These 6 Career "HACKS" Could Cost You The Job.

[@ALifeAfterLayoff]

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[@309freddie]

When you have to spend more time perfecting getting hired skills than the skills necessary for the job HR is failing. When HR believes rejecting candidates is a reflection of their success versus acquiring someone who wants to work, then you know your trying to get into a company that will not value you.

[@Krlowanigu-mg6eg]

Exactly. Hr is a can. Cer.

[@martyjohnstone8226]

Well said!

[@Lime1958]

I feel so bad for employees. Its like no one is allowed to be mid anymore. My dad and uncles would have to be most relaxed and xhill interview stories. And they worked as engineers, project managers, general managers. This over expectation of companies and recruiters on employees is insane and downright is starting to look like powerplay. Its like regular people are being punished after the great resignation two years ago. Just train people for god sakes.

[@davedsilva]

The great resignation backfired. It’s like getting a divorce then wanting him back.

[@thehoukster]

I kid you not, I saw a job description yesterday where they wanted applicants who can show a proven and documented history of increasing sales revenue. The job was to work at a pretzel stand.

[@ВладВлад-ц8о8д]

@@thehoukster dude, thanks, cool topic for stand-up

[@kennethsouthard6042]

Sadly, the post-it notes hack almost makes sense from the perspective of companies like Amazon. Expecting you to not only know the job but to how to apply all of their laundry list of values to situational questions. It's almost like the military was not going to bring you in as a recruit into basic training unless you can show them that you have already mastered basic training before they bring you in.

[@jimwalshonline9346]

Basically I have found you need forty years experience, and be under thirty-five.

[@jbloodwo]

And work for less than 25 an hour

[@Old_Jack_Ketch]

And have five years experience on that software package that was released last year.

[@Al-rn5qy]

And have a 4-year degree that they really don't care about nor applies to the work you'll be doing.

[@Konski82]

My pro tip through the ATS was through stuff as many of the job requirements into my previous duties. I’ve scaled up my job and salary 4 times since 2020. Every interview I took was a hire.

[@KennTollens]

Doing hours of work to get your resume "just perfect" to get rejected gets old after 1 time. They need someone and I can do the work. Wish they would stop jacking me around. I don't need a psychological analysis to push a button on a machine.

[@Artmeetsreality]

Seriously. Neat, perfectly tailored cv with a personalized motivational letter that will end up in the trash bin because of the ATS? Right...

[@vigglarodz]

@@Artmeetsreality Most of the ATS systems are the problem too. I have Microsoft Office in my skillset. However, the majority of companies I apply to have "Excel" as a large point in their postings. Microsoft Office IS Excel. But the ATS is literal. If the word "Excel" doesn't show up in the resume then it gets rejected, so I have to put it as Excel, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft Office somewhere in the resume, because all jobs call it something different.

[@SuprousOxide]

What are you doing spending hours customizing a resume for a job? Just add the few keywords and reword the summary a little bit. Done. 10 minutes at most

[@luvyatubers]

The personality quizzes bore me. I'll get 1/2 way through and decide I don't really want the job. They are so dumb. What would you do if your coworker gossiped about another coworker blah blah. I feel like anyone who lies to sound the most controllable gets an interview

[@miguel213]

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[@ski8799]

It’s getting gamey out there, I often get rejection from mid range logistics jobs and I have 20+ years of directly related experience, a graduate degree and relevant certs…. I’m thinking it’s time to get serious about entrepreneurship. Thoughts?

[@WestZ]

Do it. Finding clients is easier than going a job nowadays, at least for my business.

[@HueyFreeman-l7m]

DO IT! Being in corporate land is a lost cause now. The ONLY ways you're going to be able to make a solid living now are via a soloprenuership or being a scammer

[@ski8799]

@@HueyFreeman-l7m I'm seeing that, also, as an older white male, lets be brutally honest...my demographic is doomed in the civilian workforce unless already well established

[@HueyFreeman-l7m]

​@ski8799 agreed. And even when you're established, you are viewed as a significant cost on their balance sheet. A corp I work at just fired a bunch of mid-career folks to go out and hire cheaper counterparts. Corporations cannot be trust for shit anymore when you are an FTE. There is Zero job security in today's market and they are so incompetent with talent and their money, why not try creating your business? I do contractor work on the side and I've had far more client opportunities as a contractor vs. Incoming job offers. The FTE job market is broken beyond repair.

