One thing about unemployment is that it makes you feel as if your previous work experience means nothing.

"You probably won't get screened for a job you don't have relevant experience for." Ah yes, also known as "the job I took out of college because I was trying to avoid homelessness and starving has now determined what I'm allowed to do for the rest of my life" effect.

I had to stop tracking job applications so closely. I found that tracking the rejections was really wearing on my mental health.

I recently got a job offer; they’re paying me the max, I have followed you for months, thank you so much!

I just wing it. most modern companies dont deserve any more respect than that. people taking crap from companies just makes companies treat them worse.

1 optimize resume to comply with ATS 2 have multiple resumes 3 narrow down to a few job boards 4 apply less to spend time networking on linkedin and apply only for jobs you're qualified for 5 create templates 6 use efficiency tools 7 set up alerts

I'd much rather go to the dentist!

The dark side of this process is the flippant attitude to time wasting the Hiring Manager is comfortable putting applicants through due to vague listings and the low level of privacy commitment for submitted documents.

Panic Applying. Wow, that's what I've always done and I end up getting work I hate and then quit ASAP. It's important for me now to take a job I am a good fit for and will stay at.

Finding a job is way too complicated these days.

"So, Why do you want to work for us?" ....sigh

It surprisingly took me only two months (3 weeks for background check) to find a good job after getting laid off. Thank you Bryan for your free videos here and dream catcher course

I wish I could just work part-time. I feel like my mental health would be so much better. In a dark place right now with my job/situation. Finding it harder and harder to go in everyday, especially in light of news of my company laying off a bunch of people and now expecting us to pick up all the slack. So yes, I’m panic applying right now.

Hello Brian, I was glad to hear you mention 'panic applying'. I never thought about it that way but thinking back that's probably how I went about applying for jobs most of the time. Most of my job searching experiences have left me anxious and stressed. My mental health suffered greatly for it

Panic applying!!!!! Totally!!!!!! Thank you. That is what I’ve been doing!! I’ve applied for 100 jobs had 1 call back.

Best wishes to everyone watching this ✊

Really glad I watched this. The advice my university and another coach gave me was the polar opposite of this! No wonder things aren't working.

Yes I have a disability, so finding something suitable, capable doing, matches my skills, matches what the employer are looking for

This content is so top notch. I am surprised he doesn’t have more subscribers especially in this market.

This is excellent information. The "panic applying" advice is great advice.

By listening to your suggestion, I didn't realize myself and blamed myself for wasting an endless search by sending my resume. Thank you for helping and making me a better version of myself.

When my Grandad had a small company, he just used one job board and this was back in 2005.

Resume works if you have the right experience and tenure in positions. But most people (90%+) do not.

Nice job. I spent27-years in global retained search. There are so many "experts" offering advice, huckerstering templates, etc and they do more harm than good.

This is great info, thanks!

Thanks Brian from the life after layoff.

Used to be 2 rounds of interview, 1 week max, now it's 5 rounds, few months?

Cold outreach with video introduction - to the RIGHT people.

Thanks for your information!

I knew I should have learned to play drums. I'd rather be a broke musician living out of a van than a broke...whatever you want to call this existence.

I unfortunately might be looking for a new job myself, now. I missed the message from earlier in the month, but my office is now moving to a hybrid status and that's not what I signed up for. The job though has a LOT of benefits I've never had before, or not to this extent, so the hunt is going to be hard. I did get a text for a job this morning that pays quite a bit better, but they've not responded back yet and I still need to see if they can match all of the perks my current job has (along with the details of the job. More pay is great, but not if the job is going to be a soul-suck). Either way, I'm not excited for my co-workers and bosses to see how introverted and reclusive I am, lol. Online communication allowed me to sound more social than I really am. Introverts aren't easily considered for promotions or raises.

How about tips for someone who has had the same job for 20 years and then post covid, can't do that job any longer and has to make a career change?

Im curious your thoughts on blue collar open interviews / hiring events. You bypass the ATS and get in front of a person. But the competition is fierce and you wait a long time for a very quick interview.

It really sucks that we live in a world today where us employees and workers bring the company the most value, yet, we are constantly the ones who have to go through years of school, often accepting minimum wage pay the entire way through, just to get a degree that may or may not be valued by some employer when we have to continuously go out of our way to prove our worth to. It should be the other way around. Employers should be coming to us, I know they have career fair events and stuff, but it's not enough. There shouldn't be a lot of people graduating with STEM degrees without any jobs lined up.

I’m so overwhelmed with job searching right now 😞

Thanks for these ideas.

WOW THANKS! IM CURED!

How are you ever supposed to get into something new you want to get into if experience is required for everything

How about a video on how to get real recruiters on linkedin to contact you instead of one million guys in india that have zero affiliation with any agency that these companies actually work with?

