đ§đ»âđ»Positioning yourself correctly is the only way to get hired in this economy. The job market is an employerâs market. Companies are receiving 300 to 500 applications, so they donât need to settle for anything less than their ideal candidate. đWhen thereâs a lot of competition in the job market your resume needs to be perfect to stand out. đ«Which means if youâre unemployed, a job hopper or have large gaps on your resume they will not schedule you for a job interview because there are 200 other candidates with better resumes. Companies want to think that theyâre hiring the best. And in order to appear that youâre the best you need to be as close to the ideal candidate as possible. đŻThe ideal candidate is: in demand, not desperate and not interested. You need to appear in demand (their competition wants to hire you) that youâre not desperate (not unemployed) and you donât need a job (they want what they canât have) âHiring managers donât want to hire someone who is unemployed. â
Instead of showing that youâre unemployed, start your own LLC and say youâre consulting or put a friendâs business on your resume so that it looks like you are working. (Just make sure your friend will vouch for you if they check your references) âRecruiters donât like candidates who have large employment gaps because they think you donât need to work. â
Limit the gaps. âNo one wants to hire a job hopper because they think you have commitment issues. If you want to be taken seriously, stay at every job for 2 years. â
Fix the dates on your resume. đđŒTo discover what youâre doing wrong in job interviews, get an Interviewology Profile âOverqualified people are never hired because we think youâre going to leave this job as soon as you find a better one. â
Take the qualifications off your resume that would get you out of the running. âšAnd pro-tip- your resume is a highlight reel of your accomplishments, and youâre the best person to write it. âDonât use AI because we can tell a robot wrote it. And you do not need to pay anyone to write your resume for you. đFor more tips on how to interview better, follow me, get my book Interviewology: The New Science of Interviewing and get all our free resume resources at TheInterviewology.com
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