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All posts by Chrissa Dockendorf

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  Tips to Identify an Employer’s Diversity

  Diversity and Inclusion have become the buzzwords in the workplace yet again. We see this trend every few years but this time feels different. It feels like we are speaking collectively for the first time in a long time, and change is coming. But change is hard, really hard. A… more

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  Respond to Those “Pesky” Recruiter Emails & Calls

  If you talk to anyone who is looking for a job, you will most certainly find that all of them have experienced a situation where no one ever contacts them after they apply. Their resume goes into a black hole never to be heard from again, and they are left wondering what happened… more

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  On Behalf of All Recruiters, I’m Sorry

  Recruiters aren’t perfect. So many of us have a “recruiter” title, but what that means really varies and there are many recruiters that give the rest a bad name. Normally those recruiters are the ones who have irritated you as a candidate with spam emails or sales tactics o… more

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  Five Thoughts from a Recruiter on Your Cleared Job Search

  Being a cleared job seeker changes the parameters of your job search. The company pool you are swimming in is different, the job descriptions are different, and the process to get a job is often different. There are steps you take in a job search and interviewing process that som… more

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  My ATS May Not Like Your Resume

  My ATS may not like your resume. Here’s why. You might be wondering, where does my resume go when I apply to a job? Often it probably feels like it goes into a black hole and a human never even looks at it. Sometimes that is true. But most of the time once you apply to a job… more