[@natalieeuley1734]

As someone with ADHD, I have found that having a cheat sheet works for me, because I often have to be slow and careful when answering questions anyway, so the delay of looking is usually shorter than the time it takes me to think. But my cheat sheet is always no more than 2 pages. And I practice with it a lot before an interview. I also prepare it like a speech, where I have gestures and pauses written into it. Ironically, this is important for me to seem natural. If I get too comfortable in an interview, that's when I fail it. I always have to be masking, always on my toes, always thinking about tons of social rules running through my head. Otherwise my autism starts to show too much and I will screw myself over. It actually alleviates a lot of stress I would normally have to have a cheat sheet, because a lot of stress in interviews comes from me trying to remember things. If that stress is alleviated, then I only have masking-related stress to focus on, which is slightly more manageable.

[@thenightporter]

I have ADD, with executive level functioning disorder. I spend probably and an average of at least 8 hours preparing for an interview. That includes researching industry competitors, trends, challenges (and how I can help you solve the problem), practicing answers, tone, etc. I too writeba "script" in which I add pauses, gestures.

[@LMG7]

​​@@thenightporter everyone with ADHD has "executive level functioning disorder." That is like the main thing about having ADHD (which stopped being called ADD over a decade ago)

[@eos_2366]

The goal is to sell yourself and to have a conversation. If you need a notecard to have a conversation how do you think the real job will work when you have to develop face to face interpersonal communication.

[@happysloth3208]

@@eos_2366I have adhd and I’ve worked in customer service for 4 years and I’m pretty good with interpersonal communications. I’ve recently tried this and I found that it helped because I get really anxious during job interviews. Though in my case I try to treat like an extemporaneous speech to make it sound more natural.

[@PromisingPod]

It's good that you have found a way to interview. I wish companies were more understanding and would realize that just because you're nervous or act poorly during the interview, does not mean you're a bad worker. The interview process has nothing to do with the job, actually, ither than trying to learn basic things, like what your schedule is.

[@DannyMexen9]

On topic, I once took notes (pen and paper) while being virtually interviewed and I was asked what was distracting me. I explained I was taking notes to better answer the questions. They accepted said it was fine and I held my own that time. I never have windows open. I look straight in the camera to simulate eye contact. YMMV but be authentic. Just prepare. That’s my take.

[@TheLittleEconomist]

In old fashioned face to face interviews, I’d walk in with my note book and cv on my ipad. I’d always mention I’m a note taker, hope that’s ok. Occasionally, I’d be stumped by a question and ask if it was ok if I referred to my notes. I never had a problem. They could see how well prepared I was. Roll forward to virtual interviews. Even when I said, could I refer to my note, it broke eye contact. I think hiring managers and recruiters don’t understand how much more difficult virtual interviews are for the interviewee.

[@jrjr648]

So basically you’ll never get the job unless you have 10+ years of experience and will do the job of 3 people for minimum wage

[@gerardsloan1593]

Interesting. Where I work, if you spend more than one year at a lower grade post, you will never get promoted there lol.

[@kennethsouthard6042]

Yes, and your problem with that is what exactly?

[@gerardsloan1593]

@@kennethsouthard6042 I won't get promoted.

[@juliekostas7322]

That's how it feels to me too.... awful conditions/time in which to find a new job!

[@gerardsloan1593]

@@kennethsouthard6042 I won't get promoted. I'm ambitious.

[@RyuSujin]

Did not know that about ATS! Wild! Maybe it worked in the very early days but definitely not anymore. Almost as bad as advice to bring one's resume in person to the workplace and ask to speak to the manager lol

[@BaronBlud]

You are incorrect. Keyword stuffing absolutely works. The issue is most job ads are written by HR people work no domain knowledge of the skills they are looking for. It is common for them to misspell the acronyms for tech job skills. So instead of looking for ".Net" of "C#" they instead use "dot net" and "see sharp" or "sea sharp". Then they mark all the skills are required in the ATS and get no matches except the keyword stuffers.

[@LeetHaxington]

Just shows how little recruiters actually work. They want everything in a completely one sided unfair uphill battle. All power no convenience for the candidate. In fact make it as inconvenient painful and hostile as possible. And How dare anybody inconvenience or trick me the recruiter.

