By Jeff Altman, Big Game Hunter
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For experienced professionals, this is no nonsense and can help you land your next position faster.
If you are over 50 and applying through a job site or portal, you are not looking for a job. You are donating data to a black hole. Stop tweaking your resume for ATS. I want to give you some different strategies that seasoned professionals can use. I’m Jeff Altman, big game hunter. People hire me to provide job search coaching and career advice around the world without a bachelor’s degree. I make the process of finding and succeeding in a job easier.
Step One: Your resume is not a history book. This is a marketing brochure. Delete all content before 2010. If a skill doesn’t solve the problem they have today, then it’s baggage. What you’re selling isn’t years of experience. We don’t want to buy that anymore. This sounds expensive and slows things down. We are selling shorter startup times and reduced risk.
Second, stop looking for a full-time job and instead look for the problem. Reach out to CEOs of mid-sized companies. Don’t ask for work. Provide a partial project. It bypasses HR, avoids agency screening filters, and lets you prove your return on investment without paying benefits. Once you’re in the building, consulting assignments often turn into high-level positions or at least high-level positions.
Third, your LinkedIn shouldn’t look like a tombstone. Publish articles three times a week about future trends in your industry. If you’re not talking about the impact of artificial intelligence or automation on your niche, you sound like a relic. Control the narrative. You don’t want to come across as a weirdo, right? You want to come across as a problem solver.
I can provide you with additional assistance at JobSearch.Community. Come to the website and explore. There’s a lot here to help you. Become an insider. Get resume or LinkedIn profile reviews. Additionally, if you have an important interview coming up, I have a few different ways to prepare you that will definitely make your search easier.
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About Big Game Hunter Jeff Altman
People hire “Big Game Hunter” Jeff Altman to provide no-nonsense career advice around the world because he makes so many things in people’s careers easier. Those ones Matters may involve job search, recruiting more effectively, managing and leading better, career transition, and advice on solving workplace problems.
He is the producer and former host of “No BS Job Search Advice Radio,” the #1 job search podcast on iTunes with over 3,000 episodes.
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You’ll find important information to help you with your job search on my new website, Job Hunting.Community In addition to video courses, books, and guides, I answer members’ questions about their job search every day. Leave your job search questions and I will respond every day. Becoming an Insider+ member gives you everything you get as an Insider+ member, plus you can connect with me via Zoom call to get your questions answered. Become an Insider Premium member and we offer individual and group coaching.
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