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This excellent piece of advice was posted anonymously by "OC4" in response to a question from someone with 26 years of experience who was finding the job hunt tough going.
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Without seeing your resume, a few obvious things I'd suggest ( sorry if you already tried these ),
1. Take all experience older than 15 years off the resume. You might be scaring people. Most of them were not even in middle school 26 years ago. Make sure your true age cannot be determined.
2. With all the things listed, you seem to be overqualified for almost any job. Borks are mostly illiterate - your resume might be confusing them (= goes into the trash bin), so help them by "suggesting a label" such as "DBA", "Support manager", etc. I.e. - focus your resume : make several versions of it targeted according to the branches you have listed and show only relevant experience on each. Use these to make customized versions targeted for specific jobs you come across. “Immoral” part - adjust dates if needed – you’re contractor, there is no HR to call.
3. Take first "below market" contracts or FTE that comes across - it will slow down your cash burning rate even if not sufficient to pay all bills. Some leverage with brokers is another obvious benefit.
4. Many people automatically divide in half anything they see on the resume. One of the previous posts has some good creative examples of “rephrasing” job descriptions.
5. Use paid reference check services to make sure nobody’s raining on your parade.
www.badreferences.com www.references-etc.com
6. Buzzwords, buzzwords, buzzwords – helps a lot when dealing with automated email scanners and search engines.
7. Periodically update your profile / resume on jobsites. You will notice spikes in calls received when search engines pick up your profile as “new/updated”.
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