Hidden Job Market - Post #1

Hidden Job Market - Post #1

The hidden job market is a term used to describe jobs that aren't advertised or posted online. Most of these jobs are quality positions AND are not posted because the hiring manager does not want to spend the $$$ or dedicate the resources to review / interview alot of candidates. Another reason is that the hiring manager needs to keep this opportunity quiet for many reasons including a forthcoming termination, minimize disruption within the organization as well as competitive issues within the market.

Please read my posting later this afternoon about the best way to explore the hidden job market.

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) Resumes - Inconsistent with Industry Jargon.

 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Resumes - Inconsistent with Industry Jargon.

There are plenty of reasons why you should not use an AI generated resume. I have been posting this information for the last several business days and will continue to post the issues (pro and con) about AI resumes

AI-generated content can sometimes include factual errors or phrases that don't align with the terminology used in your industry, let alone your actual experiences. Therefore, you must proofread your resume to avoid confusion / making your resume read like it was AI - written, which is a big NEGATIVE in the viewpoint of hiring managers and recruiters who want to read resumes written by people, not a robot obeying an algorithm.

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How AI Affects Recruiting - Part 2

 How AI Affects Recruiting - Part 2

While the use of AI automates sourcing, initial screening, and scheduling, it also enables job seekers to flood the market with polished, but often generic resumes with embellished information, lengthening hiring cycles and unfortunately, often resulting in bad hires, which are costly to the company.    The issue with authenticity prevails and many companies eliminate resumes written with computer technologies.  

Identification can be done via "the eyeball test" - not hard to spot generic, repeat content or with software programs that are specifically used to determine whether or not a document is AI-generated.

Why are the paths flaws?  

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ID Fake Recruiters

Your email prompted me to create this posting:

 Red Flags:

 Phone: No phone number in the signature text

• Email: The "recruiter" contacts you from a personal account as opposed to an official corporate domain.
• This is the structure you are looking for: __________________@name of firm.com
• This is the structure you need to avoid:_________________.abccompany@gmail.com

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How AI Affects Recruiting - Part 1

How AI Affects Recruiting - Part 1

AI automates sourcing, initial screening, and scheduling, requiring recruiters to transition into strategic talent advisors.  While AI certainly makes data interpretation faster, people, not robots or technology, make the final hiring decisions.  But the problem is that the path used to make these determinatons are flawed, resulting in bad hiring decisions.  

Why are the paths flaws?  

1. AI interviewing enables lies, cheating and deceit beginning from step 1 through the end of the process.  

2. Bad candidates can embellish / lie, placing themselves on the same plateau as exceptional candidates and AI cannot determine which is better.  If the hiring manager is not very good at interviewing, the bad candidates can play the system.  Result - bad hires, which are costly decisions.

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Quote for a Monday Morning - Eliminating Fear - Job Fear

"Everything you've ever wanted is on the other side of fear" - George Addair

Job hunting is stressful and difficult.  However, in order to attain growth, you must overcome the fear with the belief in your skills and your determination.  Remaining in the safe zone will result in watching others succeed...a regret that you will have for the rest of your life.

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Starting Your Job Search...Experienced or New Grads - Read this

Starting Your Job Search...Experienced or New Grads - Read this

I know the market is challenging but I strongly recommend that you stick to the fundamentals so you manage your search properly.

Now that you are starting your search, the three (3) tips below should be useful:

1. Network!  Think of the people you know -- relatives, friends, professors, classmates, co-workers and others. Make more of an effort to meet with people, and use these conversations to ask their advice, to make

them aware of your job search, to learn more about their jobs or their organizations, and to get the names of others who might be useful in your job search.

2. Create a contact database. Write down all the employers you contact, the date you sent your résumé, any contact made,

people you talk to, and notes about those contacts. Write / type notes as soon as you hear about an opportunity or when you leave an interview. Get into the habit of updating your database daily.

3. Make a "to do" list every day. This will help you organize your list of priorities and keep you focused on finding that perfect job.

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Get an Tattoo, You are Guaranteed an Interview - True Story

Get an Tattoo, You are Guaranteed an Interview - True Story

Things that make you go hmmmmm...I cannot make this stuff up...

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The co-founder of early AI startup LemonLime set off an uproar after offering attendees at a networking party a dare of sorts: anyone who got a company tattoo at the event would get an instant interview.

The idea was to “meet exceptional people, and find out which of them are just as crazy as we are,” Jordan Zietz posted on LinkedIn, adding that he had brought a tattoo artist along for the occasion. “We are bold, we take risks, and we do things that haven’t been done before.”

Seven people, he wrote, took him up on the offer, leaving the San Francisco event last weekend inked with a permanent tattoo. “If you’re reaching out to us to apply for a job, you might want to take notes,” he added.

The online outrage erupted almost instantly—some from people venting about “Orwellian” Silicon Valley startup culture. Others decried a hiring environment in which job seekers have to jump through even more hoops just to get a foot in the door.

“The job market cannot be this cooked,” one X user wrote, “that kids have to get permanent tattoos to get interviews.” 

Source: WSJ

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Career Management Issues - From the Company Perspective

Career Management Issues - From the Company Perspective

Companies view employee career management from a staff retention, engagement and business continuity perspective.  When companies handle these issues badly, high turnover, low morale and poor worker skills, from lack or non-existent learning and development initiatives, take precedent.

Hurdle #1 - Fewer middle-management roles mean traditional vertical promotion ladders no longer exist.  This is important to understand because the job market thrives on mobility.  Without mobility, bottlenecks exist and those hurt are at the lower / entry levels - hence why recent college grads are having such a hard time and low-level to mid-level staff are "job hugging"

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Following Your Passion in Your Career (esp. at early stages) - Not Always a Great Idea

Following Your Passion  in Your Career (esp. at early stages) - Not Always a Great Idea

Turning your passion into your job or building a career based on a passion is not recommended.  Not only is there the chance ruining the exact things that bring you joy but it also allows other factors, including underemployment, underpaid, working longer hours and then, when asking for increased compensation, getting denied and guilted because you asked for more given that you are doing something you "love".  Also, passion is not the equivalent to professional competence - two separate subjects that many people often confuse.

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About Following your Passion

 About Following your Passion

While it sounds awesome to "follow your passion" as related to your career, it can be as if you are looking at the world through rose-colored glasses, ignoring your level of competency.  I love football but that does not mean I had the training or skills to be a great linebacker, which, if I dedicated my late teens and early 20s to this goal, it would have led to struggles.  Passion rarely precedes good work; on the flip side, your passion and motivation is gained and fulfilled once you have become skilled and gain mastery / high level of expertise. 

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