[{"id":14,"name":"How To Write a Great Resume","slug":"how-to-write-a-great-resume","cover_uid":null,"published_on":"2018-02-28T18:36:47.655Z","content":"So after 200+ career coaching sessions there are some gotchas I see on resumes consistently. Here's my top 5 tips on how to write a great resume.\r\n\r\n### 1. One single purpose.\r\n\r\nToo often I see resumes where it's unclear what job you want. People will state they  do marketing, design, dev ops AND fly fishing.\r\n\r\nWhen you hire a painter and he tells you he is also a chef, does that increase your trust in his skills or decrease it?\r\n\r\nPick the one thing you want this resume to focus on. Create multiple resumes if you want to focus on different roles.\r\n\r\n### 2. Your resume is the answer to the job post\r\n\r\nFor every resume, the best way to get noticed is to look at the job posts you are interested in. What words do they use? What skills do they ask for?\r\nYour resume should be a line by line match.\r\n\r\nYou don't have to be a perfect match but by using the same language as job posts you can make it clear you understand the job requirements.\r\n\r\n### 3. Talk about your wins, not your responsibilities.\r\n\r\nThis is probably the number one problem with 99% of resumes.\r\nTalk about your impact to the business.\r\n\r\nTypically this is stated as metric + time.\r\n\r\n**Bad Example**\r\nI designed layouts, screens and user interfaces.\r\n\r\n**Good Example**\r\nI increased customer signups by 42% in 6 months by redesigning the sign up flow to be simpler.\r\n\r\nPeople hire you for your potential impact to the business. Make it clear you can and have made positive impacts to business before. Use numbers and percentages with time to show your awesome wins.\r\n\r\n### 4. Stop using corporate speak.\r\n\r\nFor some reason we all think we need to use impersonal, corporate buzzwordy lingo in our resumes. Sometimes I'll read a resume and have no idea what I just read.\r\n\r\nTimes are changing, use a professional but personable voice. It's not the 1980s anymore.\r\n\r\n**Bad Example**\r\nSeeking to employ my skills in an organization that values designing thinking and incorporate user centered design in strategic partnerships.\r\n\r\n**Good Example**\r\nI love designing beautiful consumer products that make people smile.\r\n\r\n### 5. Typos\r\n\r\nNo tipos ever.\r\nHave a friend or multiple friends proofread.\r\nRead it backwards to catch errors.\r\nPrint it out to catch errors.\r\nDouble check all your links/email/phone numbers are correct.\r\nI have found resumes where the phone was listed incorrectly.\r\n\r\nI hope these tips help, what other resume writing tips have you learned?","user":{"id":2,"username":"kidbombay","name":"Ketan Anjaria","avatar_url":"https://res-5.cloudinary.com/hireclub/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_north,h_200,q_auto,w_200/h5zk2mzyb3e45b428l0f"}},{"id":50,"name":"Lisa Maria joins HireClub as Co-Founder!","slug":"lisa-maria-joins-hireclub-as-co-founder-50","cover_uid":"kwtc9tlyw5jqbnl1zpsj","published_on":"2019-04-24T18:53:38.037Z","content":"HireClub, I have something that I’m very proud and happy to announce!\r\n\r\nOur long time product manager Lisa Maria is joining me as co-founder of HireClub!!!\r\n\r\nLisa has been there for the last 2 years starting as an intern and working her way up and believing in HireClub just as much as I have.\r\n\r\nIn fact many of the times I faltered, Lisa has been there to stay positive and keep us focused.\r\n\r\nMany of the ideas and features you see are from her brilliant mind and work ethic.\r\n\r\nWe also have really compatible personalities, I’m out there and loud and she’s thoughtful and balanced.\r\n\r\nBringing on a co-founder is a huge deal and I wouldn’t do this lightly. She represents HireClub and our beliefs just as much as I do.\r\n\r\nI’m absolutely lucky to have her as a co-founder and I hope you all give her a warm congratulations.\r\n\r\nIf you want to go fast, go alone.\r\nIf you want to go far, go together. \r\n🙏🏾💪🏾🍾🕺🏾💃","user":{"id":2,"username":"kidbombay","name":"Ketan Anjaria","avatar_url":"https://res-5.cloudinary.com/hireclub/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_north,h_200,q_auto,w_200/h5zk2mzyb3e45b428l0f"}},{"id":36,"name":"Dealing with Impostor Syndrome","slug":"dealing-with-impostor-syndrome","cover_uid":null,"published_on":"2018-06-21T17:30:00.000Z","content":"There’s a lot of difficult things happening right now. \r\n\r\nThe world might seem like it’s falling apart. \r\n\r\nI myself feel incredibly challenged if HireClub and coaching is the right way to make livable revenue. It’s tough when money is tight. \r\n\r\nMaybe you are having a hard time finding a job. Maybe it seems like no one recognizes your value. If they only gave you a chance, they would see how awesome you are. \r\n\r\nBut after talking to so many HireClub members, it’s clear how similar the stories are. Whether you are at a job you love, or trying to find one, people feel incredible pressure to do well. \r\n\r\nI’ve talked to VPs at Google who struggle with impostor syndrome. I’ve talked to junior marketing folks who struggle with imposter syndrome. \r\n\r\nI kind of have a visual where everyone is looking at the next person, and think “oh maybe they have it all figured out.”