[LI] Automation for resumes & job applications? (2 items)

Two replies on the subject of improving resumes. Reply to post by Roya Bauman about "keywords" and current job application processes, August 2020 (posted August 2020) They're still doing this? (And we still don't have an automated way of layering appropriate trending keywords into applications in preparation for automated screening? Efficiency counts for job seekers …

[LI] “TurboResume”?; the salary history question

Two items posted to LinkedIn in April 2018, which relate to different aspects of the job search. The first pivots off of a list of perceived flaws in a resume that may get an application rejected, and the second spotlights another opinion on how to respond to questions about past salaries. "6 reasons recruiters say …

[LI] Whither resumes? (4 items)

Four items posted to LinkedIn from late summer to autumn 2017 regarding problems with, and future of, the resume. That future could involve automated resume-writing and eventual move to a dynamic "AI" curriculum-vitae.* Time is ripe to automate resume writing - thoughts on another "how to" seminar, (posted August 2017) Seminars about how to craft …

[LI] Towards AI for job seekers?

On this International Labor Day, May 1, I'd like to take a moment to look at how intelligent automation or "artificial intelligence" (AI) might do more for the employment market, and especially for job seekers, and ultimately how it might transform it. Could we ultimately have intelligent agents - AI bots, in effect - working …

[LI] What if your resume “kept on file”​ didn’t just sit there?

Not long ago I passed on resumes of two professionals - who happen to be green card holding refugees - to a recruiter I know and got the courteous standard response about their credentials being circulated and held on file for possible future openings. This and a couple of items seen recently about what it …