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Last week, I outlined some of the potential downsides of LinkedIn’s new “Apply Now” button. This week, I want to look at the upsides and how this new technology has the potential to make the employment landscape even more user-friendly.
Last week, LinkedIn announced the roll out of an “Apply Now” button that lets users apply to a job with just one click. This is being widely praised as a step toward streamlining the application process and has many job seekers cheering. But what appears to be a big step forward in the job search process, might be making it even harder to actually get a job.
We tend to get stuck in patterns of narrow thinking – in our careers and in life. The blog entry you are referring to encourages job-seekers to take a broader view when navigating this frustrating employment environment.
If you are happily employed, you have probably let your resume languish in the dark, cold recesses of your computer’s "documents" folder. That’s understandable – being employed means you don’t have to worry about your resume, right? Wrong.
Struggling to find work (or a career) that fits. In today's post, I ask you to ponder these three questions:
1) What things do you do that don't seem like work at all?
2) What differentiates you? What makes you different?
3) How do you see yourself making a difference in the world?
Q: I enjoyed your entry on the reality of resumes and searching for a job. As frustrating as I know it all is, I think the entry is very true. I just can’t get past the fact that I have an impressive work history, and I bring a lot of talent and ideas to the table. Why won't the hiring system work in my favor?!
I have recently seen some articles – and heard a lot of talk – claiming that the resume is dead. The assertions range from “the bio is king” to “LinkedIn has killed the resume.” While these statement are certainly eye catching, they aren’t telling the whole story.
Lately, I've been participating in a forum on which responders are talking about loving Friday evening and dreading Sunday evening, which signals the work week ahead.
I hear from far too many people who have no passion for what they do. People who – day after day and year after year – slog through a series of unfulfilling jobs that mean nothing to them.
I have the opportunity to review a lot of resumes, so I have a front seat to emerging trends. Two increasingly popular approaches are to include Quick Response (QR) Codes and company logos on resumes. Both of these ideas make sense on the surface, but neither holds up when one really considers what's most important - the resume's audience.