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Psychology Informed Learning Experience Designer (LXD) │ Award Winning Writer │ WSJ & Forbes-Featured Careers Expert | Multi-certified Human Resources Professional | Corporate Trainer
There's a candidate that I worked with over 20 years ago that I still think about to this day. I was an internal recruiter at a Fortune 100 company and this individual was an employee working in a entry-level job. I had seen his resume come through a couple times for different openings but he had never seemed like a strong contender for the positions he was applying for. He called me one day and the conversation we had changed everything. He shared with me that he needed to move into a higher paying job to support his family and asked for my help. But... he didn't stop there. He explained that he was going to school to get a degree and had scheduled informational interviews with internal hiring managers for this field. He then asked if I had any thoughts about his resume or any other suggestions related to his search. I realized that his in-progress degree wasn't listed (he thought he couldn't include it until it was achieved) and there were a few other key skills that weren't being highlighted. I gave him some specific recommendations. A week later, he sent me an updated version of his resume with these suggestions incorporated. He also continued to check in with me periodically to stay on my radar. Because of his self-advocacy, 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞, 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬. The next time a position opened up in his area of interest, I was thrilled to be able to add his name to the hiring manager's short list. His outreach with the leaders in that department had created advocates for his candidacy and he was ultimately selected for the role. I will never forget how my opinion of this candidate changed so much... and only because of his courage, bias for action and humility. You too can turn a Recruiter from a screener into an advocate. But, it won't happen by simply applying for roles. Are you willing to put yourself out there? #jobsearch #recruiterinsights #myproresumes