How to proactively prepare for your next role

Regardless of your current position, a little remedial basic training never hurts. By which I mean things like: ▪ Forming your professional brand,unique value proposition, and weaving them into your documents in such a way that has recruiters and hiring managers scrambling to call you. ▪ Learning how to construct your resume summary, employment, education, and skills sections of your resume plus taking advantage of keyword optimization so recruiters can easily find and see that you're the man or woman for the job. ▪Taking time to understand the ins and outs of LinkedIn so that you're never dependent on third-party recruiters and job boards ever again (should you find yourself on the job hunt, understanding how to take full advantage of LinkedIn can double, even triple, your job leads). These are three things you can start doing today to dramatically reduce your job search time, learn more about the “other side” of the hiring world, and get a huge leg up on your competition. If you've already invested time, energy, even money into proactively improving your job search skillset, fantastic! You're ahead of the vast, vast majority.