by K B , updated on July 13, 2020
As much as we want to deny it, the “gig” economy is here.
Covid-19 has accelerated changes we’ve already seen in the market place – automation, casualisation, part-time work, and the like.
You and I are not competing in Australia anymore.
Our competition could be on Upwork, LinkedIn, Freelancer, and a myriad of other similar sites.
So how do you stand out, in a world where talent seems cheap and you’re easily seen as a commodity – and what does personal “branding” mean in this world anyway?
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by K B , updated on July 12, 2020
Have you ever had that feeling you have only used half your brain?
OK, so that’s just me! 😉
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What I mean by this is the “good on paper” decision you might make about your career choice or whether to accept that job.
Everything lines up on the plus column about whether you should do something, but your gut/heart/intuition says something else.
Then you find yourself needing to justify the good on paper decision.
I’ve always wanted a practical way to line these two things up in decision making.
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by K B , updated on July 9, 2020
You do know the deal, don’t you?
Come join us on #CareerCarePackage #LinkedInLive and get your job search questions answered.
We’re in Melbourne and we’ve been locked down.
So we need cheering up just as much as you!
Naish and I love these sessions.
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I’m being bold when I say this, but as far as I know we’re the only LinkedIn Live session in Australia to actually invite the audience in to ask questions live.
We’ll be taking questions on:
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by K B , updated on July 8, 2020
by K B , updated on July 9, 2020
I saw an interview recently on the ABC’s Home Delivery show.
Julia Zemiro asked Atlassian Co-Founder, Scott Farquar whether, despite all that was happening in the world, he was optimistic.
He looked at her as if she was slightly mad.
(My interpretation)
It was almost like “Why wouldn’t I be?”
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Which in the words of Carrie Bradshaw, got me thinking…..
Atlassian achieved a billion-dollar listing.
What came first, the optimism or the success? [click to continue…]
by K B , updated on July 6, 2020
How to beat the applicant tracking system.
This, by a long mile, is the biggest question we get on resumes.
What do you do to beat the bots and make sure your hard crafted CV gets actual eyeballs on it.
The majority of large employers and recruitment consultants use an applicant tracking system.
They use them to screen the deluge of applicants they suspect will apply for a role – using an algorithm dividing strong applicants from the weak – saving them time and money.
Most systems are also designed to track the outcome of your application, in terms of providing data to the recruiter to measure the efficiency of their recruitment process.
Some experts assert that over 75% resumes never actually hit human eyes.
How do application tracking systems actually work?
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Should we call them applicant terrorising systems? [click to continue…]
