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Questions to Ask the Recruiter During the Screening
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Screening the Recruiter
Be sure to take a view minutes and "screen the recruiter" who sends you an unsolicited request for a resume for a position that you are "qualified". Use Google and LinkedIn. If you cannot get any relevant information about the recruiter or agency name, do not respond. More than likely, it is for a "fake" job.
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Job Search Burnout - Stopping doing the same thing.
Anxiety / Stress in job searches are directly related to burnout if you are continuing down the same path with little or limited results. If you have experienced / are currently experiencing this issue, take a break, re-evaluate your strategy and tactics, make changes and launch the new strategy. You will be more productive and focused and less "burned out".
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Try to take action. To get started:
Evaluate your options. Discuss specific concerns with your supervisor. Maybe you can work together to change expectations or reach compromises or solutions. Try to set goals for what must get done and what can wait.
Seek support. Whether you reach out to co-workers, friends or loved ones, support and collaboration might help you cope. If you have access to an employee assistance program, take advantage of relevant services.
Try a relaxing activity. Explore programs that can help with stress such as yoga, meditation or tai chi.
Get some exercise. Regular physical activity can help you to better deal with stress. It can also take your mind off work.
Get some sleep. Sleep restores well-being and helps protect your health.
Mindfulness. Mindfulness is the act of focusing on your breath flow and being intensely aware of what you're sensing and feeling at every moment, without interpretation or judgment. In a job setting, this practice involves facing situations with openness and patience, and without judgment.
Keep an open mind as you consider the options. Try not to let a demanding or unrewarding job undermine your health.
lJOB BURNOUT is a special type of work-related stress — a state of physical or emotional exhaustion that also involves a sense of reduced accomplishment and loss of personal identity.
Do Companies Use AI to ID AI-generated Resumes?
There are at least seven (7) software programs (likely more) that companies use to identify documents that are written by AI / ML technologies. Screening documents for machine written documents is becoming a standard operating procedure (SOP).
Hiring managers wants to read a resume written by a person.
The Inherent Controversy with the H1B Visa Program
Employers of workers with H1B Visas are required to pay the visa holder the "prevailing wage" for the position held, no matter the incumbent. However, critics of the program advocate that companies widely misuse the program, compensating foreign workers less than American counterparts in similar roles, thereby lowering overall wages for American workers.
I would like to here opinions or about experiences that any one you have read about / heard about or experienced directly about the H1B.
Bona Fide Occupational Qualification (BFOQ)
By federal law (42 U.S. Code § 2000e-2) allows for an employer to discriminate against employees and potential employees "on the basis of his religion, sex, or national origin in those certain instances where religion, sex, or national origin is a BFOQ reasonably necessary to the normal operation of that particular business or enterprise." For example, a bona fide occupational qualification could be made that a priest must be Catholic. Race and color, however, are never bona fide occupational qualifications.
What the statute above does not elaborate on is that unless you are a model, actor / actress, etc., no matter good looking you may be, it is not a BFOQ for employment. In fact, many employers will automatically disqualify a candidate if a picture is on the resume.
In short, keep your picture off the resume.
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What Are the Criteria that AI Review Tools Examine
These AI tools evaluate resumes and "suggest" missing industry buzzwords and skill requirements, as listed in targeted job listings. In addition, the tools will identify content where KPIs and other numerical / qualitative data is need to improve presentation and successes.https://www.linkedin.com/in/abrownresumewriter/ (posting job search advice 1 – 2x daily)
Bad Advice to Job Hunters
Here is some really bad advice:
Listen to people who tell you to write your resume with ChatGPT.
Why do you write this Allan? Well, I was on an online forum and somebody offered this advice to a frustrated job seekers. Sad thing is, it was not done tongue-in-cheek.
1. Hiring managers can ID AI-generated resumes from 10 miles away. They do not like it.
2. Unless the candidate changes the resume to customize the document to the targeted job, the resume will get rejected by the ATS, let alone hiring managers
3. ChatGPT cannot customize resumes to the job description, no matter how how input is given.
While they may be trying to help, they are just hurting you. Need more information about why this is bad, message me.
Job Hunting Scams - - - Upfront Fees and Payment Requests
Scammers often lure job seekers with seemingly legitimate opportunities but insist on upfront payments for training, specialized software, or essential equipment. Once the payment is made, the promised items never arrive, and the job offer turns out to be fake.
In some cases, these schemes disguise themselves as multilevel marketing (MLM) opportunities or remote roles requiring special tools.
Remember: Real employers will never ask you to pay to start a job.
Source: Flex Jobs