[@Intrepiddabbler]

If its a phone screening interview, putting all notes on computer screen totally works

[@helpmenaomi]

I've found as I've been going through the whole job hunt for the past few months, I have slowly migrated over from tailored applying over to "Easy Apply" and been caring less and less. I need to re-motivate myself.

[@HiOctaneVideoShare]

AT least keyword stuffing gets a human looking at resume,

[@mu1467]

I am glad you called out the "post it notes" technique. I tried to use it in my last interview, and it was a disaster. I was too busy looking everywhere for answers and not looking into the camera, causing pauses and answers that were not really related to the question. I was desperately trying to fit my answers into what I rehearsed, entirely out of the moment mentally.

[@nicholasrosen6342]

Long gone are the days you could get a job coming off the street. No resume or interview at all. Just ask them for the job and they'll hire you on the spot. Nowadays, there's a 3 week background check to practically ensure you never made a mistake in your life (not even when you were a minor).

[@Dweeble233]

Ijust interviewed for a position in which you are expected to be in office 5 days a week. However, they would also like you to be available to take late evening calls - from home..🤨

[@HueyFreeman-l7m]

Tell them to go fuck themselves. Red flag, you WILL have no life if you get and accept that job

[@cheeng1]

I build a spreadsheet for my interviews. I use it for research and practicing. I also have it handy during a virtual meeting just in case I forget something. But you have to be present and thinking, it cannot be your answer repository.

[@JimVincitore]

Great vids! Love them. I think that since turnover in the USA is so high, that shows that HR has no idea how to actually hire compatible people for a job, and to create a good working environment. For the employees that do stay on, some do bare minimum, some are still job hunting, some are just using the job as a step stone, and lastly, maybe five percent are actually giving the job 100% and trying to do a good job at the job. I'm age 66...many times I have heard guys laughing about, "show up but don't do anything." Low pay, no benefits...companies are only hurting themselves with these practices.

[@JimVincitore]

31% of employees have quit within the first 6 months of starting a new job.

[@JimVincitore]

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[@keeperofoddknowledgesociet3264]

Sigh. My rant. “ATS is not ATS system. It’s like atm is not atm machine. Drives me nuts

[@MariaInIowa]

The La Brea Tar Pits. Literally The the tar pits tar pits.

[@imperiumcommentingnetwork4677]

It's frustrating to see major companies post fake job postings just to "collect applicants." I was auto-rejected for 2 positions because of this practice. No interview or anything. Just an automated email.

[@catherinn.951]

The problem overall is that “hacks” are expected cheat sheet when truly, there is no shortcut. Polishing the resume takes time, building your experience is key to land a job and the confidence that comes with the expertise. We are in a competitive market. Know your audience. Do your homework and it will work out. And if it doesn’t, to the next. Understanding the system is critical but at the end of the day, you are your own product. We all need to better ourselves.

[@UserName-q4i5d]

It would be far easier if the boards wouldn't be full of automated spam. Where I live there's a software engineer job at Mastercard being advertised for 7 years straight (the listing gets renewed on various platforms) but nobody ever gets hired for it. You keep seeing the same companies renewing their listings constantly, I guess it's called 'pipelining' but it just wastes time of applicants.

[@SuprousOxide]

Can't even be bothered to read the job listing yourself to find thd required skills, tries to get chatgpt to do it... Are they going to have chatgpt do the job for them, too?

[@Keri1986]

Hospitals are giant companies with smaller departments. How do I get past declining an offer from one manager on one unit due to not liking the culture/shift but trying to go to another floor within the system? The internal hiring system notes my decline but doesn’t note the job post I declined had the wrong shift. I learned that during the interview and was offered the position even though I told the manager I’d rather be on a different shift..it’s an unfair system

[@RayRayCrazy]

Getting a job is like dating it’s a numbers and luck game, someone can have two weeks more experience than you and get hired over you.

[@SchplatJR]

I used that second tip! Although my post notes are on the outside of my monitor. So I was still able to see the screen no problem. I have a problem with nerves, so even though I had practice talking about certain things, the notes acted as a prompt to help me calm down and givegood answers.

