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Job seekers, your time is NOW: Q1 through Q2.  You often see us posting about taking care of yourself throughout the grind of today's job search. We still will.  But today, the message is to THROW DOWN THE HAMMER - as much as you can, and in as balanced way as possible - over the next few months.  With the exception of certain seasonal industries, many employers operate on a calendar fiscal year. Budgets renew and allocate for hiring. (Not all, but enough to create a pattern and feed into a...

We'd like to clarify some resume and ATS misconceptions, and provide some actionable advice. 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘆/𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝗧𝗦𝘀 𝗱𝗼 𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗸/𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀. Especially the larger enterprise ones that F500s use. Whether the organization enables that function is up to them. (Some do; some don't). As former recruiters for Fortune 50-500 brands, we will say that large enterprise environments (tend to) enable the function. The ranking/score can be based on the pre-loaded questions 𝘢𝘯𝘥...

We witness many people who immediately or gradually start to assume the identity of a job seeker... to the point where that's literally how they view themselves. This is especially common after a layoff. Here's our message to you: please anchor back to yourself. Your layoff is just something that's happened to you - you're still you. (You're allowed to be).