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I wonder if this is less a problem with your skills not keeping up with the industry, and more with your job search practices not keeping up. I recently helped

I wonder if this is less a problem with your skills not keeping up with the industry, and more with your job search practices not keeping up. I recently helped a friend through a job search, and was shocked by how much the process has changed in the past 3-4 years. Recruiters are inundated with thousands of resumes. So traditional job application practices ("Write a cover letter and email in the resume") or semi-recent practices ("Cast a wide net on Monster, Indeed, LinkedIn...) perhaps no longer have the rate of return that you're expecting. I read through the book, "What Color is your Parachute: 2018 Edition" to better help my friend, and the book offers full sections on how to do better than just "putting your resume out there." Working personal connections, announcing employment intentions during coding meetups, writing specific emails to companies you respect (independent from whether they're currently hiring for your position) or getting even more creative with getting your info out there... all of the above are practices that might not have been necessary during your last search (they certainly weren't during mine). Maybe I'm underestimating the massive extent of blatant ageism in the software industry, but I'm quite surprised that someone with your skill set can't yell from a crowded street corner and have six recruiters materialize. That leads me to think it's not a matter of what you're offering, but rather how you're selling.

pydeveloper22 8y ago
Hello, I read this post of yours on job searching of those over 60 and found it quite interesting and helpful when it comes to finding creative ways to establish connections to possibly stand out in a job search. Now I'm nowhere near 60 and around half that age but trying to take a cue from your post I see that you work for Atlantic Media. Don't know if that still holds up but I saw job their job board recently that there's an opening available at Atlantic Media for a Backend Python Web developer. I'm a guy who enjoy using and working with Python as far as learning purposes go. And after quickly reading your post here I figured to reach out and try a somewhat different approach than the old cover letter and resume email method and contact you if you may have any info to this current opening at your company? So with that said, here I am..and I wanted to inquire to find out if this opening is still available? If so, do you have a contact to learn more about this position and the things you require in regards to the nature of the job? My apologies in advance that this may not be the response to your post that you were looking for but I figured why not take some ideas from your post and apply it..hehe.. Any help in this matter will be greatly appreciated. Thanks --K
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  Also, townley please feel free to contact me at pydeveloper22@gmail.com Thanks
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pydeveloper22 8y ago

Hello, I read this post of yours on job searching of those over 60 and found it quite interesting and helpful when it comes to finding creative ways to establish connections to possibly stand out in a job search. Now I'm nowhere near 60 and around half that age but trying to take a cue from your post I see that you work for Atlantic Media. Don't know if that still holds up but I saw job their job board recently that there's an opening available at Atlantic Media for a Backend Python Web developer. I'm a guy who enjoy using and working with Python as far as learning purposes go. And after quickly reading your post here I figured to reach out and try a somewhat different approach than the old cover letter and resume email method and contact you if you may have any info to this current opening at your company? So with that said, here I am..and I wanted to inquire to find out if this opening is still available? If so, do you have a contact to learn more about this position and the things you require in regards to the nature of the job? My apologies in advance that this may not be the response to your post that you were looking for but I figured why not take some ideas from your post and apply it..hehe.. Any help in this matter will be greatly appreciated. Thanks --K

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pydeveloper22 8y ago
Also, townley please feel free to contact me at pydeveloper22@gmail.com Thanks

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