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Your focus is on getting a job. Huge mistake. Your focus should be on how to get interviews with someone that can hire you.
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You are relying on your resume to generate interviews. Huge mistake. Employers and recruiters use resumes to screen people out. Even if you are just trying to make a (strictly) lateral move and your age and other facts don’t cause you to be immediately screened out, your resume essentially just says: “me too, only more” than other candidates whose resumes show the requisite qualifications for the open position.
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You are marketing your experience as the basis for why your resume should survive the initial screening process, and then even if it does, you will surely be asked a lot of “why” questions which put you in a defensive posture in interviews.
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You are placing too much hope that the tactic of a summary at the top of your resume will “sell” your unique value and thus give you a big advantage over other candidates. It might. Anything’s possible, but it assumes that whatever “unique value” means - it will be a major factor in deciding to invite you to interviews.
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You believe that networking, networking, and more networking is the most effective way to land a new job. Just how helpful it will be in a specific job search situation will no doubt vary. You would be prudent to not count too much on it - beyond gaining helpful information.
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You approach job hunting as basically a resume and networking problem. It’s actually a solvable marketing problem.
If you want to secure a high-paying full-time in the absolute minimum amount of time, then you should hire a professional that specializes in personally helping people get jobs. To give your search the attention and energy it needs to make you the best-marketed candidate - because that is who gets the job - hire someone with experience in direct response marketing. If you need a recommendation, contact me.
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