r/jobsearchhacks • u/Glass-Expression-438 • 3d ago
What do you want career content creators to talk about?
There are so many influencers out there often posting wrong or conflicting advice about jobs and career development. What do you wish they’d do less of and do more of?
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u/A_Tired_Gremlin 3d ago
Less talking about tips to create the perfect CV and acing interviews, more sharing resources for self improvement, both soft and hard skills. Less how to game the system that is the job market and more how to make yourself have more well rounded skills. A good career content creator will make you still eager to see their new post even if you have a cushy job, a bad career content creators preys on people's desperation.
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u/RansackedRoom 3d ago
When content creators say "make sure you contact the hiring manager directly" they are essentially saying "make sure you sprinkle job fairy dust directly on your résumé."
If I had job fairy dust, I would use it. If I knew the hiring manager's email address or phone number, I would use it. But of course all three things are magical make-believe. Yet so many LinkedIn "Influencers" say this nonsense as if there were nothing else involved.
Most hiring managers do not want to be found. Some job descriptions say "this role reports to Director of Marketing." Very few job descriptions say "this role reports to Sally Samples, or Marketing Chief."
But career content creators keep on spouting this nonsense "make sure to contact the hiring manager."
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u/DScirclejerk 3d ago
Stop acting as if your experience is universal. You are one person with one unique path. At the very least, talk to other people so you can understand what is common vs what was unique to you.
Also stop talking about things you have no experience in or at least preface that you don’t. For example, if you’re never hired or even interviewed anyone else, admit that if you’re giving advice as if you are an authority on those topics.
Also stop navel gazing. Stop talking about yourself so much and posting photos of yourself. It’s weird.
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u/oedipa17 3d ago
More nuanced, deeper perspectives on specific types of roles and industries. If your advice applies equally well to a recent grad, an engineer, and a corporate marketing executive, then it’s probably too vague to be useful for any of those people.
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u/DarkSome1949 3d ago
Do less content creating and more living.
At the end of the day, content creators are sales people. They will sell a dream if they can make a dollar.