Summary Sunday What You Need To Know About Job Search

Summary Sunday What You Need To Know About Job Search There are lots of things you may not know about job search. Live and learn, right? Well, I dont think you want to learn by trial and error because you may miss out on the one opportunity you really want. Each week I sum up the best articles I find and reshare them here. I do the time-consuming work so you dont have to. Youll find help for job interviews, applying for jobs, getting past the ATS, social media horror stories and networking and conversation tips. INTERVIEWING 3 Questions Top Candidates Ask In A Job Interview   by Adunola Adeshola | Forbes Technically, you should have many questions you plan to ask during the job interview, but these three are always great to include. Youll also learn why you want to ask these questions. How to Negotiate Salary: 37 Tips You Need to Know The Muse Did you know:  only 37% of people always negotiate salaries and 18% never do. -Salary.com But most employers expect you to negotiate. So put aside your fears and get comfortable with the idea of asking for morewhatever. JOB SEARCH Should I reapply for a job if I didn’t even get an interview? by Nick Corcodolis, Ask The Headhunter | PBS NewsHour So you really want to work for a company and your first application got rejected. Heres what you can do! NETWORKING The Hidden Networking Gap Between Men and Women by  Lisa Rabasca Roepe | Fast Company Fast Company writes, According to new study [by the Journal of Human Relations], women often hesitate to ask for help because they don’t want to “exploit” their network and they’re too modest. Sound familiar? This article includes six tips to help women network better. A shoutout to Hung Lee and his Recruiting Brainfood newsletter for this article. ATS Two ATS Myths That Are Hurting Your Resume Results by Marie Zimenoff, CEO, Career Thought Leaders Consortium The more you understand how ATS work, the better you will be at getting through the screening. This is a great companion to this article I wrote on LinkedIn  17 Things You Need To Know About ATS (and how to get past it) SOCIAL MEDIA 8 Times Candidates Didn’t Get Hired Because of Something They Put on Social Media by Stav Ziv | The Muse I dont want to scare you away from using social media to network and promote your personal brand but, you do need to see these stories.   The moral of these stories clean up your social media. CAREER The Dying Art of Conversation: My Interview with Author and Speaker Celeste Headlee by Farnam Street Celeste Headlee may not be a name you are familiar with, but trust me, you will want to read her tips to help improve your conversational skills and meaningfully connect with others. (This is also a podcast in case you are interested in listening.) FYI, Celeste is an opera singer, has a TED talk and has written a book on having conversations. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT How to Brand Yourself on Instagram for Career Success | US News World Report On Careers