#JobSearch #Friday ACCOMPLISHED OVER 50 JOB SEARCHING PROFESSIONAL? The Career Search Is NOT Magic!
I know that you know that your Career Search is not Magic.
During a podcast where I was a guest this morning, the host told me that in April 2020, he replied to over 300 job postings – and did not hear a reply from one of them beyond the requisite, “Thank you for your application. It went into the BLACK HOLE, that we named the Artificially Intelligent Applicant Tracking System.” (Well, truthfully, I added the 2nd sentence). Why?
If you are conducting your career search by posting to online Job Boards, you must believe in Magic. According to the Career Transition industry, only 8% of all jobs are filled by magic, err, posting online.
But The Job Boards Say…
Their advertising makes it look like magic, doesn’t it? Apply here and the company will call you immediately!
Did you miss their ads for companies that pay for their service? “We will deliver the best candidates to your company!” Is that magic too? No, they use screening software to screen Candidates OUT, like you.
How do I know this? I am a Professional Recruiter with over 40 years of Expert Recruiting experience. I have my own Applicant Tracking System.
Where my business is different is that I look at Every resume that is sent to my system. With companies’ Applicant Tracking Systems where Human Resources is the Recruiting Department, HR tells the Applicant Tracking System Companies to develop systems that screen out candidates. Those are the same systems that Job Boards use to screen you out. If your resume does not have an 85% keyword match to the Job Description, your experience will be the same as today’s podcast host.
How Do I TAKE CHARGE Of My Career Search?
According to the Career Transition industry, between 74% to 76% of all jobs are filled by NETWORKING. Here are additional metrics for your Networking activity – If you speak with 2 NEW people per week, it will take you 12 months to find your next job. If you Network with 10 new people per week, you will find your next career in 6 months. Finally, if you Network with 20 new connections per week (ONLY 4 per day), you will find your next Career in 90 days. My Career Coach clients have found that number to be valid (of course, you must be sincerely making those calls, not texts nor emails).
Now you are Taking Charge of your search! More importantly, you are speaking with people who may help you make a difference in your Life – instead of hoping the not magic HR system works to your advantage.
This is the 98th consecutive week of the RecruiterGuy #JobSearch #Friday Thought Leadership Blogs. Either work through my blogs to learn more about improving your search or it may be easier to go to your local bookstore or Amazon to buy my 3rd book, EXPECT SUCCESS! The Science Of The Over 50 Career Search. The link to the latest Book Review by Readers’ Favorite Book Reviews and Book Awards is below – ALL 5 STARS!
YOU GOT THIS!
You Are On The Way To A New Career!
The next steps will move you along your journey. We needed to give you a solid foundation to work from.
When you read Expect Success! The Science Of The Over 50 Career Search, you will notice QR codes. Most of these QR codes are links to some of my 130 TV interviews that are pertinent to our conversation in that Step. You will see me in action.
My passion is to help you succeed in your search. You Got This!
I am Passionate To Help People Find Their Dream Jobs!
How many other Career Coaches have written 98 consecutive weeks of #JobSearch #Friday Thought Leadership Blogs and THREE Career Search Books? All of you are on my mind!
My most recent book discusses the 4 different areas of Science that impact your search. You have the power to control Science for your Benefit. Expect Success! The Science Of The Over 50 Career Search.
This is the Readers’ Favorite Book Review for Expect Success!
https://readersfavorite.com/book-review/expect-success
You can do this!
Networking is the best practice to find a new career! I wrote my books to duplicate my efforts to assist you in your search. My expert experience as both a Recruiter and Career Coach gives me a perspective few professionals have. My Salary Negotiation script solves that pain point for most career seekers.
My third book on Finding A New Career – Expect Success! The Science Of The Over 50 Career Search Is NOW at Dolly’s Bookstore in Park City, UT, Weller Book Works in Salt Lake City AND Amazon https://amzn.to/3rVVRAe and Barnes & Noble https://bit.ly/3ABu8c5 ! This book is written to coach Career Seekers 50 and older to identify and land your next position. All three of my books include stories of professionals, like you, who found success in different aspects of their search. This is Mark Victor Hansen’s (“Chicken Soup For The Soul”) endorsement of my book and me – “You get what you expect in life. It’s true scientifically and theologically. Bill Humbert now shares irresistibly compelling insights on how to use it to achieve every good thing you want.” MVH
To take charge of your career, please immediately click on this link to my second book, Employee 5.0: Secrets Of A Successful Job Search In The New World Order – http://amzn.to/2D9w39f My book contains the 12 Steps to find a new career in a nice, orderly fashion that follows your sales process. According to a newspaper review, “It is refreshing to find an author who speaks With you and not At you!” It also has the stories of people who did well – and some who did not. You may learn from both sides.
If you feel the need for professional Career Coaching, my business has 3 different packages. I work closely with Professionals in all three packages. The primary difference is the time and personal requirements.
My Talent Attraction business model is to work with one company at a time and charge a flat monthly fee. This enables me to become part of a company’s team for short or long periods. Therefore, I know what is going on behind the curtain that candidates and authors outside of my field cannot see.
I am also available for monthly Talent Attraction meetings with Strategic Advisory Consulting. There are 2 spots left for companies to improve their Recruiting processes.
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