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1 day agoThe 5 Stages of Career Growth - and What It Takes to Reach the Next One
Advancing your career requires evolving visibility, trust, and influence, not just improving performance.
I can tell an AI-generated resume from a mile away and it's not getting the interview. I'm looking for something that shows me the candidate knows their story but doesn't need five pages to convey it. Recruiters are quickly skimming to know your key practice areas, career level, the job titles you've held, notable companies and law firms you've worked for, and your key achievements.
Headhunters? More like breadhunters: On top of career coaching and résumé building, reverse-recruiting agencies often take the keys and apply to dozens of jobs on an applicant's behalf. In exchange, these startups can charge monthly fees north of $1,000 and/or take a cut of their clients' salaries once they find a job, per WSJ. A conventional recruiter told WSJ that he's somewhat uneasy about people handing reverse recruiters their LinkedIn or Workday logins, as well as the idea of charging job seekers.
Prior to her role at Tumblr, Simonian was vice-president of branded music for Nielsen Entertainment and, earlier, inaugural head of Twitter Music. She has additionally held roles at Disney and Hot Topic, where she created multi-platform activations for music film and product initiatives.
Managers saw the company's engineers getting more done with the technology, so they needed to ensure new hires could do the same. "We just flipped the script and went, 'OK, we're going to invite you to use AI,'" Brendan Humphreys, Canva's chief technology officer, told Business Insider. The result, he said, has been stronger hires better equipped to wield powerful AI tools to help write code and solve problems.
How can you drive value through this technology? Does deployment mean you need to look at your processes and business model? What is AI going to cost? What benefits will you create? How do you make sure you're making the right choices and decisions?