[@pablojimenez5736]

Hello Brian, what do you think about those post screening "describe who you are" tests, to evaluate if the candidate is a "good fit" for a position and group?

[@morlanius]

For the first "hack", this is absurd its less effort to work some of their keywords into your list/description of skills which you should be doing anyway., this just shows lack of effort and language skills.

[@asadb1990]

I just put the keywords in white text at the end. It works for me.

[@vigglarodz]

I tried that once. I found it to be lazy & tired. If my skills match, I apply. If they don't, then I don't. It's not as complex as everyone makes it.

[@milosZcr]

Another great informative video from you. I now wait for the next depressing one 😅. Given current job market practices and assimetries...

[@beastybaiter7378]

My company is hiring someone new for our team. I saw so many BS "ATS hack" resumes. They had every imaginable keyword. Basically trashed them all.

[@shivorath]

@@beastybaiter7378 So trash those aware enough of the current situation to adapt and work around it, and only even consider those who are either too lazy or ignorant of how the world works to adapt? So glad I don’t work for your company.

[@MateDrinker33]

@@shivorath I think that they were talking about "keyword stuffing"- which is UNDENIABLY a ridiculous practice- not just the act of using ATS keywords in general.

[@HueyFreeman-l7m]

​@@shivoraththat's most companies in a nutshell now

[@beastybaiter7378]

@@shivorath We're one of the best companies out there to work for, great work/life balance, stable employment and we pay more than FAANG does for software devs (the role in question). And we don't filter out anyone with an ATS, every single resume goes to a human to review. The ATS hack resumes are bloated with useless crap at the expense of listing project experience and actual technical skills. A good resume should try to ensure it matches the job posting, but simply stuffing it full of random technical terms isn't going to get you anywhere.

[@fluffysox6072]

I love the idea of having to enter in my info to an ATS even though it’s on my resume. It filters out the people who really value the opportunity against those who “spray and pray”. I tried to refer a few old coworkers to my current workplace and 90% of them never even filled out the application because it was “too long”. I went through it and would do it again, because it was worth it to me. It’s a great way of filtering out and prequalifying candidates. The best things don’t always come easy. Being willing to do just a bit extra can really create advantages.

[@50PullUps]

I hate the idea of having to enter my info into an ATS even though it’s on my resume. But I do it because it’s necessary.

[@ltManifesto]

Honestly i feel even worse now....its people out here whos making hacks and i literally take 1-2 days just studying everything in the job description and raw dog the interview and i still havent made it to a second round. Ive even sat in others interviews and noticed most interviewees are bad. I have to be unlucky and going up against demi-gods for jobs

[@HunkumSpunkum]

Frankly, I think that fewer and fewer of us give a s**t.

[@johntheurer346]

Good stuff. Thanks! Just an observation for hack #3: At about the 13:00 minute mark, I noticed that her camera was turned off, so the interviewer wasn't seeing her push buttons. Also, if she structured her prompt/query with a request to return answers in a natural conversational tone, then maybe it wouldn't be robotic. But yeah, it's better to simply do your own homework, and you'll be better off in the long run.

[@ericclark133]

The best job search hack is simply to have worked in field for some time. By doing so, you already know what’s important in a job role, and you know the answer to most of the interview questions. Yes, it involves some questions that need tweaking (what is your greatest weakness?), but you can spend your time working on responses to those 10-20 questions. Also, you should memorize the most important questions you have for them. “Spray and pray,” not targeted resumes, is one hack recommended by a prominent job search coach - who has her own oddball system. Any unorthodox tips (like not doing targeted resumes) should avoided in job searches (unless you are a pro at interviewing), as they will backfire.

[@shawnmotley1898]

By reading some of these comments I can see why some people don't get hired. You do have to customize your resume. You are not the only applicant, so what maked you better and stand out more than the competition. Others has the skills and qualifications too. What makes you the "one"?. If you are not willing to put in the work to create a good resume then you prove the recruiter's point

[@HueyFreeman-l7m]

Lol you think it's a matter of meritocracy still. Corporateland now mirrors the absurd requirements perpetuated in the dating environment now. Even if you legit have all the skills, you can be passed over for someone who DOESNT have all the skills and is willing to do the Job for a cheaper rate. Or the role could be a ghost posting to collect and sell your data for example. Soloprenuerships are the new aspiration. corporateland has jumped the shark.

