Misty on Nostr: This method has repeatedly worked for me and others I've shared this with: 1. Utilize ...
This method has repeatedly worked for me and others I've shared this with:
1. Utilize Indeed.com exclusively.
2. Spend the time to create an Indeed version of your resume. You can upload yours, but taking the time to use their version build advantages later.
3. Fill it in as much as possible with keywords and their abbreviations that pertain to what you do/have done in the past.
4. Apply for 10-30 jobs daily only using the "quick apply" version.
5. Only send a cover letter when one is required.
6. Save/bookmark the ones requiring you to fill out a full application off Indeed and apply for those only as you have time.
7. Each time a new match comes up, you'll see which of your skills match or don't match. Often, you'll be reminded of skills you do have but forgot to mention. Tapping the skill button AUTOMATICALLY adds it to your skills/resume if you used the Indeed version. The algorithm provides you better matches as you keep doing this.
8. Use Indeed's follow-up prompts to follow up when Indeed prompts you to.
9. Keep track of all this in a spreadsheet of your choice.
10. Every two weeks, make a tiny change to some text somewhere on your resume and resave it. This places your resume back into "active" mode.
Only work with the ones that reach out to you. Keep a "people-friendly" version of your resume on hand to share with a human who asks for it.
The last time I had to do this, it took 2-3 months to land three interviews, two resulting in job offers with the pay I requested.
For every 100-50 jobs I applied to this way, I got 1-2 good actual interviews.
Use the all the prescreening calls as practice only. Don't even worry about them. You'll go through a lot of them. Practice your tone, your voice tempo, and how you want to answer questions. Tweak what you learned from that experience for the next one.
Now-- you may not get an actual job from this job board by doing this, but your resume IS floating around to LOTS of recruiters who say NOTHING, who do not advertise, but on the backend, they compare candidates and prospects.
At some point during this process, you'll receive a call from someone you've never heard of with a job you never actually applied to. This is usually one of the jobs you'll get offers for.
What's happening, is your high activity on this platform (similar things happen with LinkedIn), gets your resume into the hands of multiple recruiters who are fishing. It's just them fishing. Your resume is the bait.
Sure, it'd be nice to get one of the jobs you actually initially applied to -- but so many people forget about the ones on the backend they don't see or hear about.
These are where the opportunities come from.
Using this method leverages the nonsense of the process, but wastes the least amount of time on your part.
1. Utilize Indeed.com exclusively.
2. Spend the time to create an Indeed version of your resume. You can upload yours, but taking the time to use their version build advantages later.
3. Fill it in as much as possible with keywords and their abbreviations that pertain to what you do/have done in the past.
4. Apply for 10-30 jobs daily only using the "quick apply" version.
5. Only send a cover letter when one is required.
6. Save/bookmark the ones requiring you to fill out a full application off Indeed and apply for those only as you have time.
7. Each time a new match comes up, you'll see which of your skills match or don't match. Often, you'll be reminded of skills you do have but forgot to mention. Tapping the skill button AUTOMATICALLY adds it to your skills/resume if you used the Indeed version. The algorithm provides you better matches as you keep doing this.
8. Use Indeed's follow-up prompts to follow up when Indeed prompts you to.
9. Keep track of all this in a spreadsheet of your choice.
10. Every two weeks, make a tiny change to some text somewhere on your resume and resave it. This places your resume back into "active" mode.
Only work with the ones that reach out to you. Keep a "people-friendly" version of your resume on hand to share with a human who asks for it.
The last time I had to do this, it took 2-3 months to land three interviews, two resulting in job offers with the pay I requested.
For every 100-50 jobs I applied to this way, I got 1-2 good actual interviews.
Use the all the prescreening calls as practice only. Don't even worry about them. You'll go through a lot of them. Practice your tone, your voice tempo, and how you want to answer questions. Tweak what you learned from that experience for the next one.
Now-- you may not get an actual job from this job board by doing this, but your resume IS floating around to LOTS of recruiters who say NOTHING, who do not advertise, but on the backend, they compare candidates and prospects.
At some point during this process, you'll receive a call from someone you've never heard of with a job you never actually applied to. This is usually one of the jobs you'll get offers for.
What's happening, is your high activity on this platform (similar things happen with LinkedIn), gets your resume into the hands of multiple recruiters who are fishing. It's just them fishing. Your resume is the bait.
Sure, it'd be nice to get one of the jobs you actually initially applied to -- but so many people forget about the ones on the backend they don't see or hear about.
These are where the opportunities come from.
Using this method leverages the nonsense of the process, but wastes the least amount of time on your part.