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How Stale is Your Resume?

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    Dr. Tracey Wilen-Daugenti suggests you see a professional.

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Talk about what's going on this market -- people sun employee.

All in number the percent of not everyone who is either unemployed or working part time doesn't wanna be -- has a job they don't want where -- 16% and 16% of the country.

He's doing some airline be doing.

And you -- -- old and stale after a while.

Black people their jobs or payment gone.

So we do doctor Tracy will indigent.

A lot of people have this problem these days and they -- -- resonates.

-- they do in -- let Brad they'll keep getting stellar the resonate if you're calling card it's your billboard.

Your pop up that much of that click and you it's very important let me ask is it click on you -- what it what's different from like when I'm glad my first job it was a want this -- where I had to have my -- -- -- the top.

And we still -- an imbalance.

-- -- companies have technology -- -- they have search words they're looking for a key skills they're looking for your education.

Memories to put it on the -- Put it on the front now it's very important interesting since conscious so expensive -- so many people are actually thing about nodding going you're saying that it's still very important.

Education and jobs -- related you know from the unemployment employment numbers absolutely right about that OK sell.

Refresh your -- how does that -- put -- online.

I would actually recommend that you go to work resume workshop and have a professional -- -- the seven page resonate.

-- get it down -- eight pages top pages the most important get all -- the current experience and skills right up there in front.

The -- get you in.

-- get to the interview.

Doesn't get to the job but it is -- -- calling got a good point so you're saying go to professional these days.

I think there are resume workshops they're very cheap you can go to it does it.

You can work with consultants it's picking her professional critique it whose more current.

With companies and what they're looking -- apparently need that I'm an inch I would know what to do these days I'm sure it's different.

You know what about like -- Linkedin and things like that is that all part of the process Linkedin isn't fantastic facility fact we view it as eighteen to for job hunting.

Your profile of the group's.

Your network first tier -- second tier these are all new ways of networking and finding.

Jobs and people to connect -- you say accent informational meetings what does that mean information -- meeting to people need to be to people allegiance to more people.

Learn about what jobs there are out there there's new jobs and probably never even heard of and you can hear from them and people -- network is what you're saying go back to school as an interesting one because.

Again student debt is on the rise many will argue it's so high because kids in -- -- graduate -- actually go look for work.

The number of jobs in the future -- increasingly require BA MBA and Ph.D.s the world is getting very complex there always be that segment of service jobs that are available.

But the key is getting smaller some my -- people is continue your education.

Is that includes certificates and things like that absolutely have to figure out what is your you know you -- your business.

Where I want -- to GAAP.

We don't had to like get there OK and I guess federal falls into networking right I go to school first attempt can feel them into city and that could be an opportunity fine job tip.

Absolutely.

And you think about your alumni network -- career services here.

Business networks different networks with a lot of ways you can network and find out you know it's funny I'm thinking about as you're saying I went back from my masses of secondary -- at one point they thought I wanted to teach high school and while I was in -- graduate class.

I hooked up with another teacher and that I got a job at her school because of -- Fantastic yeah a lot of people as students forget your professors.

Many of them are either industry or know somebody in industries replace -- -- are you seeing the job market changing dollars just getting harder but just within the economist at first year talking to recruiters is a sales force is usually the first to get hired on.

So we are hearing from recruiters at the sales team is is moving the second tier -- marketing just think about it you you know yeah product to sell -- you market.

And so that different industries I live in Silicon Valley and we were just talking about that on your last segment.

Silicon Valley is a shortage right for this different segments have needs that need to be fulfilled.

Before -- -- go than where what are they like the three top areas where people are looking for work these days is attack.

Tech health care.

Education is an employer in certain segments -- not -- -- -- I tear the two key ones that I would focus on for the future and health care of course -- this is all good steps you can check out the website.

Apollo research institute dot or and it.