[@nicholasrosen6342]

My dad used to be a hiring manager and he once came across a candidate who "graduated" from a fake college called "Straussford University." He was able to catch that this school didn't exist on a registry of colleges and universities.

[@miguel213]

Lol 😂

[@nicholasrosen6342]

That candidate must've obtained that "degree" thru a photoshop.

[@miguel213]

Fun fact, he was also the guy who started the Human Fund

[@dukedumby]

I feel like so many of these people are doing so much wasted work and time burning instead of just prepping for the interview. It's like when students keep trying to find a study guide or brief summary of a deep subject and spend hours reading crap rather than just hitting the books. I'm not saying not to innovate, total opposite, but at the same time this is kind of like a play: we need to memorize our lines. Your advice about having customized resumes and cover letters for each position definitely took me a lot longer to do for each but it without question improves odds of getting that interview. It's the sniper vs. artillery concept. Frankly, after developing enough resume "templates" for similar jobs, it becomes so much easier to make some changes and then just write an original cover letter (oh no a cover letter!)....thanks for the good tips man.

[@bluevillsplash]

@@dukedumby i gotta get an interview 1st

[@HueyFreeman-l7m]

Cover letters are fucking pointless and a waste of time. Very boomertard

[@slightlyaboveaveragegaming4973]

Indeed tells recruiters if the applicant clicked the "easy apply" button? And recruiters discriminates against those applicants. calling them "easy reject"?

[@verios44]

Yea that one makes no sense to me, espwcially as easy apply is commonly the only option given.

[@vigglarodz]

I was gonna say...VERY few jobs I'm finding online are leading to the company website. Most companies I see ONLY use easy apply. The ones that don't aren't hiring anymore...why they are still on Indeed is beyond me.

[@camgere]

Unfortunately, you will have to go through several people who know less about the job than you do. They are concerned with looking good. You finally get to the person(s) who actually know about the job They are concerned with your being able to do the job. As every good comedienne knows, know your audience. They are not all the same.

[@glory8065]

The last commentary of the last hack was so helpful

[@Intrepiddabbler]

The WORST tip that I implemented and for which I am sure contributed to make not landing an offer was the advice to shake everyone's hand. If there are only 2 or 3 on the panel, that makes sense, but i went around a table of TEN and shook everyone's hand😂 Not only did it make me look weird, it ate up my interview time and they denied me time to even ask questions at the end because there was a hard stop at 30 minutes!! I didnt pay attention to my own instincts.

[@monterreymxisfun3627]

I think the smart strategy is to think like a Boomer and just apply for jobs at the company web page.

[@edunlap6594]

I thought it was going to the employer in person, asking for the hiring manager, give him or her a firm handshake with one hand and hand them your resume with the other and say confidently "I want this job!" Then drive away in a Buick. Start work at 9AM tomorrow! 😂

[@thenightporter]

You clearly haven't seen Bryan's video on why this is a better option and will get your resume seen by the recruiter.

[@ianmackenzie686]

Boomers do have some goode pointes...not many but some.

[@vigglarodz]

I'd say check when the job was posted. I applied to one on the company's website, and forgot to check when it was posted...they posted it 6 months ago. Be REALLY meticulous when doing this.

[@lucristianx]

Boomers went in person and got offers in the form of a handshake

[@Domain_Man1]

Changing the text to white to make it invisible er, no that will not work, you can't do this to a PDF doc CV - it's not HTML code duh. So using white text isn't going to show up right, but it will look like a blank space, a gap and you can't have a huge gap full of nothing lol - does she even know what she advised here lol.

[@Kokopilau77]

You might be able to pull it off if you use text boxes over or behind the resume text. However it'll stick out like a Griswold Christmas display.

[@SR-fm1ft]

4:45 I would interpret it as technical aptitude ie understanding of how computers work and how to use them effectively.

[@brianking8080]

Screening for job title will absolutely weed out great candidates.

