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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If he’s not getting interviews, it’s the resume and cover letter. Without seeing them I suspect the skills and positioning aren’t transferring well to the kind of position he’s looking for, or they are written in governmentese. Or he’s looking at the wrong kinds of jobs that aren’t realistic for his background. People who have been in one industry / org for 25 years often don’t understand how insular and irrelevant they sound to the outside world. It’s a tough market but he should be getting interviews even if he doesn’t land the jobs. [/quote] I have to disagree with you here. I know excellent candidates who have worked with career coaches, adapted resume to non- USAID language, etc., applied to literally 500 jobs and nada. It’s brutal [/quote] +1 a lot of "career coaches" now are fellow unemployed travelers. It's the blind leading the blind.[/quote]
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