Job Search Best Practice - Stop Spraying and Praying

Job Search Best Practice - Stop Spraying and Praying

Don't just upload your resume in response to job postings, then go back to the couch, act like you worked hard at identifying the right opportunities and turn on some silly talk show.  You need to do more. 

Ramp up your networking.  Attend local events, contact former colleagues, classmates, friends, even neighbor, ask for introductions or informational interviews with people that they believe can be helpful during this job search.  Keep your busy and meeting new people.  Something will break.  It only takes one good meeting to lead to more opportunities.

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Career Management - Create your 30-60-90 Day Plan

 Career Management - Create your 30-60-90 Day Plan

As you prepare for your next interview, you should evaluate the job description and the industry that that company serves and then draft a 30-60-90 day plan of action / strategy about how you will embrace the new role, flatten the learning curve and make a contribution to your team and other stakeholders (i.e. customers, partners, vendors, suppliers).  Do not hold onto the plan until the interview, send it to the interviewer prior.  It shows your thought process and level of seriousness about the opportunity.

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Do you know the interviewer?

Do you know the interviewer?

Probably not. However, that means that you need to do some research about the interviewer. Use LinkedIn to read about the interviewer in terms of:

Career Path

Education

Affiliations / Professional Organizations

Achievements

A quick Google search will provide additional information for you. This information will help you better understand the interviewer, the company as well as potential career paths for you, esp. if the interviewer is in your field (not a recruiter).

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Job Market Slowdown - Seasonality

Job Market Slowdown - Seasonality

From June 15th - mid August is historically a slower time in the job market. The summer slowdown is due to the fact that schools are out of session and many people take vacations, making it harder to schedule interviews and get approvals, let alone scheduling onboarding / training programs for new hires.  Hiring normally ramps up again about two weeks before school go back in session.

Of course, the economic slowdown, geopolitical factors, inflation, the resetting of the technology market, the low-fire; low-hire environment that companies and employees are entrenched will make it more challenging to see a complete reversal of fortune in the job market  in the short term and please, do not dismiss seasonality.

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More about Ghost Posts:

 More about Ghost Posts:

The fake job listing trend isn’t limited to applicants with a broad range of expertise. These fake job postings are used for internal purpose (keep certain staff members / departments motivated, keep the HR department busy) or to avoid discrimination liabilities.”

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Job Burnout - Organize Your Desk

Job Burnout -

This may seem counterintuitive because it seems like an extra work-related task but, in the long run, it will actually help you work more productively and with less stress. 

Job Burnout and stress are interrelated. When I look at my desk and I see clutter, I feel inhibited and inefficient, leading to stress. Therefore, allocate time to organizing your desk; this exercise will increase productivity and lower your stress levels.

Research has also found a correlation between clutter and increased cortisol a stress hormone. More organized, less stress, reduced feelings that lead to burnout.

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Salary Transparency

  Salary Transparency

State of California Employment Law (SB 1162) requires the disclosure of pay scales in job openings for all positions, internal and external, with “pay scale” defined as the salary or hourly wage the employer reasonably expects to pay for a position. The pay scale does not need to include bonuses, commissions, tips, or other benefits.

This new pay transparency requirement for businesses with 15 or more employees extends not just to job postings on a company website but to third-party platforms such as LinkedIn or Indeed as well.

There are other states across the USA that have similar statutes. If the job postings does not meet this criteria, you need to wonder why the company is hiding the "wage range".

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Instagram - Networking and the Hidden Job Market

Instagram - Networking and the Hidden Job Market

https://www.instagram.com/p/C9RAZ7axEuE/

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Job Hugging

  Job Hugging:

Job Hugging has not gone away. "Low Quit / Low Hire", which is defined as employed workers are hesitant to leave their jobs, reflecting a lack of confidence in finding new employment, remains a major factor affecting job flow. The job market as not been fluid and will continue to be this way until The Iranian situation stabilizes, inflation peaks / lessens, legal immigration rebounds, and the demand for products / services increase.

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Current Job Market Stagnation (June 2026)

 Current Job Market Stagnation (June 2026)

The current job market is caught in an unusual "low hire, low fire" stasis. Employers are hiring at a sluggish pace—resembling levels last seen after the Great Recession—because the market is still correcting from pandemic-era over-hiring, and economic and policy uncertainties have caused companies to pause and evaluate their hiring needs. This issue, coupled with the traditionally slow period immediately after public school graduation leading to family vacations, (and, of course, the geopolitical factors (war, inflation, social unrest) that have plagued the country have contributed to the very sluggish job market).

I expect the slowdown to continue until the end of July.

Partial Source: Washington Post

Instagram - A great video about "Natural Attrition"

  Instagram - A great video about "Natural Attrition" - when a company let's people resign and opts not to rehire for the position.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DQJ447TgAQQ/