In today’s job market, fewer roles are getting posted, and more people are applying for every job. Here’s how to separate yourself from the pack.
Over the course of my career as an executive at Google, Yahoo, and Meta, and now as founder and CEO of my own firm, I’ve hired thousands of people. Across all those roles, one thing has stayed consistent: the applications that stand out are the ones that go beyond simply checking the boxes. In today’s job market, with a challenging economy and the rise of AI, fewer jobs are getting posted, and more people are applying for every job. So it’s all the more important to take the steps that will make your application stand out.
Last year, we opened a chief of staff role at my company. Within days, we received more than 800 applications. My team and I read through every one of them.
Three stood out immediately. It wasn’t because the applicants held that exact title before or came from the most well-known companies: it was because they did something extra.
One submitted a deck outlining how they would approach the role. Another sent a short video of themselves walking through a presentation they’d created. The third added a “User Manual,” a tool some organizations use to help teammates understand how to work together (and one our company uses, too). Each of the three caught my eye not just because they went beyond what we had asked for, but also because they used language and terms unique to our company that showed they understood and cared about how we operate.
Read the complete Fast Company article BYÂ Jennifer Dulski: https://www.fastcompany.com/91338561/how-to-stand-out-in-job-search-according-to-google-meta
