Deborah
is lack of interview opportunities due to the current economic climate or my own skills
I had five high-profile job interviews in December and in January to present
just one okay so a couple things I uh I number one I don't love that you're you're
having issues with getting interviews but I do love the question and okay
first thing that I say to anybody I'm doing a one-on-one coaching session with if they said
to me Andy it's Deborah great really looking forward to this I'm not getting I'm not getting
job opportunities the first place I look is are you being consistent in the way in which you're
reaching out to employers so I've mentioned the job search challenge a couple times and
I very briefly went through that it's a level of consistency where day in and day out you
are reaching out and basically creating three new opportunities for yourself if you want more on the
job search challenge I have a a 30 minute version on my YouTube channel which is free or I have a
seven module premium program with everything in it with all that all the instructions all
the tools all the templates all the challenges everything and how to overcome them scripts and
you name it uh and that is sold separately for 500 bucks or uh you can get it as a free gift if you
join my job search coaching program now back to Deborah's question first thing is are you
being consistent usually usually a lack of job interviews is a function of lack of consistency
that's the single greatest reason second thing I would say is are you actually targeting
the right kind of people now what you didn't mention and I don't know I don't know this to be
the case those those opportunities that you had in December and in January I don't know how they came
to you meaning uh did some recruiter reach out or an exact reach out or did you submit your resume
into the applicant tracking system and you gotta you got an interview December and January are
premium Prime Time hiring months that doesn't mean that people don't hire in April and lots of people
are getting lots of interviews right now so number one it's a function of consistency number two
if it if you are waiting for somebody to call you that's not that does not count you're not
doing anything I don't know that that's the case but I'm just saying just in case that's the case
next thing is if you're reaching out to bosses uh are do you have the requisite skills that
they need do you have a good resume that shows that are are your messages thoughtful so then
there's there's not only are you being consistent then it becomes a function of are you targeting
the right individuals if you're going to tell me well I'm submitting my resume into the applicant
tracking system I'm going to tell you that counts zero in terms of whether I think anything about
your applications meaning you could be the most qualified perfect candidate uh for a job and you
still have a minuscule chance of being seen let alone getting an interview so yes I understand
that some of you will get your jobs that way but to me that doesn't even count and I would totally
dismiss it the next thing I would go on to is all right are you actually shooting for the right kind
of roles so not only are are you targeting the right kind of boss but are you actually targeting
companies and positions that that you are equipped to handle so I have situations where a career
changer will say to me well I'm trying a boss hunt and it's not working well of course it's
not working because you don't have the skills that a boss needs so I start to look through
these different um I kind of peel the onion to see where the issue ultimately ultimately lies
to give you the super short answer uh companies are still hiring like crazy they are and I know
this because I see it every day and I'm coaching people who have gobs of interviews the guy last
night five interviews right now all for he's an ESG by the way ESG the most popular job being
recruited for and hired for in our nation right now so why because we're all on this kick right
for for ESG related stuff and the environment is important and social justice is important
and diversity is important so companies are trying to make a strong push to do that but so
too are they hiring engineers and sales people and marketing people and project managers and and all
that good stuff too so the the the the market itself is still very healthy there are still
a huge gap of of of of positions people to fill the positions that are open so I think
the the issue lies somewhere in the mechanics of what you're doing and then it becomes a matter
of of troubleshooting it for anybody who is in the job search coaching program check the job
search challenge the uh the fifth video the fifth session is the troubleshooting session
uh Deborah I would definitely recommend if you haven't seen it check out the job
search challenge playlist the free one on my YouTube channel there's a base mechanics
one and then there's an advanced tactics one they reach about a half an hour I hope that
helps uh and that's a that's a great question because it can be it can be very very confusing