#65 - Standing Out To Recruiters

The new Jobseeking is Hard is out now!

Congrats to the 20 winners of our recent giveaway! That’s almost 200 3-month LinkedIn Premium trial memberships we’ve given out this year to help you get networking!

And I’ve gotten a lot of emails asking if I’m going to be giving away more. I hope so. I have a few messages into people so hopefully I can snag some more to help your job search.

I’m also brainstorming other kinds of contests, so if anyone has any ideas for giveaways, reply to this issue and let me know what you think would be helpful! And keep an eye out in the newsletter, my LinkedIn, and my Twitter for more announcements!

This week I'm talking about ways you can help recruiters see your value, including:

• The 4 biases that freelancers are up against.
• The best way to combat freelance bias.

And for Premium Subscribers, I'm discussing:

• What you can do (or say) to improve your chances of the recruiter referring you to the hiring manager.
• What job titles you shouldn't use when listing your LLC/DBA as your employer.
• How to frame your freelance experience on your resume to showcase more value to the reader.
• One word that you should definitely avoid using on your resume (and why).
• And in “Debunking Career Clickbait,” I’m debunking advice about why you shouldn’t write a thank you note.

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Don't forget about:

• Stupid Interview Questions (for the record, I'm a pirate)
• A jobseeking horror story about a painful interview process...literally
• 10 companies that are hiring fully remote, work-from-anywhere employees...and links to their career sites
• Debunking some bad advice about thank you notes
• A job scam involving credit reports

Check out Issue #65 here: https://www.jobseekingishard.com/p/65-standing-recruiters

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