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"The Easy How-To Guide to Formatting Resumes for Applicant Tracking Systems" by Lisa Rangel on LinkedIn. Quick, easy to read explanation of what ATS is, how it works, and how to format a resume for ATS success.

"The Easy How-To Guide to Formatting Resumes for Applicant Tracking Systems" by Lisa Rangel on LinkedIn. Quick, easy to read explanation of what ATS is, how it works, and how to format a resume for ATS success.

Margaret Manning's video interview with John Tarnow on digital tools to use for networking and starting businesses. (17 minutes) shocked at # of people who do not have photos on social media profile including LinkedIn "Transparency is new privacy" "Linkedin is great tool for our generation, Facebook more social, need to fill in LinkedIn profiles to give employers/clients sense of compatibility, affinities" It is also connecting to people they know. How important is blogging? A-It's a process to find what your point of view is. Part of reinvention process is figuring out what we have to say, that others can learn from. Manning did a list of 60 things for younger women to know Being of service to community is key. Subscribe to news feeds, Google alerts on handful of topics that relate to this interest. Go to website, comment, engage with other people to develop your voice, your brand. Purpose of networking--to have fun, to link up with others, looking to start a business--great opportunities on Linkedin, search tools. Act locally, think globally. Define product and market--same old skills we have used forever. only difference today is scale. Twitter is way of getting message out, supporting brand. Outward platform. Social mindset is needed for starting businesses. Live in a sharing economy--software, business development, etc.

Interview with Peter Capelli, Wharton School professor employers want to hire people without having to train or onboard them so they are hiring competitors' employees to reduce start-up time. Also adding more requirements to have work done in 1 job instead of multiple jobs Employers have problem; they are overwhelmed with applicants, many more applicants than jobs. Companies have gutted admin functions, rely heavily on automation. Hard to get software right to get right people through. How can we get software to recognize nuances of candidates? three problems: employers have to focus in on critical requirements; how much is it costing companies to keep position vacant? Realistic expectations for work, for pay (guessing game for applicants), then start worrying about software. self-screening out is answer. Applicants don't get follow-up email responding to application. Can't find the skills I want at the price I want to pay--employers say it is lack of prospective applicants, not what they want as being unreasonable.

"How to Get the Applicant Tracking System to Pick Your Resume" from bigInterview. Good explanation of how ATS work, the history of ATS, why used by more and more employers. Also good easy checklist of tips for resume writing for ATS.

"How to Get the Applicant Tracking System to Pick Your Resume" from bigInterview. Good explanation of how ATS work, the history of ATS, why used by more and more employers. Also good easy checklist of tips for resume writing for ATS.

nice blog by Danielle Holly on engaging employees--in all their new variations of flexible, entrepreneurial, and purpose-driven foci--to volunteer. People need empathy and experience to become truly engaged--people to people.

"Beat the Robots: How to Get Your Resume Past the System & Into Human Hands" from theMuse by Mark Slack and Erik Bowitz. Good, simple 4 step process for optimizing resumes for ATS.

"Beat the Robots: How to Get Your Resume Past the System & Into Human Hands" from theMuse by Mark Slack and Erik Bowitz. Good, simple 4 step process for optimizing resumes for ATS.

Very good article by Tynesia Boyea-Robinson, on how nonprofits can best approach partnerships with forprofit corporations, October 16, 2015.  Ideas for internships, employment pipeline, etc. 

A good article from the 9/4/16 Sunday New York Times by Ashton Applewhite on how ageism impacts positive results int he workplace, and how we are going to need a women's movement" type of social action to combat age segregation and discrimination.

blog post overview on job boards, including specialized job boards by name that operate for specific industries, social networking, how to go about job searching Undercover Recruiter

From undercoverrecruiter.com: Indeed and Monster have more candidates without a college education, Careerbuilder has more candidates with a college education and degrees. Indeed and Monster cater to teenagers, temporary job seekers, those only with a high school education and those freshly out of college. Careerbuilder weeds out some of the less serious applicants and is used more by high-scale employers. Entry-level hiring employers use Monster. For employers, Indeed is cheapest to use, then Monster, with Careerbuilder being the most expensive. Employers still use Careerbuilder because it weeds out unqualified and less serious applicants.

