It typically takes up to 8 months or more for a leader to find a new job.
For most people, it takes that long because of these two major reasons:
The first major reason is that most resumes are ineffective.
They’re ineffective because job hunters don’t understand the purpose of a resume and design them wrong.
If you’re not getting job interviews, then your resume is ineffective.
We’re not talking about listing more skills.
We’re not talking about adding more keywords.
And we’re not talking about leveraging AI.
The second major reason has to do with an incredible eye-opening fact.
Here it is…
Only 20-30% of all jobs are advertised!
That’s right… only 20-30%. (Feel free to confirm this with an internet search.)
And there are several significant implications to this:
> If your job search is limited to the 30% that show up on job boards, then you miss being considered for the other 70%.
> If your search only consists of responding to posted jobs, then you end up competing with potentially 100’s of other applicants.
> If you tap into the remaining 70% of available jobs, not only are your options greater, but you’re generally only competing with 1 or 2 other candidates for the position.