Mini-Workshop: Tips For Job Searching

So no surprise to anyone that AI is scanning your resume before a human does.

I wish that wasn't the case.

But sadly, it's just kind of the new normal of where we are and how we're navigating the world, which kind of brings me to why I am so bullish on LinkedIn, because I do feel like At least in some ways, you have a semblance that if somebody sees like a recruiter, for example, or an HR manager sees your application come up on the interface, they can very easily click your picture or click see profile.

And it just kind of gives them that even if it's 10 seconds, even if it's 30 seconds, I mean, listen, I hope it's five minutes, I'm not trying to, you know, delude myself into thinking that's what it is.

But even if it's that split second of getting to meet you virtually, I just feel like that pops so much more than a resume.

But, you know, resumes are necessary.

Because even if you meet somebody in the wild, or they say, Hey, my friend's hiring, the first thing they're gonna say is send me your resume so that I can pass it on to them.

So the resumes aren't going anywhere.

It's just gonna be something that, and if it makes you feel better, even though I'm an entrepreneur and I've had my own company for 15 years, every about two years, I have to update my resume.

I know that that always kind of surprises people because they're like, if you've had the same job for 15 years and you work for yourself, why in the world would you need a resume? You'd be surprised.

I do a lot of work with nonprofits.

I sit on some foundation boards.

And part of the process, if you want to sit on a foundation board or volunteer with some of the nonprofits, what they'll ask you for is your resume, what days you're interested in helping out, et cetera.

So it is sort of a calling card.

So just because I'm not in the traditional corporate world doesn't mean that I don't have to have a resume.

So I am also right there with you.

I feel like I really want to talk, kind of dive into Giacomo's point of, I don't know where to start.

You know, after years of sending super tailored resumes and cover letters and networking, you know, and curating my socials, I just don't know what else to do.

I totally hear you.

I feel like sometimes that can be a super frustrating process when you're just like, I feel like I'm doing everything right.

And yet I'm not getting any forward motion.

One thing that I think you do super well, Giacomo, and I think is really going to help you.

And it's just a matter of time is you do such a beautiful job networking and both on Instagram, on LinkedIn, you know, following people, connecting with people, commenting, reposting their work, you know, really forming that dialogue with people, whether it's, you know, the person who's running gigs or whether it is, you know, somebody at the academy.

I think you do a beautiful job of really getting into dialogue with people.

And that's something we're definitely going to be covering in a little bit.