Job Search Office Hours: Veterans Day Edition
Recorded 1 hr 22 min Free to watch
In This Recording
- 0:00Welcome and agenda
- 4:30Veterans Day resources for job seekers
- 8:00Networking when recruiters don’t respond
- 16:00Career transitions and transferable skills
- 21:30Q&A: LinkedIn connection requests without Premium
- 28:00Q&A: Switching industries in a picky market
- 37:00Q&A: Long interview processes and follow-ups
- 43:30Looking past job titles to find the right role
- 49:00Tailoring your resume to vague job descriptions
- 52:30Resumes and getting past the ATS
- 1:00:30Interview tips: STAR answers and first impressions
- 1:11:00Wrap-up and what’s coming next
About This Session
LAYIQ co-founders Hunter Samuels and John Shepard share Veterans Day resources for job seekers, then cover networking when recruiters don’t respond, changing careers, resumes and applicant tracking systems, long hiring processes, and interview technique, with live questions from attendees throughout.
Hunter Samuels & John Shepard · LAYIQ co-founders
Key Takeaways
- Cold messages to recruiters rarely land. Reconnect with a handful of people you already know, and be specific about the problems and teams you want to work on.
- Keep the resume you submit plain. Applicant tracking systems parse tables, graphics and heavy formatting badly.
- Add measurable results to your bullets, and keep a running record of your accomplishments while you’re still in a role.
- Don’t hand your resume to an AI tool with a vague prompt. Ask it to find the gaps, then fill them in your own words.
- When changing roles or industries, describe what you can do without job titles, then search by those capabilities. Titles mean very different things at different companies.
- Answer interview questions with a short situation, what you did and the result, and aim for a conversation rather than a rehearsed pitch. The first few minutes carry a lot of weight.