Introduction: Keywords, Applicant Tracking System, (ATS), Social Media and Trends:
With over 20 years’ experience consulting as a Career Coach and an operations HR Consultant, my expertise has helped hundreds of people.
Resumes I've created have gotten clients hired in Google, Virgin Orbit, New York Times, Disney, Washington Post, US Government, State/Local Government, Catholic Charities, Microsoft, Federal Express, United Health Group, Exxon, US Steel, General Motors, Merrill Lynch, Costco, WalMart, as well as small, locally owned businesses and non-profits. Clients range from entry-level into the workforce to management to C-level.
Right now, the Great Resignation is having an impact on our workforce. For every age group, for every type of role out there, professions and our way of work life in the US is shifting—fast and drastically. Those who thought they couldn’t get hired because they think they’re too young or too old are finding the old norm is gone. Those who want to shift careers are finding they have skills that are marketable and get their foot in the door.
Send me your resume for a free assessment: Go to the website listed on my profile for the email address to send your resume.
Let's take advantage of the shift and technology. ATS technology makes it possible for recruiters to have more resumes reviewed and prioritized for them. Your resume needs to be able to have its keywords match (resume-to-job ad) get picked up by an ATS to get your resume in front of a human.
Having implemented many of these ATS, I know how they work, and guess what: they’re used everywhere. LinkedIn, Indeed, all job boards where a resume is uploaded, organizational job boards. Everywhere. No guarantees that someone isn’t a better match than you, and still, don’t leave it to chance—increase your odds of getting the interview.
I make use of JobScan to compare keywords in your resume and a baseline target ad for your industry.
Trends change in the format of resumes and cover letters, and I research all of it to stay on top of trends to make sure not only is your resume ATS optimized, but that it is in a modern template, worded for today’s job-seekers (that includes you who need a Federal resume format).
Results speak for themselves. Reviews on Thumbtack and on LinkedIn for my services are from people from every area of the workforce in every situation in the job-seeking force. People of all ages and abilities are getting hired into jobs—new jobs, better jobs. Some are being contacted for jobs they haven’t applied for and for jobs that haven’t been advertised (ATS picked up their information from social media). Technology partnered with social media is a great thing. Collaborate with me to make it work for you even further by keeping up with the trends in interviewing, and interviewing remotely: practice interviews (including panel interviews), and use of behavioral-formatted questions. Employers believe your decisions and actions are consistent across past, present, and future. Invest the time and effort and get your confidence centered, calm, poised, and positive.
RÉSUMÉ REVIEW, UPDATE, DEVELOPMENT
Getting to the interview is competitive—especially with technology deciding who progresses to the next step and who doesn’t. Applicant Tracking Systems decide whose resume gets flagged for the next step and those that do not. My templates make sure you don't make fundamental mistakes in your resume that cost you an opportunity.
SOCIAL MEDIA REVIEW/UPDATE
Savvy employers check out prospective hires on LinkedIn or other social media/job sites. This includes keyword searches for jobs that are advertised and those that aren't. If you’re not on LinkedIn, if your profile or online presence is lacking in some way, if your resume isn’t uploaded to a job board, then you’re helping the competition to the job you want. I’ll help you present yourself and your resume to get noticed, and I’ll share with you how to ‘work it’ on social media sites.
CAREER COACHING
Interviews:
Are you getting interviews, but not getting the job?
Do you have a major interview coming up and need to prepare for it?
Are you getting phone screen interviews, but not getting to the next step?
Are you a bit rusty or need a confidence boost to feel confident in the interview process?
Send me a job ad, and I’ll coach and rehearse you in a targeted interview. No job ad? We can rehearse a generic interview using your resume.
Career Coaching:
Are you new to the workforce?
Are you changing careers?
Are you returning to the workforce?
Do you wonder if you’re in the right career?
Do you need to develop communication or other skills to help you be more effective on the job?
Do you need to develop confidence?
I'll collaborate with you on what you want to accomplish, and then work together to help you define your career path based on your preferences. Or we’ll work together to help you develop or obtain the skills and expertise you need for your current job and/or future growth aspirations.
HR CONSULTANT/RECRUITER (to Businesses/Employers):
Are you a small or medium-sized business, and you don’t have the budget for full-time experienced senior HR support and management? Don’t have the budget to pay 20%, 30% recruiting fees? I charge an hourly rate costing much less than recruiting fees.
- Recruiting, as well as:
- Streamline business processes
- Onboarding new staff
- Develop or update employee handbook or policy procedure manual
Most of these tasks and other HR-related business tasks generally aren’t full-time. As an experienced HR consultant, I can help you get these critical tasks done for much less than a full-time employee or a recruiting agency.
