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The Resume Black Hole: Why the ATS Buries Your Resume

The Resume Black Hole: Why the ATS Buries Your Resume

You found a job that fit. You spent an evening on the application, hit Submit, and got the automatic email thanking you for your interest. Then nothing....

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Should I Go In-House? The Questions I Ask Every Attorney Who's Considering It

Should I Go In-House? The Questions I Ask Every Attorney Who's Considering It

"I think I want to go in-house." I hear this almost every week, usually from an attorney four to seven years into practice, usually said a little quietly...

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Fired Without Notice? The Career Records to Keep Before That Day Comes

Fired Without Notice? The Career Records to Keep Before That Day Comes

A client of mine, an attorney, sent me a note recently that stopped me in my tracks. We were building her resume, and I had asked for the formal titles of...

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Becoming AI Native in Your Industry: Why This Feels Like 1998 All Over Again

Becoming AI Native in Your Industry: Why This Feels Like 1998 All Over Again

I have been a career counselor for 25 years — long enough to remember when "Proficient in Internet" showed up on resumes as a real skill. Clients asked me...

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What Do I Say About the Gap on My Resume?

What Do I Say About the Gap on My Resume?

The question almost always comes at the end of a discovery call, and almost always in a slightly lower voice. "There's a gap. What do I say about it?"...

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Should You Pay a 'Reverse Recruiter' to Apply to Jobs for You?

Should You Pay a 'Reverse Recruiter' to Apply to Jobs for You?

A client forwarded me a sales page last week with one line above it: "Is this a scam?" The page offered to apply to jobs for her. Fifteen hundred dollars...

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How to Protect Your Mental Health During a Long Job Search

How to Protect Your Mental Health During a Long Job Search

A client apologized to me last week before she'd said anything else. "I'm sorry, I know I should be handling this better." She'd been searching since...

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Why Every Job Posting Suddenly Says On-Site (And What to Do About It)

Why Every Job Posting Suddenly Says On-Site (And What to Do About It)

A client said something to me last week that I've now heard four times this month. She's been searching since spring. Strong background, good track...

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The September Surge Is Here — Here's How to Tell Which Jobs Are Real

The September Surge Is Here — Here's How to Tell Which Jobs Are Real

Every August, I have some version of this conversation. Someone tells me they applied to sixty, eighty, a hundred jobs over the summer. Tailored the...

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I Was a Legal Recruiter. Here's What I Actually Looked For in an Attorney Resume.

I Was a Legal Recruiter. Here's What I Actually Looked For in an Attorney Resume.

An attorney called me this week. Sharp, well-credentialed, a decade of solid work behind him — and a resume that read like a docket sheet. Drafted...

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Your Next Interviewer Might Not Be Human (Here's How to Ace It Anyway)

Your Next Interviewer Might Not Be Human (Here's How to Ace It Anyway)

A client called me last week, a little rattled. She'd just finished a screening interview for a role she really wanted. The interviewer was warm, asked...

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Your Resume Isn't Being Rejected. It's Being Ranked.

Your Resume Isn't Being Rejected. It's Being Ranked.

A client asked me something last week that I hear in almost every first conversation: "Mindy, did my resume even get seen?" She'd applied to fourteen...

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