May Newsletter: To Your (Mental) Health!
• Does the promise of summer have you feeling senioritis, or does it give you a boost of energy at work?
• Are you dreaming of vacation, or planning to use those extra daylight hours to be more productive?
Whatever your state of mind, consider your, well, state of mind this May.
In this month’s newsletter, my stance on whether you should customize your résumé for every single job, why you shouldn’t panic if you see 100 other applicants on the job you want on LinkedIn and how to pay particular attention to your mental health this month. (Hint: 𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵.)
Mythbusting Résumé Lore
It’s a myth that you have customize your résumé for every single role you apply for.
Well, let me qualify that stance.
If you’re submitting job applications through portals and ATS systems, yes, you probably want to make sure you’re hitting all the right keywords with every entry. That’s how automated systems work. They look for certain words. But if you’re working with a recruiter like myself to get a new job, it’s less important to customize your résumé every single time you apply. We do the work of getting you in the door ourselves, so you don’t have to shove your résumé past a stingy ATS.
“𝗪𝗮𝗶𝘁, 𝗞𝗶𝗽, 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗜’𝗹𝗹 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝘆 𝗿é𝘀𝘂𝗺é 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻?”
Not necessarily. I might ask you to provide a variation on your résumé that emphasizes certain skills and experience over others when submitting you for a specific role. But those changes will be logical and purposeful — not due to the limitations of a robotic system.
100 Other Applicants for the Job You Want? Don’t Panic!
It can be easy to panic when you see that a job listed on LinkedIn already has over 100 applicants. It’s important to remember, though, that LinkedIn is tabulating the number of people who’ve clicked on the application link — not the final count of how many people filled out the application and submitted it. That number could very well be a lot lower.
As a general rule of thumb on the internet, 84% of people “drop off” between when they hit a button to enter an application and when they complete and submit it. That means that out of 100 people, only about 16 actually would have applied. (Read more about this on Forbes)
On the other hand, if a job is listed on LinkedIn, you can be sure that everyone has seen it. So if you’re looking for an extra boost to your visibility when it comes to getting yourself in front of an employer, you’re well served to work with a recruiter.
Recruiters like us have the expertise, leverage, and, often, the connections to get you in the door of your dream company.
Recommended Reading
●From Inc.: LinkedIn Profile Cheatsheet: 8 Essentials of Standing Out
●On Worklife: ‘Huge benefits to our organization’: PepsiCo, IBM share why their ‘returnships’ work
●Don’t miss: Larry Fink’s 2024 Annual Chairman’s Letter to Investors
May Is Mental Health Month
Is your boss making you sick? Considering the close correlations between stress and illness in medical literature, and the fact that 8 in 10 employees show signs of physical stress because of their bosses, the chances are pretty good.
Mental health is a piece of the puzzle here. Three in five employees say that their job impacts their mental health (and not in a good way). In honor of Mental Health Month, perhaps it’s time to look for a new role. My job is to help you find the role that’s right for you, where you’ll feel inspired and supported, and also challenged — but not to the extent that it makes you sick.
Reach out today, and let’s get you feeling your best!