Happy Friday, job seekers! Hope you had an awesome week! Before we wrap up, let’s reflect on the week! Please share: 1. One win from this week’s job search 2. One area to improve for next week 3. One thing you’re looking forward to this weekend Let’s inspire each other—celebrate the wins, reflect on the lessons, and recharge for next week. 💪 What’s your win this week?

Welcome to the ClearCareer Job Search Network! This group is designed for you to take action and grow together. Here’s how you can get the most out of your experience here: 1. Be active – engage with others and ask for help. 2. Give, give, give, then ask – share opportunities, offer feedback, and connect with each other. The real strength of this group comes from the power of collaboration. Wondering how to contribute? Here are some ways you can help others: - Connect 1:1 with group members - Share feedback and opportunities - Mock interview each other - Add each other on LinkedIn - Like, comment on LinkedIn posts - Celebrate wins and support with challenges ▶️ Coming up next: Tomorrow, I’ll share how to submit your resume to get some direct video feedback from me which will be posted only internally under the “Video Feedback” tab of the community to help the entire group! 🎁 Plus, I’ll be adding incentives (prizes, gift cards, etc.) rewarding community members every week and every month with gift cards and incentives to encourage engagement, networking, and community support. 📈I’m excited to see how this community grows! (The last time I did this over Facebook in 2016, the community grew to 900 members within just a few months!). *** Let’s kick things off! 🚀🚀🚀 Take a moment to introduce yourself below! - Who are you? - Where are you located? - What roles are you looking for? - What’s a quirky fact about you? I’ll go first!

Hi friends, 🖐️ I missed the call this week because I'm juggling two different positions/interviews. You know, I was trying so hard to land my new job at Stanford University, but it's the San Jose State University that opened their doors to me. I passed the first round of interviews with a panel. I did not prepare as much, to be honest. I have no evidence that over preparing leads to job offer. One thing that may have helped me is the fact that the person in the role retired and they spoke highly of her. Perhaps they were more open to someone more "mature" replacing her. Let's face it, bias is unconscious. I can see how bias would lead a team or manager to replace the worker with a similar profile, right? For this one, I would be working with the Dean of the school of business executing their events. I was happily surprised when one of the panelists mentioned my portfolio. I thanked him and asked if he thought it was too much. He didn't think so. He said it was enough to get a glimpse at my work and my style. I will be speaking about the work samples in my next round. 👉 Check out the kindness in the initial email I received: The hiring committee had gone through close to a hundred resumes. We have narrowed down the list significantly and we are happy to reach out to you as your resume stood out. I want to know if you are available for an online panel interview on March 24, Monday or Tuesday, March 25. This is the first step of the interview process. Then, I passed the HR interview and spoke to a VP of Sales and Marketing last Friday about a position in Pittsburgh. It went well because he spoke of next steps. But the reality is that I've had interviews end like that and then I got the rejection email. They would also be inviting me to join them in person in the next round. For this one, I'd be a field marketing specialist also managing events but also traveling to meet distributors to support their marketing efforts. Lots of travel with this one. The job description was huge and looked like 4-5 roles rolled up into one. But I got clarification on the priorities which brought me great relief. Although the JD had a lot of bullet points, I would just be an advisor or a cross-function associate to those teams. It just goest to show you that a great part of the problem is that so many job descriptions are poorly written. Job seekers would all be better served if interviews started with review of the job itself to set the expectations right for both parties.