When I got laid off I created a simple plan to land a better job quickly.
My plan failed.
What I didn’t realize is that the job search is broken, on every single level.
Job Seekers are broken because they don’t understand, and many times don’t want to understand, the process. They just want the freaking job! The problem with not understanding the process is that they then do things that seem to make sense, but really don’t.
The Recruiting world is broken. Just head over to recruiting blogs to learn about all of their issues and topics they talk about. I’d call it a mature industry, but they struggle with so many things it is clear there are still many wrinkles to iron out. And, ask any job seeker what they think of recruiters – it usually isn’t good for two reasons:
The job seeker doesn’t understand the role of a recruiter in their job search, andThe recruiter has no time to follow-up with unpromising candidates, leaving them hanging, not providing even a sentence of counseling/coaching/encouragement/feedback.HR is broken. Why do you think every job counselor in the country says “AVOID HR!” They are a mess. I’ve worked with them, and I know they have many issues. Many times they don’t have a seat on the executive committee, and aren’t involved with strategy. They are disregarded by the strategic thinkers, and are left to do a very, very important role without being properly funded, or empowered. Also, just how much influence do they have in a hiring process? Either way too much, without the right tools, or way too little, when hiring managers go around them.
The process hiring managers follow is broken, especially evidenced when they hire based on emotional input rather than seeking out the best candidate. Their A-player employee strongly recommends someone? Go with that, instead of equally weighing out all of the strongest candidates! Yeah, that will last.
Job boards are broken. Typically, they don’t care about the job seeker, or the job search process. Job seekers are transient users who pay nothing (leeches, maybe?). They care about whoever at the hiring company is going to pay to have a job posting put up. That’s why on some job boards you get contacted by “opportunities” that have NOTHING to do with what you have on your resume.
What else… there are other aspects of the whole process of what is broken.
What does this mean?
There is PAIN for job seekers (and for everyone else involved in the hiring process). Some of it is very deep, personal pain. Other pain is just work frustration.
There are OPPORTUNITIES to fix various parts of the puzzle. I’ve seen people/companies come along that will fix a very specific issue, without really affecting the big picture, and I’ve seen people/companies try to fix the entire puzzle (which is really too big a problem to fix, imo).
Are you going to focus on the PAIN or the OPPORTUNITIES?
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