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Debra Wheatman, President of Careers Done Write, provides expert insight to the job search process that puts your career in gear with tips for interviewing, networking, job search strategies and how to create a winning resume and cover letter.
Prospective Employers: Information on a Need-to-Know Basis
The Great Resignation and the ensuing candidates’ market have exposed how broken the hiring process is. Employers opine on why they can’t find any qualified candidates while candidates wade through systems and processes that can best be described as Kafkaesque. And, despite there being far more open positions than there are candidates, employers continue to approach hiring as if it is an unequal relationship in which they call all the shots. Nothing could be further from the truth….
RERUN: Considerations if you are returning to a former employer
It is undeniable that the entire culture of work has dramatically changed over the past 35 years. Until the 1980s, it was not uncommon for someone to graduate, go to work at a company, and work in a succession of roles of increasing scope for 40+ years until retirement from the same company. This is all but unheard of today. “Job hopping”—the practice of staying with an employer for a short period and then moving on—is no longer something that arouses suspicion on the part of employers. It is simply the way it is and the way that younger generations approach their careers….