[@uqox]

*Video Interview Hack*: While the example is cluttered, a streamlined version is very effective for concisely delivering your employment history with key bullet points that directly match the JD. Essentially, you're building for yourself a "cheat sheet" on the company you're interviewing so that you can sprinkle your knowledge about how you believe you can help the company with its goals. My list was a key bullet points sheet taped to the bottom of my camera. I have an external camera and a monitor set up, so It worked exceptionally well, and I got the position. (I looked like I was staring directly into the camera and speaking effortlessly to the interviewer while I was referencing my bullet points and emphasizing why I was a fit.) Execution is key to any hack. About three years ago, another well-established HR professional taught me this trick. This TikTok does a poor job of showing how the hack works.

[@danny1103]

In school (C- students): Spending all the time not learning, studying and memorizing the course material for the grade, but spent all those times figuring out how to cheat on the exams. In society (C- job seekers) : Spending all the time not learning, studying and practicing the new skillset for the position, but spent all those times figuring out how to cheat and hack the systems. I have seen so many prospective applicants with "highly qualifying" resume where they inflated themselves that they can do A, B, C, D, and E, but yet when we have the technical interview with the candidate he shamed himself big time by failing to answer question 1 and proved that 90% of his CV is complied with fraudulent information. While question 1 is already the simplest to answer which usually takes 30 sec at max.

[@P_Mann]

16:14 This bit here kinda reinforces to me what I’ve seen over and over again: HR/recruiters care more about the path and the systems they want to use than the information in the resume. They also seem to think that their posting is unique and special even though it’s 95% identical to all of their competitors, often including all of the typos, cut-and-past crap formatting, and non-hyperlinked URLs to internal company sites about their compensation that you can’t access if you don’t already work there.

[@TonyBongo869]

Senior engineer, minimum 4 years experience. Ask for the best, pay for the worst

[@benjamintucker9829]

Keywords, I think about what recent job that I used a skill in and add some verbage, while trying to keep it short.

[@RobMarcel]

I'm 47yrs old. $73,000 biweekly and I'm retired, this video have inspired me greatly in many ways!!!!❤️

[@Wesl-m8r]

How did you do it? Do explain please 😯 My family have been into series of sufferings lately

[@RobMarcel]

Maria Luisa Clare is to be thanked. I got my self my dream house 🏠 just last weekend, My journey with her started after my best friend came back from New York and saw me suffering in debt then told me about her and how to change my life through trading with her. Maria L. Clare is the kind of person one needs in his or her life!

[@vannalex]

Absolutely! I've heard stories of people who started with little to no knowledge but made it out victoriously thanks to Maria Luisa Clare.

[@JulioSuarez-p2m]

Wow 😱 I know her too Miss Maria Luisa Clare is a remarkable individual whom has brought immense positivity and inspiration into my life..

[@Wesl-m8r]

How can someone get connection to that Woman y'all speaking bout !!!?

[@konzza]

The company APS's that Life after Layoff has used, have low key sucked. Did recruiting myself for a large staffing/ outsourcing company myself in Europe and there was no way the company's ATS didn't have a plugin to incorporate all the applications from all the possible platforms that could had ever posted the same job. I have been surpsised to hear on several occasions, that a recruiter for bigger companies actually had to separately log in to other platforms to find all the applicants.

[@ALifeAfterLayoff]

We didn’t have an Indeed integration. If I ran ads there I needed to log in separately. For LinkedIn, we did.

[@tinabird1045]

I don't know what the winning strategy is. The damn rules keep changing, following up doesn't seem to work, if the recruiter or hiring manager is interested in you they will contact you, otherwise you are screwed. No one reads or gives a damn about the follow up emails you send. It is a lottery and i do not possess the magic numbers or formula. Awaiting the results of a interview. Thought it went well, however, after the follow up phone call i am not so certain, she didn't seem interested in me or my excitement for the position whatsoever. Had no clue i had even sent a follow up email. I just don't comprehend this process. It is beyond stressful, so much time is utilized, wasted, trying to me make jobs and people care about you when they obviously don't. Who the hell knows what the right questions are to ask any longer either? The wrong ones will cost you the job as well. Simply burnt out.

[@uacbpa]

That first hack of writing the skills in white has been around for some time now. Been hearing about it since the 90s. Never needed to use it since it's terrible to use those "hacks" to get noticed for the simple reason that they will then read your resume and will see that you are not qualified. How about not applying for jobs that you know you are not qualified to do?

[@tallbrian100]

I have had my resume looked once and the resume writer took stuff from my resume to use in her work.

