Why Resumes Aren't a Good Use of Time

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Angela: It's a really good question and we do hear all that often. But if you are using your resume as the thing that helps you switch, what that's doing it is putting you into a pool of other candidates. We spend so much of our energy obsessing on getting the resume to match this job description. The other side of the coin is the proactive side, which is where we talk about building relationships.

When it comes to finding meaningful work, relationships are in & resumes are out! Turns out if you’re looking to make a change to more fulfilling work, your paper resume is actually pretty irrelevant in the career change process. Aligning your experience with a new role or a new industry is possible. You can have a meaningful, fulfilling career that pays well, but trolling job boards with your resume isn’t going to make it happen. On this episode, Liz & Ang discuss kickstarting your career change to meaningful work by proactively building relationships… and ditching your resume (just kidding… sort of).

What you’ll learn

Why building relationships will get you farther than your resume
How to align your experience with a new role and pivot your career
How building relationships can help you test drive new career opportunities

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