Do you understand how recruiters work and how they think? Well, this should help!
There’s no magic. Every recruiter has their own set of preferences for sourcing and vetting candidates. But many share tips and insights to give job seekers valuable information.
In this week’s summary, you’ll find:
- How not to mass-apply to jobs using AI
- How companies are filtering AI mass-application tools
- AI tools for job search
- Social media and your career warning
- Using social media to assess candidates
- Template to hiring manager with open job
- Recruiters don’t like long interview answers
- Research before the job interview
- Recruiters to follow
- Workforce 2024 insights report
Please follow and support the talented experts in this week’s summary!
AI IN JOB SEARCH
*Caution. This is not an endorsement of these tools. My logic for sharing these articles is to show you how many tools there are and what they can do.
Someone sent 750 applications with LazyApply | Alexander Chukovski
Don’t trust everything you see on TikTok! As Chukovski points out, many of these AI tools hallucinate (or may stuff up!) Beware of tools that seem too good to be true.
How a cybersecurity startup wanted to address the growing challenge of AI-generated job applications by Glen Cathey
And in response to tools like LazyApply, employers have to outsmart the AI tools and find ways to detect AI generated applications.
Shoutout to Hung Lee’s Recruiting Brainfood newsletter for both of these articles!
Here are 10 prompts that will help you land your dream job | Nikita Gupta
If you haven’t started testing ChatGPT to help you identify questions to prepare for when interviewing, you should. This post was written by the founder of CareerFlow.ai (a tool to help job seekers). What I found most interesting is the number of different tools listed in the graphic provided by Nikita (which I’ve seen versions of before).
SOCIAL MEDIA
Don’t Ruin Your Career on Social Media | Job Hopper Newsletter
Always a good reminder… what you say on social media is the equivalent of the headline in a newspaper. Here are 6 best-practices when it comes to sharing on social media.
Recruiters – Do You Review A Candidate’s Social Media? | Hung Lee
These results are interesting. Is there are shift in attitude towards social media or is it the wording of the question? Read the 152 comments to gain a better understanding of why fewer recruiters are evaluating candidates’ social media.
JOB SEARCH COMMUNICATION
Effective template for connecting with managers and recruiters who are hiring | Adam Broda
If you have wondered what to say when reaching out to someone in a company that is hiring, try this! It requires you to know your value proposition and be able to identify some of your key deliverables and results (so start thinking about that now if you haven’t already). Do you want to kick it up a notch? Attach a customized presentation deck or intro video.
PS: I would not suggest sharing your references prior to the interview. It contains private contact information you want to protect.
INTERVIEWING
Cutting to the Chase: How to Rein In a Candidate’s Long-Winded Answer | LinkedIn Talent Blog
If your interview answers are longer than 2 minutes, then you will probably hear recruiters say some of these things to cut to the chase.
When I posted this on X Twitter, several recruiters agreed that an answer longer than a minute is too long.
Researching the Company Prior to Interviewing | Random Recruiter newsletter
Every job seeker knows they should research the company before an interview. The trick is how to do it efficiently. See an example of how company research can provide you with valuable insight.
PS: I would recommend using Perplexity.ai over ChatGPT for real-time internet scraping.
RECRUITERS TO FOLLOW
One of the ways you can improve your job search is to gain a better understanding of how recruiters think. If you are looking for (more) recruiters who advocate for job seekers and who post helpful, positive tips, then let me recommend these folks (there are many more, but these are standouts IMO):
WORKFORCE
Workforce 2024: Korn Ferry’s Global Insights Report | Korn Ferry
See this summary of findings that looks at top priorities when choosing a new job, what keeps workers in their current job, what makes employees want to leave, and more.
JOB SEARCH VISUAL
Get comfortable asking for AIR – advice, information, recommendations.
- Advice: How did they get where they are
- Information: Do they like their company? How did they get hired?
- Recommendations: What are similar companies/jobs?
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Hannah Morgan speaks and writes about job search and career strategies. She founded CareerSherpa.net to educate professionals on how to maneuver through today’s job search process. Hannah was nominated as a LinkedIn Top Voice in Job Search and Careers and is a regular contributor to US News & World Report. She has been quoted by media outlets, including Forbes, USA Today, Money Magazine, Huffington Post, as well as many other publications. She is also author of The Infographic Resume and co-author of Social Networking for Business Success.