\r\n\r\nBut I think the biggest issue with impostor syndrome is the devaluing of our self. \r\n\r\nThere will always be someone who’s on the next Forbes 30 under 30 list. But what words are you using to describe yourself?\r\n\r\nIf like me, are you your harshest critic?\r\n\r\nThe things we say to ourselves, would be abuse if said to a child. \r\n\r\nSo I’ve been spending some time on how I view myself. The words I choose to use. \r\n\r\nI want to become my biggest fan. My strongest supporter. \r\n\r\nIt really helps if you have friends, family, love at your side. No amount of work or success can replace that. \r\n\r\nThere’s a simple gratitude exercise I’ve been working on. \r\n\r\nEvery morning, the first thing I say, what is one thing I love about myself?\r\n\r\nThat’s it. No formulas. No complicated books you need to by. \r\n\r\nJust believing in the star dust that is you.","user":{"id":2,"username":"kidbombay","name":"Ketan Anjaria","avatar_url":"https://res-5.cloudinary.com/hireclub/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_north,h_200,q_auto,w_200/h5zk2mzyb3e45b428l0f"}},{"id":46,"name":"How to Handle Lengthy Homework Assignments for Job Interviews","slug":"how-to-handle-lengthy-homework-assignments-for-job-interviews-46","cover_uid":"qukp7k4mkeiw9iz3eu0p","published_on":"2019-03-12T20:05:05.977Z","content":"Here’s a template email for when a company asks for a homework assignment.\r\n\r\nDear $HiringCompany,\r\n\r\nI really enjoyed coming in and meeting the team. I’m looking forward to joining should everything align!\r\n\r\nI have a question about the homework assignment.\r\n\r\nHow many hours do you expect it to take?\r\nIf it’s more than 2 hours, I’d like to propose two options:\r\n\r\n1. I come in to work with your team on the assignment so you can better evaluate my process and how we work together.\r\n\r\n2. I complete the assignment on my own, but I charge $50/hr to cover my time. I would love to fully engage with the work and to give it the time and energy it deserves.\r\n\r\nI hope you understand that since I’m applying to multiple jobs, homework assignments can quickly add up and it wouldn’t be fair to work for free.\r\n\r\nLet me know how you would like to proceed. I can’t wait to dig in and to show off my skills for you.\r\n\r\nSincerely,\r\n$name","user":{"id":2,"username":"kidbombay","name":"Ketan Anjaria","avatar_url":"https://res-5.cloudinary.com/hireclub/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_north,h_200,q_auto,w_200/h5zk2mzyb3e45b428l0f"}},{"id":137,"name":"Covid Confessions","slug":"covid-confessions","cover_uid":"mqsjmwwf7u9pg8xkilcb","published_on":"2020-10-15T18:37:43.941Z","content":"Ok confession time. \r\nThe last 7 months have been really really hard. \r\n\r\nI didn’t want to say anything because I felt weak. I was ashamed. 😢\r\n\r\nMy cofounder and I parted ways. We didn’t hit revenue targets, we had to let 3 employees go.  I cut my salary twice. \r\n\r\nNormally you all know I’m very transparent but covid and isolation just knocked me over. I wanted to keep a positive face but I was depressed and lonely. \r\nBut that’s not always the real me. I am just transparent by nature. This community is important to me and I experience ups and downs just like you do. My story is your story. \r\n\r\nSo I took a break. I focused on my physical and mental health. I lost 20 pounds. I went for walks every day. I road tripped over 3000 miles (socially distant and wearing a mask) and 100 miles of hiking to try and find my mojo. \r\n\r\nIn the last 2 months, things are finally looking up. We grew in September for the first time since covid. October is looking up as well. \r\n\r\nWe fixed a ton of bugs, and our coaches are knocking it out of the park for their clients. We continue to close jobs, help people make more money (over $250k in increases during quarantine) and support them at work through this insane pandemic.\r\n\r\nWe now pay our existing employees and coaches even more. I still haven’t increased my salary. \r\n\r\nWe are about to launch executive coaching. It’s a B2B product that helps companies make sure their employees are performing their best and getting the support they need to grow and execute. We already sold our first few seats without any marketing. \r\n\r\nWe’re also about to turn on marketing for the first time. We know coaching works and after 850 five star reviews we know our product is changing lives for the better. I want HireClub to help millions of people succeed in their career. It truly brings me happiness. \r\n\r\nThis pandemic is honestly just a ducking mess. It’s hit so many of us in so many ways. I see it everyday when clients message us. It’s brutal and real and unlike anything I have ever seen. \r\n\r\nThe only thing I have learned is you just can’t give up. Like a difficult hike, you just keep putting one foot in front of the other.