Weekend Update Series: Career Advice
Career coach and recruiter Brian Daniel gives job seekers advice about getting hired. If you're not in your dream job making an ideal salary, then take a look at these career coaching videos to understand more about bypassing gatekeepers, conducting interviews, beating ATS, updating your skills, interview preparation, and more.
Bypassing gatekeepers |
Interview feedback |
Becoming obsolete at work |
ATS: Formatting resumes |
Interview preparation |
Why should I hire you? |
Thank you notes |
200 submissions & no calls |
Your email address can break you |
Confidence in interviews |
Professional development is key |
Turn your weakness into a strength |
Final thoughts to jobseekers who are trying to land their dream jobs in 2024
Candidates usually need help with understanding how interviews work. Many job seekers are not very good at marketing themselves, which is understandable. Interviewing is a skill, and like any skill, it has to be practiced and perfected. The only problem is that most job seekers only change jobs every two or three years. So, for example, if you only drove a car once a year, then you wouldn't be very good at it. Interviewing is no different.
As a recruiter, I have seen amazingly skilled candidates completely blow their opportunity at a dream job because they were unable to market themselves effectively in the interview. We call it building a personal brand, which takes a 360-degree look at how you are perceived by employers.
As a recruiter, I have seen amazingly skilled candidates completely blow their opportunity at a dream job because they were unable to market themselves effectively in the interview. We call it building a personal brand, which takes a 360-degree look at how you are perceived by employers.
How to prepare for interviews
If you want to prepare for a job interview, then you have to do exhaustive research on the company. It's your job as an applicant to go into the interview and prove to them that you have "done your homework" on the company. If you can demonstrate that you know the company's mission and culture, then you have a much better chance at scoring the job.
Customizing resumes for each submission is also important. Recruiters and HR managers know if job seekers are being lazy and blasting the same generic resume to dozens of jobs.
Customizing resumes for each submission is also important. Recruiters and HR managers know if job seekers are being lazy and blasting the same generic resume to dozens of jobs.
