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Are you feeling the love at work?

Plus a fun tool for your search and more of those networking chats!

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Bonnie Dilber
February 14, 2024

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Resources of the Week!

  1. Last week, I shared some resources for building Boolean search strings. And Kaitlyn Elting reached out with a great resources she built to help you generate your search strings! Check them out here.

  2. I’ve shared this suggestion a few times, but there are so many industries beyond tech - here’s an article in Fortune featuring a Tiktok I did on government jobs!!

  3. And sign up for a networking chat! (I’m now going to drop these more regularly vs every month in hopes of giving more people a chance to see/grab one - so this has spots just for the next week.)

Are You Feeling the Love at Work? 💕

It’s Valentine’s Day so I feel like I HAD to do some sort of love theme here!

The vast majority of people are looking to switch jobs.

So I’m curious - are you looking for something new?

Why are you looking for something new?

What's the top reason you're exploring new roles?

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And for those who ARE exploring new opportunities…

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🙋Answering Your Questions🙋

Each week, I’ll answer a few of your questions in this section. You can submit your questions here.

Can you speak to the EEO checkboxes on most applications these days? Is it safest to just select "prefer not to answer" to avoid potential discrimination or being filtered out? How do recruiters use that data?

EEOC question responses are not tied to the individual individual candidate, and are only viewable in aggregate. It can give a company a high-level idea of the diversity of their applicant pool. It can help the EEOC identify issues (for example, if a company has a diverse applicant pool but then seem to only hire certain identities, this data could be used to identify that gap and support discrimination claims).

If a company claims these questions are anonymous and aren’t being truthful, there could be serious ramifications. There ARE some employers who ask these without the EEOC disclaimer - I often find this happening when they are really invested in their diversity goals and want to track this information more closely but many have moved away from that.

Personally, I always fill these out. My thought here is that if a company IS going to use this information to discriminate, then me filling it out doesn’t make a difference - they are likely to figure out my identity via my resume, LinkedIn, etc. If I get an interview with a recruiter that would have rejected me for my identity, then they’re going to reject me for the same reason once I’m in front of them. So I’m mostly just dodging a bullet by letting them know up front. That said, I honestly don’t think most companies are using this data to discriminate.

What are some things I can do immediately after I submit my application, to give me a leg up on my dream job?

I think the biggest lever you have after applying are to try and get your application reviewed as quickly as possible.

Some of the ways to do that?

  1. Check the company’s LinkedIn page to identify any first-degree connections that you can ask for intros to the hiring team. (For people you know well, you can also reach out BEFORE applying to ask if they’d be open to referring you).

  2. Take your best guess at who the recruiter or hiring manager might be and send a message letting them know you applied. You can always include some additional info about your interest, a link to a portfolio or a video or something else that gives them a bit more insight into you and your interest.

  3. This is a bold move but if you’re searching openly and it’s truly your dream job, you can shoot your shot with a post sharing how excited you are about your application and tagging the company. I wouldn’t do this regularly (and it may not fit your personality) but I’ve seen some folks get a lot of positive attention when doing this.


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