Summary Sunday: Issue 534

Welcome to the end of summer! Now, let’s get back into the driver’s seat of your job search!

To help you re-launch or start your job search, this week’s Summary includes articles and resources about:

Boosting your LinkedIn profile
Rock LinkedIn with this newsletter
Break the job searching cycle
Get referred
Recruiters lie (often)
Returnships
The rising age of workers research
Return to office roll outs
Starting pay decreases
And well-being tips

I carefully curate the content in this newsletter. The sources I cite are talented and experienced colleagues. If you don’t follow them, you probably should!

Elevate Your LinkedIn Game: Takeaways to Boost Your Profile Today | My Career GPS

Shelley Piedmont put together this list of seven ways you can make your profile stand out (in the right way). Chances are, you have missed key opportunities to highlight your skills and experience. Take action on these things today.

Keep Rocking LinkedIn! | LinkedIn Newsletter by Kevin D. Turner

There are always new features and changes to LinkedIn. Many of these are specific to those in job search. To keep up-to-date on changes (because LinkedIn doesn’t notify us), you can follow Kevin or at least get his monthly list of updates/changes to LinkedIn.

JOB SEARCH

Break Out of the apply-wait-get ghosted cycle of Job Searching | Jessica Hernandez

Follow these three steps (and hacks) because “Remember, a successful job search is about being active, intentional, and leveraging the power of your network.”

30% to 50% of HIRES are REFERRED CANDIDATES! | Susan P. Joyce

The majority of job seekers don’t tap into the power of referrals. Follow these 6 steps and see how you can improve your response rate! Because in order to get hired, you still have to impress the interviewers.

RECRUITERS

Liar, Liar Pants On Fire | Shelley Piedmont

36% of recruiters have lied to candidates! One of the things I look forward to the most on LinkedIn is Shelley’s Monday Number of the Week. And be sure to check out the comments of this post for more interesting excerpts.

OLDER WORKERS

Why an Adult Internship Can Be Good for Your Career | FlexJobs

Changing careers, re-engaging in the workforce? Then you should know about “returnships” or adult internships.

Better with Age: The Rising Importance of Older Workers | Bain

Employers, facing an older workforce, may have to change their models to attract and retrain older workers who want less than full-time work. As Hung Lee stated in his tweet about some of this data: “Part time / gig work = really ‘fractional’ work, becomes more prevalent as we get older and change gears. Recruiters are going to have to design more jobs like this, or perhaps have such an offer available off-the-shelf for employees going into the 50+”

WORKPLACE TRENDS

80% of bosses say they regret earlier return-to-office plans: âA lot of executives have egg on their facesâ | CNBC Make It

No, employers aren’t going to stop bringing people back into the office, but how they do it may change. But Amazon’s CEO didn’t seem to get the message. He was quoted as saying it’s “not going to work out for you,â if you don’t return to the office.

Youâre Hired! But For Less Money | Korn Ferry

New data shows pay for new hires has dropped five percent from a year ago. See the data and what this means for job seekers.

WELL-BEING

Brain Laundry and Glimmers | 3Plus International

These two concepts pair well for job seekers. Sorting light and dark thoughts (like we sort laundry) and taking note of something that brings you joy.

What is Manifestation? Explained for Beginners | Mel Robbins

This is a mini course in why and how manifesting works. As Mel says, manifesting isn’t wishing.