[@saverna1]

Ive had a cheat sheet for every interview I've ever done via zoom, just keyword search after prepping your interviewer that you'll be taking notes. Not everyone is great at memorization haha

[@SuprousOxide]

What are you memorizing? The interview is about your qualifications. You should know your own qualifications like the back of your hand.

[@saverna1]

@SuprousOxide memorizing things like company values and information regarding interviewer background etc. All the little things that only really matter on the actual call.

[@SuprousOxide]

@saverna1 I'm sure they know their own company values and information and don't need you to tell them. And I've never been on an interview where I knew anything significant about the person I was interviewing with. I assume the same from the people I give interviews to. I'm happy to tell them anything they want to know about me or the team.

[@SuprousOxide]

@saverna1 people could research the company I work at. Maybe learn the general business the company on the whole is in. Or the dumb "Core Values". But they can't learn anything about the specific team they're interviewing to join. I just don't see what purpose quizzing the interviewee on irrelevant information would accomplish, and I expect interviewers to treat me the same way.

[@saverna1]

@SuprousOxide that is what the interview landscape consists of nowadays. I agree it's silly, which is why committing that stuff to memory is a waste of time. Behavioral interviewing wants candidates to tie their experiences to the company values so that's what we will do to get the job.

[@BlaximilianD00d]

Trust is important in work.

[@gerardsloan1593]

The online application form used to apply for posts with an employer in my region. It's space limited and if you try to copy paste your own prepared notes, this can affect your application and you can easily get rejected for a post there. I think this is a way for the employer to reject a high volume of applications. also a local employer in my area asks for a five year employment history, you need to provide evidence of this. Even if you pass the application form and interview, they will reject you regardless of your skills and experience. I expect that is also so they can reject a bunch of applications. No wonder it's difficult landing a job/promotion. Opinions are my own. Have a good day reader.

[@Artmeetsreality]

Do they do that while offering minimum wage?

[@gerardsloan1593]

Some posts are lower pay but the higher up you go etc there is room for growth, just don't expect to find your fortune.

[@healthy_midlife]

I'm going for a classical job but have a few Assembler positions in the past. Should I remove the Assembler one? My gaps will be even more huge.

[@BmoreAkuma]

For the "video interview hack" is just half assed and lazy. One should be in preparation on the company to begin with to stand out.

[@SuprousOxide]

Looks mostly about motivation stuff. Whatever. The company's "core values"? Whatever. Little respect for any company that expects me to have learned those (either before the interview or after being hired). No different than the interviewer having a copy of the resume in front of them.

[@TechnoMageB5]

Searching "Hack", slang: "If you call someone a hack, you mean they're not great at what they do - especially writing." Listen to Brian.

[@SuprousOxide]

Ok, nobody's going to know if you put notes on your laptop screen. (Unless you need to reach up and move one to see something they'd shared with you. But why would they care?

[@zookini]

You know society is fucked when KZbin is a better way to make money than a 9-5

[@roebbiej]

@@zookini 98% of youtubers make little or no money. The ones that do make money, many times, put a ton of work in their craft. If you would put in the same amount of hard work in your career you would probably make much more money than you do now.

[@KindredEmotions]

The reason some of these hacks work is because not every recruiter is as diligent and professional as people would like them to be. The subreddit exists for a reason.

[@franksnow5165]

Best 'hack.' Refuse to interview with HR, and only speak to someone real.

[@SuprousOxide]

Ok.

[@50PullUps]

@@franksnow5165 Exactly. You need to get into conversations with people who have hiring authority, and HR does not.

[@danwells9525]

@@50PullUps Cool! How do you do that?

[@jtm-25]

You shouldn’t have to keyword stuff. If your recruiter has an agency template they use, chances are they know the skills the employer wants and will attempt to highlight those to help you stand out

[@RumperTumskin]

How about an "upload" button? I don't need to spend my whole life clicking or tabbing between dozens of blank fields on some ATS's terrible UI. How is it that all the ATS are so difficult for applicants?

[@power4things]

Get more interviews? If you need to stuff or hack your resume to get interviews, it's just more chances to show the hiring company you 're not qualified.

[@jimfogz]

Why do I need to make job profile on the employer's website and re-enter all my resumė information because their upload can't read the format of the document I uploaded? - I have an 18 hour workday between my 2 full time jobs. We use Saturdays for my wife's crafting income and Sunday is food shopping/chores. I do not have time for that.

