hey guys Serg here and today we're going to talk about is the resume dead hey
guys Serg here and today we're talking about is the resume dead and
unfortunately it's not dead yet it's dying a slow slow slow death but it's on
the way out I believe unless the resume gets somehow revamped or someone creates
a new way to have a resume or something like that probably a decent business
idea if anyone is interested in that but the resume we're kind of in this
in-between stage where the resume has become less and less effective but
there's still not something that's a completely better alternative to just
take it out completely so obviously we know that we're going to that place
we're eventually going to I guess not have a resume but we're just not there
yet in the terms that we we haven't had a much better alternative that
everybody's gonna have but where do I think industry is going with the resume
so obviously you know the best way to get a job is to your network and I
talked about this a of times on my channel you've seen the videos if you
want to go back and look I've done a video on best way to get a job in
clinical research and that apply those techniques I discuss apply to other
fields not just clinical research as well so if you haven't watch that go
back and watch that one but what typically happens when you get a job to
a network is they forward your resume onto the hiring manager or recruiter so
still your resume is still getting tossed around and still getting handled
but it's not used as the qualifier for if you're qualified for the job your
friends recommendation on your behalf is what qualifies you for that job
obviously they'll glance through your resume too but the resume is no longer
the entry point for getting jobs as much as it used to be in the past
so obviously network is the best way to get a job but still your resume comes
and comes into hand now in clinical research a lot of you guys may know that
you get hit up by recruiters on LinkedIn and linked in is basically like a
digital resume and it can be better than a resume because you can upload a
project that you've worked on you can upload I mean people's recommendations
are on there people can endorse you for certain skills you can upload examples
of your work so it's better than a resume cuz a resume is just gonna have
you know what you say on there so it's gonna have people that have can verify
that what you are saying is true and also have show you know the potential
employer what you're capable of doing so the resume so LinkedIn is like a
beefed-up version of the resume but still a resume and it's a searchable
platform so recruiters can search LinkedIn and look for the candidates
they want so I know a lot of people especially in clinical research
recruiters aren't hitting them up on a fairly frequent basis like I get
recruiters hitting me up probably once a week if not once every other week so if
you know if a few weeks go by and I haven't been hit up by recruiter that
either means that the following week like for gonna hit me up or you know
something something's wrong that's that's the case that's how I know the
industry is is not doing well if I'm not getting hit up by recruiters so that
definitely matters but you know you the resume is definitely on the downslope
because people just aren't using it for what they used to use it like they back
in the day how they used to use it I described that earlier and you know
they're relying on other ways like for example if you're in the marketing
department of clinical research you're gonna need to know how to make graphics
you're gonna need to how to maybe even edit videos or you
know you know be able to write well so they're gonna want to see examples of
this work so they're gonna want to see that you can make graphics so this is
good maybe you have graphics on your Instagram account or on your LinkedIn
profile maybe you have examples of being able to write on on those like blog
posts or you know memos to the company or whatever for them a public memo memos
how for press releases or whatever marketing and communications and you
know for those jobs necessarily your resume not really may not really come in
handy as much because there's gonna be clear examples of your work that will
help illustrate to the employer better what you're capable of doing than just a
straight-up list of what you've done you know you can show people better than
you can tell people what you're capable of doing now that they believe than that
so is our industries moving in that direction yes especially with the
increase in technology and the easier the weight the way it is to more easily
showing your work and what you're capable of across all these social
networking platforms know if you're interviewing for a tech job obviously
they're gonna want to see what tech you worked on what code you've written
before they hire you and this is just gonna come all the way down all the way
through all of the different you know genres of works all the different spaces
you can be an employee and and of course it's gonna come to clinical research at
some point too they're gonna want to see that you know show your work
rather than just tell your work you know recruiters for a while have been
advocating the use of the pain letter you know right to your hiring manager or
or the recruiter or whatever about what you think is their pain point and how
you can help alleviate that pain point so that's definitely important that
matters and you know that's not a resume really that's more showing analysis that
understand the issue and then you can help solve the issue so that's that's
already moving to a way from the resume so I think we're definitely moving in a
direction that's away from the resume and you know we're already there we see
the writing's on the wall for the resume unless there's some kind of magical
innovation to go along with it but we're already moving away from it you know and
it's it's more of a formality now it's much easier to talk to somebody over
Skype you know you get a somewhat face-to-face interaction and then you
know sit there and read their resume for 30 minutes and you know it's just it's
just better you're only gonna get so much you know recruiters only look at
the resume for 2 to 5 seconds per applicant so they're already not using
it that much I don't know anybody that looks like cover letters comment down
below if you look at cover letters because I don't I don't even when I
submit for a job I don't even include a cover letter even if it's optional and
they have a space for it because there's no way you're reading that if you only
look at my resume for 2 to 5 seconds there's no way you're reading a cover
letter because at least on a resume you can scan for keywords and see for what
and look for what you really want cover letters a lot more text heavy so I don't
even submit a cover letter so if you guys comment down below I'm interested
to see your take on is the resume dead is a dying in your field or from your
point of view clinical research or otherwise and what
do you think is gonna replace it how are how do you think people are gonna look
for jobs in the future what do you think is gonna be I guess the qualifier for if
you're qualified for the job of the future so if you guys have you comments
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