{"id":1053,"date":"2016-08-10T15:00:25","date_gmt":"2016-08-10T15:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cn7w3i4565-staging.onrocket.site\/?p=1053"},"modified":"2017-06-27T14:30:54","modified_gmt":"2017-06-27T14:30:54","slug":"resume-hacks-for-experienced-job-seekers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/resume-hacks-for-experienced-job-seekers\/","title":{"rendered":"Resume Hacks for Experienced Job Seekers"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are\u00a0many experienced professionals who have succeeded\u00a0for years and\u00a0years in the job market without needing an up-to-date resume until now. They have decades of valuable experience over many of the young graduate and novice job seekers, but unfortunately for them\u00a0the nature of the job market has changed considerably and so has acceptable expectations\u00a0for resumes. Experienced job seekers have to embrace a new mindset when it comes to resumes.\u00a0Here are the biggest resume hurdles 50+ year job seekers have to tackle and HOW!<\/p>\n

Jack Of All Trades, Master Of None Advantage\"Experienced<\/a><\/h3>\n

No more than a decade ago it was better to position yourself as a generalist than a specialist. This can be a difficult hurdle for experienced job seekers to grapple. In little over a decade ago, managers were expected to wear a number\u00a0of different hats, from understanding financial implications, advising in marketing and lending a hand in business development. Jack of all trades, master of none was considered a competitive advantage.<\/p>\n

These candidates would not be so lucky today.<\/p>\n

The Dawn\u00a0Of The Specialist<\/h3>\n

In todays market the job search process is far more specific. Employers are looking to fill\u00a0a uniquely-shaped hole with the closest-fitting peg. This process is more arduous than before with more rounds of interviews and more people to impress. The experienced job seeker needs to reassess their value proposition and<\/span>\u00a0create a resume that portrays you as a\u00a0specialist in one particular subject matter.<\/p>\n

The Buyer\u2019s Market Analogy\"Experienced<\/a><\/h3>\n

The employment market today is not unlike the housing market analogy. When it is a seller\u2019s market, homeowners can offer their property for sale without any improvements, regardless of location and there will always be a buyer willing to purchase. This is the\u00a0job market of\u00a0the past.\u00a0However, in a buyer\u2019s market the owner has to renovate the house from top to bottom, hire the best agent, price it perfectly to attract a buyer. Experienced job seekers need to think of their resume as a buyer’s market brochure. How can you position yourself perfectly for the role.<\/p>\n

The New Mindset<\/h2>\n

Experienced job seekers need to embrace the new mindset that quantifiable results are more impressive than a variety of skills. Prove that you have the specific skills needed to get the job done!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There are\u00a0many experienced professionals who have succeeded\u00a0for years and\u00a0years in the job market without needing an up-to-date resume until now. They have decades of valuable experience over many of the young graduate and novice job seekers, but unfortunately for them\u00a0the nature of the job market has changed considerably and so has acceptable expectations\u00a0for resumes. Experienced Continued \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[185,75],"tags":[363,364,362,367,256,365,366],"class_list":["post-1053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-resume","category-tips","tag-50-years","tag-buyers-market","tag-experienced-job-seekers","tag-jack-of-all-trades","tag-resume","tag-sellers-market","tag-specialist"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1053\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}