[@roguedogx]

15:57 it seems like that's just a system that needs adjustment then. Maybe it just needs to be something as simple as "easy apply only has a limited number of uses per day" or has automatic rejection if the person is too far out of the required skills.

[@power4things]

The worst thing that could happen using most of these hacks is you will actually get hired and have to do all the things your stuffed resume said you could,

[@greggsplaylist]

For the last hack if the companies ATS has me enter in all of my resume information then in skip it. Seems a lot of professional jobs are just requiring a resume and you contact information.

[@pcpro1789]

After applying to a well fitting job description, reach out to the posting recruiter. Even if they don't respond, you're marketing your personal brand. Doing this has helped me land multiple jobs. Happy hunting! 😁

[@Domain_Man1]

The more help to 'ace the interview/jobsearch process' just creates 'perfect candidates' and can only mean more processes added to filter all the perfectos, so god knows what hoops they will have to jump through - but it won't be good - just a bunch of perfect lemmings, it will happen or did the world imagine the great resignation, quiet quitting etc - huh.....

[@RyanGrange]

On interview hack 3 (the phone attached to the screen doing gpt stuff), the camera status on the screen shows the camera is disabled, so the interviewer isn't seeing anything. Probably staged anyway given the monotone you mentioned.

[@verios44]

A lot of these "hacks" are meaningless for me. Why? Because 8/10 of my recent job interviews have been in person.

[@nicholasrosen6342]

One piece of advice our elders will give us is that there's NO shortcuts in life.

[@casioak1683]

There is. By privilege & nepotism.

[@UserName-q4i5d]

The lady thinks like a software engineer, this is how a program would search for similarities i.e. take the job posting and see how much of it matches the text of the CV by using Natural Language Processing techniques like lemmizing the text and seeing how many similarities there are and then creating a ranking based on that.

[@Domain_Man1]

"More advantages applying via corporate website" - not any more there's not lol. Self defeating activity as every employment influencer is now telling the world to do this and thus companies will be swamped with CV's that way so new method? (not really), same result though = mass spam.

[@Gumardee_coins_and_banknotes]

At this point I just dont give af.

[@SMATF5]

All jobs are professional-level jobs if you do them with professionalism.

[@p3d938]

Cutting corners from the start will not work, clicking on buttons will neither. Do your homework on the company and email your thing with a kind request to forward it to HR works for me. Making contact and attention for your skills is the goal, think people, not HR software.

[@monterreymxisfun3627]

What's your opinion of reporting your "potential" identity theft to The Work Number in order to lock your profile?

[@MannyLoxx2010]

The second White dude is kind of right but makes no sense at the end! 😬😏

[@Xokzu]

Nothing sends me into more of a spiral than these videos, sorry.

[@bafa000]

this people ....those "hacks" are useless....prepare, calm your nerves, and be yourself.

[@owningyourfinances]

That first lady? I doubt that it "worked for her". She's saying that to make it sound more reasonable or leave a caveat, but there's just no way that an ATS that has the ability to recognize that text isn't also exposing the disingenuous approach and bad first impression this makes.

[@agi5820]

All this information is subjective, I've taken multiple company sponsored resume building, interviewing classes and have gotten different advice from each individual. No one has a clear answer what actually gets you in an interview anymore. Visibility is key. How to gain that, is a mistery. Suck up to senior management and maybr it will create breadcrumbs to success. This is all fake. Corporate is stupid, a high school lunchroom of judgemental teenagers 😅

[@markp4967]

It would appear, to anyone with a modicum of common sense, that the problem lies in human resources using software to screen resumes. Lazy, sloppy, "work ".

[@RumperTumskin]

So many layers of fluff before you get to the bits we care about? Have you ever read a job ad before? Pot kettle black much?

[@withpikachu2402]

That thumbnail will land you more clicks

[@rodhoek1046]

Just be yourself.

[@susanmacmaster5804]

Ugh, I hate the term hack. Not everything is a hack.

[@roguedogx]

Dude if you're going to be this nuanced in your answers, maybe you shouldn't be using a binary scale. Sounds like you need more like a "1-5" rating scale.

[@ryans2848]

Resume these days are done with ai and it sucks