A Strong Personal Brand Can Accelerate Your Job Search

If you want to make your job search go faster, one thing to consider is your personal brand.

While every resume has a personal brand (the first impression it makes), a strong personal brand grabs employers by the collar, and demands their attention. Your personal brand extends into your interview, often set by how your answer an interviewer's first question (ex: "So tell me about yourself").

Unfortunately, your resume and interviews probably aren't making this type of impression on employers.

As a top national recruiter, I read hundreds of resumes per day. Almost all of them present an average personal brand (at best), because they are confusing to the reader, do a poor job of capturing reader attention, or a poor job of differentiating the job seeker. They pretty much look similar - qualified and/or confusing (when employers see many qualified candidates, being qualified isn't enough). While the candidate tried to differentiate themselves, their effort failed.

And if nearly all of them fail to differentiate, yours probably falls short as well, causing you to lose opportunities when you're qualified.

But every once in a while, I see a resume that makes me excited as a recruiter, because I can see the job seeker differentiated themselves successfully, their first impression stands out, and the employer will see this also. These are the candidates I recommend to my clients.

You can do what most job seekers do ... continue to use a resume that undersells you, or you can learn how to create a personal brand strong enough to accelerate your job search. Why not let me show you how?

I help people solve the most difficult job search problems, including getting past ATSs, ageism, remote positions, product/job function/career/industry/ geographic change, job search acceleration, unemployment, "bouncy" recent career path, job search turnaround, seeking raise/promotion, industry in decline/consolidation, long term gaps, family leave, or other of the most challenging job search issues.

Join me for my next free Resume Revolution! webinar (enroll at https://x.resumewebinar.com/register for no charge) to learn how to overcome tough job search problems, and accelerate your job search.

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