Amazing channel

Competing to pay rent. Just kill me wtf

most decent jobs aren't interested in CVs, they want you to complete their own online forms. so, you put all that hardworking into CV and job site transfers you tot he corporate site where you have to start from scratch.

I like in the idea of using an Excel spreadsheet to note where I am in the hiring process. Documenting on paper is good too, but it takes a lot of paper.

Great advice

What about an old guy who had the carpet pulled out from his feet at 60, and who's two previous careers (40+ years combined) now seem obsolete? I hadn't been jobless since 1987. Most of your information seems to be directed toward younger folks who are in the generation to switch jobs every few years.

Super helpful!!!!

“It ranks up there with going to the dentist”. More like “it ranks up there with dead man walking to the electric chair”.

yes great tips , what about those in a career transition since covid what they did before they can no longer do and thats all you have on a resume what you did for all those years in one area and no current skills in computers . Also I find it had to come up with titles for job postions just to put them in on indeed, and what you can actually qualify for

I going to keep looking for jobs where my skills transfer. My field is low paying and has no work life balance. Hopefully I can combine my Hospitality with another hospitality/ something job.

Question for you about using job boards... how do you target corporate recruiters (full-time employers) and avoid staff augmentation recruiters (for contractors) when you post your resume on a job board ?

Basically this guy is suggesting that you bend over hard for companies and hope they will even look at your resume. In the job market now I dont think actual skills play as big a part as nepotism and knowing someone within a company and getting areferral. I know a guy in the tech industry that has over a dozen high level current certifications, Masters Degree and still cant find a job. Meanwhile he checked on positions that were open and found out they were filled by some beginner , but the beginner knew someone. All his skills are going to waste. Its sad to see this take place. Companies need to stop playing around and start hiring based on merit and ability and stop giving jobs to their friends who dont know a damn thing.

This is the situation of a friend of mine ( 2 Oxford university masters degrees in STEM ( Mathematics and Economics) ) for a position: 1. Written test ( general) 2. Second written test ( specific) 3. Introduction interview 4. Follow up interview with HR ( low level) 5. New interview with HR ( actual HR manager) 6. another written test 7. another interview with HR, COO and CEO. then he didnt hear from them for 1 month which turned into 3 and no responses to his 15 emails he sent in that time. He moved out of the west and went to Chile, where he owns now a bunch of companies and is a professor at the top university there. Then out of the blue the jackasses i wrote above suddenly responded ( 5 years after the initial written test). He told them to fck off and pound sand

Interesting tips.

Apparently one resume is NOT a one size fits all. Now I just gotta tailor it accordingly to the job description that shows. Thanks for the tips!!!! 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

Shame you have to have plantation experience in order to work on another, it shouldn’t be that difficult to be a slave!

Fast doesn't come cheap or high quality.

Thanks!

B. Time eff. practical advice. Keep it up sir.

I was recently laid off as a new grad. I've been applying for a month with very few screenings. Thank you for your information and I will not start optimizing my resume and target jobs that matches my experience(even though most entry-level jobs now require 5+ years of experience). Still, it is rough. I never felt so hopeless in my life...

Mfs out here about to blow their brains out because they can’t find work but ranks up with “going to the dentist”

Thanks a lot for such informative videos. Request your advice on getting back into workforce after 2+ years of career gap due to medical emergency at home. I couldn't upskill myself during this period as most of the time was spent on taking care of my ailing mother. Since situation is settled now and I am ready to join workforce but it seems to be a dead end as no reply from companies despite of multiple applications having ATS friendly Resume'. I left my last job as an AVP-Finance and would like to restart with same level or a level below at least. Can you please help me in such situation by sharing your suggestions? Thanks!

Just a little bit different in my field of work, but as an electrcian, it takes a heartbeat to find new work/job LMAO XD

Great Commercial.

I don't have a job, not even a part time job experience. Will I still benefit from using the advice listed in this video?

I LOVE Grammarly!

An excellent - if extremely frustrating - point on the need for an exact or near exact skills match when job searching. Something that I hear constantly from folks - trying to be helpful - who have not been unemployed lately is, "Apply anyway, even if you don't meet all the qualifications." Folks, that may have been viable advice 5 years ago, but these days it's a waste of everyone's time. In biotech, for instance, there was a time when you could become a project or program manager with a PMP and tangential tech or clinical experience. Now, if you don't have a PhD and bench experience in the field, you will likely be eliminated immediately. Hiring managers want people who can plug and play from day one. Unfortunately that leaves many of us as slaves to what may be very niche experience.

Love the content! Curious to ask… what makes your course material better or what separates your courses from Andrew Lacivita’s? I’m not asking for stone throws or to create a recruiter rivalry, as I appreciate his and your respective content as I’ve learned a lot in a short period of time. I’m just wondering how you might tip the scales for me to purchase your material instead of his. 😊

I've been through so many toxic work environments, I set boundaries now, I demand be treated like a human being - I don't take corporate rudeness personally any more.

You need to bring back the timestamps!

