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✅ Getting your resume in the 'YES' pile!
Plus: How to answer salary questions on job applications.
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In today's email:
How to get your resume in the ‘yes’ pile! Making sure recruiters see you.
Staying authentic in job interviews. How to stay true to yourself.
Feeling stuck in your career? Moving up or getting a promotion.
Career Trivia! Who wears these gloves?
Answering salary questions on job applications. Follow these 3 tips.
Here’s what’s going on in the news (related to careers of course):
GM laid off 2,000 people because of the UAW strike.
Employers are bracing for the largest increase in health insurance costs in a decade.
Johnnie Walker hires former Clif Bar CEO.
Recruiters sometimes receive hundreds of applications for a single job. How can you make sure they see yours?
Technology has made applying for jobs easier than ever before. (We know, we know it’s still a difficult process, but it’s easier than looking in newspapers or on job boards.) This means recruiters are receiving more and more applications, and they only have so much time in the day to read resumes. The help of applicant tracking systems greatly narrows down the amount of resumes a recruiter has to read, but what does that mean for the applicant?
It means you have to know how to to get your resume past the ATS. Not optimizing your resume for ATS will set you back and you won’t be hearing from recruiters. If the ATS doesn’t like your resume, it will be tossed right in the trash. Luckily, we have some ATS tips to help you and your resume out.
So lets say your resume gets past the ATS, what happens next? What will make the recruiter put your resume in the ‘yes’ pile?
Have you heard of the 6 second rule? This rule makes sure your resume is easy to be skimmed by a recruiter, but it also ensures they are seeing key information when they skim. Additionally, using proof statements in your resume can help grab the attention of the recruiter. These statements quantify your experience and are more impressive. When recruiters are impressed and interested, they will want to learn more about you and will move you ahead in the hiring process.
Optimizing for ATS, using proof statements, and creating a skimmable resume will put you in the right direction for landing in the ‘yes’ pile.
How To Stay Authentic In Job Interviews! 🙌😁👌
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Feeling stuck? Many people get stuck in their careers, and can’t seem to move up to a higher level or get promoted. Many times this has to do with their communication or interaction style. Their personality doesn’t seem like they would be a good fit at a higher level, even if they are fully capable. Now this doesn’t mean you will never get promoted because of your communication style, you just need to understand how to leverage it:
🔝 How to get promoted to a higher level.
✅ Showing you’re ready for more responsibility.
👍 Positioning yourself for a promotion.
Who doesn’t love a good round of trivia! We have a career related trivia question for you… good luck!
In what job would someone use kevlar gloves?(Click on an option to lock in your answer) |
Answer at the bottom of the newsletter!
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Don’t blow your chances at getting a job because of a question about salary.
You should receive the salary you deserve, and sometimes that means negotiation. If you tell an employer a salary that is too high, you might not be considered for the position at all. So how can job seekers go about answering salary questions that won’t kick them out of the running or make them end up with an offer they don’t want.
Yesterday, we talked about creating your ideal salary range and how it can guide you through answering the salary questions on job applications. In one of her TikTok’s, J.T. recommends choosing a number within your salary range when the employer asks for a specific amount on an application. But there are other ways to go about answering these specific salary questions.
If you get lucky and there is an option on the application to insert a range, then you should obviously write in your ideal range. However, a lot of times applications only allow for one number. Like we mentioned earlier, your salary should be something you negotiate with the employer and having to offer one part of your range can make people feel like they will be stuck with that salary. That’s not necessarily the case, and you should be able to negotiate even if you do put a salary on the lower end of your range.
If you are still worried about it, then we recommend writing in the lowest or highest number you can. This will signal to the employer that you want to negotiate your salary. And better yet, if you can type in “negotiable” into the answer, then employers will really get your message.
Keep reading to learn more tips for answering questions about salary on job applications.
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