Ain't Your Daddy's (Or Mama's) Job Market

This recession is different than any other recession you've been through ... and worse than any recession your Daddy or Mama went through.

Thursday's unemployment report showed that an additional 1.9M workers made initial unemployment filings, bringing the total to 42.6M initial filings since the beginning of the US Covid crisis. This is more than 25% of the US workforce, and is expected to increase average May unemployment numbers (up from almost 15% in April).

For the past 11 weeks, jobless claims have been in the millions each and every week. Compare this to pre-Covid, when the DOL had never seen even one week of jobless claims over 1M.

What makes this recession so tough is how the job market switched from the best job environment of our lifetimes, to the worst ... overnight.

This becomes difficult for many job seekers who haven't learned that successful resume/job search strategies during a recession (especially one as tough as now) are very different than what's successful during a strong job market. So most job seekers continue to search the way they're used to searching, but that process fails to help them find jobs during this recession.

How can you tell? If you're not getting interviews when you're qualified, if you're seldom advancing in the process, if you're being ghosted, or if you're being told that decisions are being held off, you're probably blaming this on the recession. But it's really how your resume/job search has reacted to the recession that's usually the cause.

If you want to learn what will work to help you find a job during the recession, let me show you.

This is the 3rd recession I've recruited/coached through, so I've seen first hand what resume and job search strategies succeed during recessions. I've also seen mistakes candidates make, causing their recession job searches to fail. I've been through this before and know what works and what doesn't.

That's why numerous job seekers who work with me have already gotten job offers in March, April, May and will receive offers in June.

As a top national recruiter who reads hundreds of resumes per day, who has helped hundreds of thousands of candidates in their job search, and seen thousands of employers' job search processes from the inside, I've got a different perspective than most career coaches.

I see that most job seekers do essentially the same things, even when they think they are job searching differently. I also see most job seekers were taught search methods that get screened out by ATSs and eliminate them from consideration, because they conflict with the employer's hiring process.

But I've been teaching job seekers to overcome unemployment for 13+ years by using non-traditional resume/job search strategies that demonstrate impact rather than just being average. I'll show you how to beat unemployment (even if you're over 40) and find a great job during the recession by understanding employers' point of view and hiring processes ... and using this understanding to beat your competition.

(I'm not just a career coach. I've also been a top national recruiter for the last 16+ years ... so you'll get advice from an insider's point of view.)

Let me show you what you can do now to change your job search and resume so you can find a great job during the recession, especially if you're between jobs.

Join me Friday 7/10/20 at 11:00am ET/8:00am PT, for my Resume Revolution! webinar (enroll at https://bit.ly/3dvDI33 for no charge) to learn how to overcome your recession job search obstacles through the interview-a-week plan.

Want to see how well this can work for you?

"Great cutting edge advice on your resume, the cover letter dilemma and everyone's job search issues and questions. I guarantee you will hear something new in Phil's webinar that you can use in your job search today - information which you have not heard anywhere else! You will not be disappointed." - S.M.

"Phil has a great grasp on the practicalities of recruiting from the employer perspective, as well as the changing trends in seeking out the next opportunity including the use of social media. I have many takeaways from this webinar and recommend this as a must attend!" - F.E.

"This is straight talk from a guy who has the experience, research and contacts, and the know-how to help us maximize our opportunities. He doesn't pitch gimmicks or shortcuts; he gives guidance, answers questions about the job market and how our resumes are handled, and gives tips that help us get the results we want. Well worth it!" - J.M.

"Amazing info shared by Phil in the Resume Revolution Webinar! Who knew that I was wasting my precious time by relying on job boards?? (well, Phil did, of course...)" - S.H.

"His advice on my resume improved my response rate to easily 7/8 for every 10 sent, and I can say the resulting response was directly responsible for helping to find and land my current engagement." - D.M.

You'll Learn All This At Resume Revolution!

* Best practices to beat unemployment and find a great job fast during the recession

* How to land an interview each week and cut your job search in half

* Current job market and recession outlook

* What's different about this recession

* How to optimize your job search and resume to current market realities

* Why strategies that worked in your last job search aren't working today

... plus

* Come for the Webinar - Stay for the Q & A with job search experts

Enroll now at https://bit.ly/3dvDI33 , or find our future webinars at https://ResumeWebinar.com .

P.S. I've launched the National Unemployment List and invite you to add your name if you're unemployed, affected by temporary closures, had your hours reduced, or have been laid off. The National Unemployment List will be distributed to employers, hiring managers, internal and external recruiters, to help everyone get back to work quickly. So add your name to the National Unemployment List at https://bit.ly/NationalUnemploymentList.

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