Help or Hinderance:  LinkedIn’s “Open-to-Work” Options

Whether you’ve lost your job or you’re ready to join the job market, it’s daunting to open yourself up to peers and potential employers. LinkedIn users have been able to make themselves “open to work” to recruiters with enterprise accounts for several years.  However, the pandemic layoffs ushered in a new, public way for job…

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Managing the Influx of AI-Generated Resumes

Managing the influx of resumes has always been a daunting task.  Well-written job descriptions at attractive companies can receive hundreds of applications within days of being opened. Now, companies are grappling with hundreds of resumes, and they have to screen for AI-generated resumes that may or may not reflect a real applicant’s ability. Candidates already…

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Returning to the Job Market: Updating Your Resume

If it has been a decade since you were last on the job market, much has changed in the application and interview process. In fact, you might be surprised that most of these changes have occurred over the past three years. In addition to navigating the traditional application waters, you’re also expected to know how…

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Replace Your Resume Summary with Your Objective

It’s time to replace your resume’s career summary with your career objective. For years, job seekers have attempted to craft the perfect resume through fonts, styling, and formatting. Yet one of the easiest and most impactful changes that can be made today is to eliminate your career summary and replace it with your objective. Why…

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