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60% of candidates we have found roles for this year sat on the front row at their Discovery Day. The law of averages says it should have been 25%. Davina McCall speaks the truth. Lean in. Be curious. Aim high and have the best fun ever 💫

Know anyone who wants to have this much fun whilst finding a job? 🤷♀️ Our 5th Discovery Day of the year is taking place in 4 weeks. If you know anyone who would like to be inspired and educated about an awesome industry whilst building connections and being given the opportunity to truly show who they truly are then send them our way! Send details of any candidates wanting to start a full-time role in the media, advertising or marketing industries between now and the end of the year directly to... [email protected] and we will do our best to get them smiling like this* 😄 * real-life footage from real-life Discovery Day 😍

A Discovery Day with a view 💙 17 incredibly talented candidates 💫 One hell of a speaker line up 👭🏼 One of our best events yet 🔥

Flaunt Talent are finding industry changers too 👊 Kayla's resume was simply not getting picked up. With project experience in utilities, she wanted to make the move to an industry more aligned to her passions, but she wasn't being seen based on her resume. This girl NEEDED to be seen. We found her... we saw her for all her strengths, and we matched her with the coolest brand experience agency. The Flaunt process delivers again... delighted candidate and client all round ❤️

Flaunt Talent have a number of amazing junior roles in the experiential marketing, brand activation, sponsorship, digital and content space in Sydney! Please reach out if this sounds like your jam 🙌🏼

Stoked for you Emily Levisohn!! So happy to help you find such an awesome role with the awesome team at Kaimera! Can't wait to see everything you achieve ✨

Yes Josh!!! You go and live that new media life in Melbourne ✈ 🥂

👀 Sneak peek… We spend 3 hours with our candidates at the Discovery Days before we put them in front of employers for interview… - 3 hours getting to know them to understand the unique strengths they would bring to your business. - 3 hours of industry relevant group tasks, collaboration, discussion, numerical and written assessments and listening to their unique presentations. - 3 hours of creating a space that makes them feel heard and seen for who they truly are and what they can bring. - 3 hours of educating and inspiring their journeys into the industry with stories of experience, insight, and advice. - 3 hours of determining the best route in our industry for each individual candidate. For a generation of talent who value individual expression, who look for experience in everything and who choose forums and peers over experts, the Discovery Days are ticking all their boxes, and our clients are making more informed hiring choices for the success and longevity of their business 🙌

Are you using the ‘right’ words in your resume and cover letters…?!   Tuesday’s tip this week is continuing within the theme of AI…   I met with a very senior contact recently. He had applied for a role in a very prestigious, tech-focused business. He found himself in an interview with a very baffled interviewer who simply couldn’t get his head around why this candidate was comfortable taking such a major demotion which is what this role would be. Turns out he absolutely wasn’t comfortable with it. The computer got it wrong and matched him with a role that was so far away from his seniority that it really was a big old waste of everyone’s time!   It got me thinking about some of the resumes we have been receiving for entry level candidates and how they would be deciphered by AI. When you are in the infancy of your career, you can feel that your resume is lacking and that you need to jazz it up a bit… embellish parts of it if you will! That’s all well and good, we are all guilty of that to some degree… BUT… be careful of the words you are using as it could just come and bite you on the bottom when AI is pre-screening. For example:   🌟The candidate who has been running a lash extension business alongside university for the last few years and using the title ‘CEO’ on their resume… could bite your bottom. 🌟 The candidate that has been helping with the family business’ social media and using the title ‘Marketing Director’… could also bite your bottom.   When you are early in your career, these pieces of experience are invaluable and likely to set you apart from other candidates BUT you don’t want a piece of recruitment tech removing you as a viable candidate presuming you are too experienced because your most recent job title is CEO.   So, the advice here is this:   ✍ Tailor your resume to specific job descriptions… no fabrication or exaggeration… make sensible, relevant word choices for the win! 📝 Support your CV with a cover letter that elaborates on the most relevant experience where necessary… again written by a human (see tip 1) 📞 Give the recruiter or hiring manager a call to check in on the progress of your application and talk through the nuances of your experience where necessary.   AI is game-changing in recruitment but as someone so early on in your career, don’t let it catch you out!

“I’ve applied for hundreds of jobs, and I just haven’t heard anything back”… Excellent entry level candidate who, if someone would actually physically speak to her, would give her a job in a heartbeat. Feb 2024.   We are hearing this a lot. It’s actually blowing my mind the quality of some of these candidates. They are more confident, more articulate and more focused than I ever was at that stage in my career, but they’re often not even getting the opportunity to speak to anyone, and businesses are missing out as a consequence.   It isn’t the easiest of tasks getting your foot in the door, so every Tuesday we are sharing our advice when it comes to applying for early career roles and hope that it helps your journey and outcomes in some small way 😊   TIP ONE: STRIKE A HAPPY MEDIUM WHEN IT COMES TO USING AI…   There is no doubt that AI has had huge impact in the recruitment space and in part, I’m for it. But it is also clear that at entry level, when you have very little experience on your resume, it can have negative ramifications. A big faux pas we are seeing is the widespread use of AI generated cover letters. Seems easy right, whack the job ad into Chat GPT, say ‘write me a cover letter for this job’ and VOILA… jobs a good ’un… or is it?   !!! NOTE - WE HAVE SEEN THE EXACT SAME COVER LETTER AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN !!!   When you are simply taking the cover letter from Chat GPT and using it verbatim…   1.) It is likely to be exactly the same as someone else’s cover letter. 2.) It's entirely obvious that it has been written by a computer. 3.) It can and does miss context completely. 4.) We gain no insight into your communication style or unique personality whatsoever.   So, here’s the advice… use it, it will save you time creating a baseline template or flow for your letter. BUT sprinkle it with your own personality - your own unique tone. Use stories that a computer won’t (hopefully 😐) be privy to. Show us the human you! I can guarantee it will set you apart from other candidates and help you to get that all important human conversation in the diary!   Enjoy your Tuesdays! #graduatecareers #airecruitment #jobhuntingtips