From undercoverrecruiter.com: Indeed and Monster have more candidates without a college education, Careerbuilder has more candidates with a college education and degrees. Indeed and Monster cater to teenagers, temporary job seekers, those only with a high school education and those freshly out of college. Careerbuilder weeds out some of the less serious applicants and is used more by high-scale employers. Entry-level hiring employers use Monster. For employers, Indeed is cheapest to use, then Monster, with Careerbuilder being the most expensive. Employers still use Careerbuilder because it weeds out unqualified and less serious applicants.

"Applicant Tracking Systems 101 for Job-Seekers: Understanding the ATS Technology That Dominates Online Job Search" Follow up to their annual report: Have Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) "Ruined" Recruiting and Hiring and Job Search? which I already have added to our Diigo group. Great overview of how ATS works and what to do about it.

"Applicant Tracking Systems 101 for Job-Seekers: Understanding the ATS Technology That Dominates Online Job Search" Follow up to their annual report: Have Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) "Ruined" Recruiting and Hiring and Job Search? which I already have added to our Diigo group. Great overview of how ATS works and what to do about it.

Deloitte Consulting completes the value exchange tool to show why it allied with New Profit, Inc. a leading venture philanthropy fund for three years. Brilliant use of graphics in tool--example, empty, and completed, that shows how partnerships between for- and not-for-profit entites should be evaluated before commitment. Choosing whether and how to partner is made easier by viewing any potential partnership arrangement through the lens of four contributions that an organization might provide: reach, assets, reputation, and capabilities. The Value Exchange Tool is a simple method for considering what a partner could potentially contribute, stacking up what a potential partner brings, and representing the value exchange at the heart of the partnership in a single visual.

Case study on scaling Encore Fellowships Networks, 2013 "These include getting network members to take responsibility for the network's long-term governance and sustainability, balancing the need for network-wide coordination with the need for local flexibility, and knowing how much growth and variation the network can handle at different points in its evolution and just how much is needed to achieve the organizers' social change objectives"

great article in WSJ by Anne Tergesen, October 19, 2015, on how to get past aging stereotypes and age with fewer fears, pessimism, etc. 

Free Ebook from Jacob Morgan: 5 Ways People Over 50 Can Stay Relevant. How Older Workers Can Embrace the Coming Changes and Stay Relevant in the Future of Work. Has info on what does the future of work look like for the 50+ population; The 5 key trends shaping the future of work; Why you need to embrace the coming changes; The 5 ways older workers can embrace these changes and stay relevant in the changing world of work; Specific actions that you can take to help future-proof your career.

Free Ebook from Jacob Morgan: 5 Ways People Over 50 Can Stay Relevant. How Older Workers Can Embrace the Coming Changes and Stay Relevant in the Future of Work. Has info on what does the future of work look like for the 50+ population; The 5 key trends shaping the future of work; Why you need to embrace the coming changes; The 5 ways older workers can embrace these changes and stay relevant in the changing world of work; Specific actions that you can take to help future-proof your career.

"Optimizing and Formatting Your Job-Search Resume for Applicant Tracking Systems" gives a detailed description of how to format your resume, and what to include. Goes into more depth than the checklist already in Diigo.

"Optimizing and Formatting Your Job-Search Resume for Applicant Tracking Systems" gives a detailed description of how to format your resume, and what to include. Goes into more depth than the checklist already in Diigo.

Molly Thompson on how to use projects in a resume to highly skills and abilities and problems solved for employer

site that allows you to paste your resume into a form with the job description of the position you are applying for, and gives you immediate feedback on what to prioritize, what you might be missing, and what changes you can make to get past the resume screeners.

site that allows you to paste your resume into a form with the job description of the position you are applying for, and gives you immediate feedback on what to prioritize, what you might be missing, and what changes you can make to get past the resume screeners.

down to earth article on how to use one's strengths and interests to move into second purposeful career, Next Avenue blog.

article by Suzanne Woolley, May 18, 2015 in Bloomberg Business on how unexpected events force earlier retirements than planned and reasons for continuing to work past age 65.

Great article by Art Koff at Next Avenue on how to find jobs in retirement using the temp job, part-time, volunteer, project routes of entry. Sounds perfect for ECO members!