I dont understand, ive been laid off since covid (2020). And i need to bounce back in a new endeavor, but i want to continue in the automotive field ( i worked previously in the aerospace industry), how do i switch ?

All of these job seeker help videos need to start with a clear disclaimer that if you have serious skills gaps (but actually "certifications"), you aren't the one the video is for. There's nothing these videos can do for you until you find a way to gain those skills.

What do you do if you don't have any experience in the field you're applying to?

Im 18 and about too graduate its tough finding a job still being in highschool

any advice for follow up emails after applying and or interviewing?

That part about not having enough experience for a job..so how do you explain one of my friends getting a job he had no experience for with a huge salary and benefits? Either he lied about getting that job or some companies don't care about the lack of experience and are more interested in your skills/attitude/personality.

Optimize your resume = lie your ass off, and/or at least a little bit/somewhat on said resume(s)👍

Also panic applying! Hell, i even applied for an auto tech position at Valvoline! In deep financial destitution!

I am terrified right now without a job, it has been six months

I am a stay at home mom for the last six years- only have some e-commerce experience, please suggest a hat jobs should I apply for

Erica Williams 1 second ago Hi Brian, thank you for the tips and all of this sounds good in theory. HOWEVER, I am faithfully doing all of the suggestions and cannot land a job. I am preparing for interviews, responding to content on LinkedIn, connecting with people on LinkedIn in my career field, PRAYING, following up, not hounding the hiring manger. I have had my resume reviewed, and still nothing! By the way, I work in the HR field, so I don’t know if it’s my name, which clearly identifies my race, or my age. Please advise on this scenario. I don’t want to appear desperate, but sadly I am. The constant rejection is too much for me. I have even taken a chance and asked for feedback following interviews, which I cannot get for legal reasons.

But what if your resume is all retail management for last 6yrs? How can I optimize it if I want to transition into business office roles? I am having no luck..its been one month since I lost my job.

I'm on unemployment pay right now that only barely pays the rent. I have however decided against "panic-applying". Yes, I am constantly taking money from my savings account to be able to live and eat healthy, but I also don't want to apply for a job I really don't want. I *have* to apply for a certain amount of jobs per month per the unemployment agency, but I customize my résumé for each, and really try to stand out. So far no luck and some ghosting by companies, but I try to stay positive. Maybe one day...

Why should we get into the workforce very soon? Why can't we take a break?

Hi, Brian. I have resigned from a bank. But I plan to change to a different industry after 10 years with a bank. But so far, I have no luck in getting interview invitation from different industries such as healthcare or eTravel industry despite I applied for the jobs that i have relevant experience from the most recent role that i played. Brian, could you help in enlightening? ❤

We need to push congress to make these companies who have massive corporate coffers that lay people off to boost their stock to be held accountable. I want everyone reading this to write their congress man/woman for mandatory 5 year severance packages for any company that did not have to lay off and it's paid out of the billions in corporate coffers. Similarly how if you file bankruptcy you can't have a bunch of assets, they must be sold, yet corporations can use corporate greed and sit on billions and lay workers off to boost stock. Write your congressman today and tell them you want corporate reparations and mandatory 5 year severance packages for solvent companies that lay off for no needed reason except greed and numbers.

I’m looking for a job in the banking industry. I have 20 years experience as a Santander employee. Got laid off in November 2023 due to “structural changes”.

Man this sucks I only worked 2 jobs all my life got laid off from them both after decades as a hard working American so my resume is not the greatest an I don't wanna lie with job experience I'm very smart can learn fast im computer literate but I'm not college educated just a high school diploma because I worked mostly all my life cause I had too sadly I had no time my only choice at this point is dead end jobs through indeed an other job apps an local agencies or try an get a degree an hope I don't go homeless in the process

FYI, many of the links in the description are broken.

Suppose I need to make money quickly and I just need a job to survive, rather than a career type job. What do I do?

Does this still apply to people with basically zero experience?

I dont like searching for job its been a yr gap i quit my job and feeling low😢 i cant concentrate on skill dvelopment anyone facing this😢

Relying on someone else to give me a job is getting old

im looking for my first job everyone ignores me i made a human interface device. a web scraper, balistic computer and now im working with local private AI. im trying to get hired by a computer store

For me, a gmail address is an automatic disqualifier.

I’m trying desperately to escape the restaurant/customer service industry. Looking for jobs is making me feel so useless outside of a kitchen.

Going to the dentist is not that bad!

I love technology and how it makes our life easier. However, I will not thank the person who came up with this ATS system. When you say tailoring the CV, do you mean basically copying and pasting the wording used in the job description?

Finding a job is like going to the dentist? Next video!

Multiple resumes strategy is old school. Nowdays the resumes should align completely with the linkedin profile otherwise you are inflicting an unnecessary self harm.

I think all the recruiters are resorting to head hunting tactics rather then doing some actual HR work