In this section we're going to be discussing about medium and medium is nothing more than what method of communication Am I using to deliver this said resume or this curriculum, a tie or this coupler. Your medium could be LinkedIn, it could be DNS, it could be social media, it could be indeed.com. It could be monster.com. Whatever it is that you're looking for, even if you're using a recruiter, a staffing agency, or some sort of employment service, you need to ask yourself is what am I going to use with this resume? To get to set employer What am I using, and virtually it's all the same thing. If you go through an employment agency, or recruiting agency, you already know what the recruiter is trying to do, because they get paid on a contingency fee.

If you decide to go solo, which I highly recommend. You will be able to pretty much take out what you want to do as opposed What the recruiters trying to do for you because in some cases and unethical cases, some recruiters try to put people who are not made for that position. And also the recruiter does a lot of work for you. So you have to ask yourself, where is it that you're trying to take yourself? But going from there, the next thing that you also want to know is where do you want to go? What is what is your best best method of getting your resume out there getting your portfolio out there?

Some people like to use Upwork, Guru Fiverr some, some people are freelancers, that's perfectly fine. If you're looking for a salary job and you're trying to go indeed or monster or zip jobs, zip recruiter, whatever the case may be, you do have to ensure that you have everything intact, your cover letter, your resume and which we'll go over with that. The medium doesn't matter how ever you apply, it doesn't matter. You still need to have the same mindset. You still need to have the mentality of you know, you're going to get rejected and it's perfectly okay. What you need to know is if you're using any kind of virtual service, and this is where things get very complex, before you even start crafting your resume is something called an 80 s an applicant tracking system.

Applicant tracking system is nothing more than the search engine optimization for potential candidates for position so kind of to break things down. If I'm a business manager, and I do accounts receivable, accounts payable operations, logistics, I want to put certain keywords in my resume. So when I submit it through a virtual employments Solution Center like monster or indeed or zip recruiter, that the funnel will allow me to put my resume out there as a potential candidate. And the way it's broken up is you know, you submit a resume and then the resume goes through a funnel and then it tries to extract keywords and then it shows up on the recruiters desk or hi managed as of potential candidates. percentage most of the time and they'll say this candidate is 80% qualified for this position. That is kind of one of the things I want you to think about.

A lot of people don't think about that. But again, it's called an applicant tracking system if you're using indeed. Now, if you're using maybe DMS or LinkedIn, that's perfectly fine, but you don't want to come off as needing sales and dating and getting a job. They're all the same thing. Whenever you approach a person in just a random stranger, that person doesn't know how jacked up your life is. So when I approach a recruiter, that recruiter doesn't know how many rejections I've been through, they don't know that they just know how high value I am.

I am in that moment. That's the mentality you want to have. So if you're going to be outreaching, direct and try to get that don't come off as desperate especially If you've gone to 200 rejections, that recruiter is literally eyeballing you front to back. If you're reaching out dm or in person, it doesn't matter. Don't ever come off as desperate. If you ever have a desperate person come up to you and I want you to think of the recruiter shoes of the employer shoes.

Hey begged me for this job. I beg of you, I need it. I'm going broke. That really doesn't sound like you have sustainability. It really doesn't sound like you have power. But if you come in, like, excuse me, I see your vacancy.

Are you still looking for somebody in this position? Here's my resume. I am confident in my skills, knowledge and abilities to be able to perform at this position efficiently. That's the kind of mentality that you want to have. There's a big difference. So understand, whatever medium that you use, whether it's a person or whether it's a funnel, or a applicant tracking system, like indeed monster zip recruiter, it doesn't matter.

You just have to ensure that if you're doing Person A person, you come off as high value. If you're using some sort of employment solution online, we have to ensure to have power verbs and key words and and the right phrases in there so that your resume beats the photo and gets into the hands of a recruiter. Let's go ahead and dive into the next session.