explain this simple 4 Pillar Job Search System to any jobseeker. It is a proprietary system I’ve developed that builds confidence while moving people through the job search smarter and faster, with more fun.

Resume writing is about getting job interviews - that is the bottom line. The job resume is not about “getting” the job – that is what the interview is for – the resume writing process is all about how to build your best resume.

Resume Writing Planning

Approaching your resume writing task takes a bit of planning. Think of it this way – would you just jump in the car and head out on vacation without knowing which direction you were going, having an idea of where you would stay and having some sense of what the trip is going to cost? You shouldn’t approach your resume writing process like that either because if you don’t know what your job target is, then it is most likely that your job search will end up going around in circles.

Know Your Audience

A key point of resume writing is to know who is going to be reading your resume. I don’t mean whether it is an HR person or the janitor, what I’m referring to is understanding that you are writing for an entry-level position versus an executive leadership role. It makes a huge difference when thinking about being over-qualified or under-qualified and how you present your job target level. Know how to write a resume that speaks the language that you will be speaking in the new role you are pursuing.

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