A former colleague of mine posted a Remote job that got 500 applicants. (how do you even compete in a job market like that?)
I will share some tips with you on How to Find a Job in This Tough Economy.
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You Must Know Someone on the Inside
When there are 500 applicants, they are either using AI or a HR-level1 person to filter through the submitted resumes based on keywords and skills. Even if you are a rockstar, your resume is being looked at by someone who doesn’t even know what those techie terms on your resume mean.
You know people who you have worked with in the past. Some of those people are now in leadership positions or are influencers.
Putting “this person referred me” on the application is not enough. Contact them and have them give a heads up to the hiring manager: “I worked with him and he is legit.” That’s sometimes all it takes. The rest is up to you, but you won’t get the opportunity to tell your story if you don’t make it over this hurdle.
You need to connect in Real Life.
Say it again: You need to connect IN REAL LIFE (IRL)!
Call that person up. Offer to get together for coffee. Sure, it will seem awkward since you haven’t talked to them in 2+ years.
LinkedIn is fake. Use it to see where your former coworkers are now working. But don’t use it as your main connection tool. Having someone as a LinkedIn “Connection” is about as real as having a Facebook “Friend”.
Job tips
Your resume needs to fit the job
Employers are looking for “what can you do for me?”
My current job is in insurance. But my skills transfer to other areas. If the job is not in insurance and I include insurance keywords like “Medicaid and Medicare”, I have actually heard people be turned off by this and make comments at interviews (if I even get an interview). So I create a separate resume for each job application. They don’t deviate from the core skills. They don’t need to. But they won’t add distractions.
It’s all about how you tell your story.
Instead of listing what you did, include the VALUE that your brought to the job.
No one cares about the specifics of your project unless it matches what they are looking for.
Remote Work is dead. Position yourself for the “right” return to office job.
If you are still working remotely, or you went back in the office but you still dream of working remotely.
As I said at the beginning, most remote jobs have >100 applicants. The one I interviewed for had 500 applicants.
Reality check – There are now 3 categories of Office/corp jobs:
1. Jobs already back in office 3 days a week. (Some are pushing for 4-5 days).
2. Remote jobs mandatory return to office 3 days in 2025.
3. Remote jobs that now require frequent on-site travel.
I don’t like it either, but that’s reality.
Side Hustles R Us
Does anyone really believe that they have job security? Does anyone really believe that they will have one job for X years or even retire from the job?
Those days are gone. late stage Millennials and Gen Z apparently understand this.
In times like these, your side hustles can bridge the gap.
Look, we are moving toward a multi-income stream economy by necessity. Build yours now.
Build your own backyard orchard.
This is your chance to grow exactly what you’ve been dreaming of.
Like walking down a grocery store aisle.
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Raised beds that I am building to test Perennial Kitchen Garden layouts:
Vego Garden Modular Metal Raised Bed (which I will make 5′ x 3.5′, 17″ tall).
I use this for a perennial kitchen garden – growing herbs to use daily in the kitchen. Just come along and pick what you need for tonight’s dinner.
Meadow Creature Broadfork is my favorite tool for starting new garden beds. I turn over the sod, add a layer of compost, then Milpa, and cover with woodchips.
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