\r\n\r\nI believe in HireClub. I believe in you. Most of all I believe in myself again. \r\n\r\nI’m back and ready to rumble!! 🔥🚀😍","user":{"id":2,"username":"kidbombay","name":"Ketan Anjaria","avatar_url":"https://res-5.cloudinary.com/hireclub/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_north,h_200,q_auto,w_200/h5zk2mzyb3e45b428l0f"}},{"id":56,"name":"The HireClub Vision","slug":"the-hireclub-vision-56","cover_uid":null,"published_on":"2019-08-23T04:34:09.037Z","content":"HireClub let me share my vision for HireClub’s future.\r\n\r\nIf you need a haircut, you can walk to your nearest salon.\r\nIf you need to get your taxes done, you can go to H\u0026R Block.\r\nIf you want great medical, you can go to OneMedical and their amazing health care experience.\r\n\r\nWhere do you go when you need help in your career?\r\nCrickets 🦗.\r\n\r\nHave you ever been to the unemployment office? It’s depressing. It’s rare you leave there feeling hopeful for the future.\r\n\r\n------\r\n\r\n\r\n### I see a future with a HireClub in every city.\r\n\r\nA beautiful space where you can come in and talk to a career coach. Get a headshot, work on your resume, and meet new friends.\r\n\r\nA space where you get support whether it’s dealing with a difficult boss or finding a new job. A positive and inclusive club.\r\n\r\nA club that welcomes everyone. A physical community of kindness to match our online one.\r\n\r\nAnd this is why we do events. They are practice runs for the future. This is why we are doing events in multiple cities. We want to learn how to make this vision work in any city.\r\n\r\nOf course we will still have our online space and virtual coaching. We want to remove all barriers to career success. We want to merge the online and offline and build lasting community ties.\r\n\r\nAnd the design will be impeccable. Beautiful photos, comfy furniture. Organic snacks and greenery everywhere. Friendly coaches to welcome you.\r\n\r\nA real HireClub.\r\nWe will start small. I hope to open the first retail space in SF some time next year. It will be our test run for other cities.\r\n\r\n### This is my vision. Putting the club in HireClub.","user":{"id":2,"username":"kidbombay","name":"Ketan Anjaria","avatar_url":"https://res-5.cloudinary.com/hireclub/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_north,h_200,q_auto,w_200/h5zk2mzyb3e45b428l0f"}},{"id":61,"name":"Focus on the Journey","slug":"focus-on-the-journey-61","cover_uid":null,"published_on":"2020-01-08T20:07:00.229Z","content":"Last night I went to pitch night with a bunch of angels. I was the last to go on.\r\n\r\nHonestly, it all went so smooth. I didn’t feel like I was pitching. Just telling our incredible story of growth.\r\n\r\n$1.2 million in salary increases.\r\n$280k in revenue which is 3x growth without ads.\r\n\r\nWe don’t spend money to acquire customers inefficiently and we are on track to be profitable by the end of this year again.\r\n\r\nWe aren’t selling $1 for .90 cents which is so common in this era of growth at all costs.\r\n\r\nWe consciously decided to continually invest into improving product. We are sweating all the small details.\r\n\r\nI’m so proud of what the team has built. How many people we get to help. How we are making coaching accessible for so many.\r\n\r\nNone of us went to Stanford or MIT. I don’t even have a degree. All of us have different backgrounds. We range in age from 21 to 60 plus. Some of us are proud immigrants. Some are early in their career, and some very experienced.\r\n\r\nOur customers are also incredibly diverse. From 18-65 and from every major city in the US and outside of it. We’ve broken past the SF tech bubble.\r\n\r\nI know often the story of startups in SF can be narrow. 97% of VC funding goes to male founders. 80% of VC funding goes to white male founders. It often takes deep connections to make deals work.\r\n\r\nBut we are proving you can do things differently. You can create a company that puts people first and still makes money.\r\n\r\nI know the deck is stacked against us but we’re tenacious. Whatever happens in the future, I’m trusting in our journey. That we choose to do the right things which are often hard and worry less about the outcome","user":{"id":2,"username":"kidbombay","name":"Ketan Anjaria","avatar_url":"https://res-5.cloudinary.com/hireclub/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_north,h_200,q_auto,w_200/h5zk2mzyb3e45b428l0f"}},{"id":136,"name":"Fixing Your Resume","slug":"fixing-your-resume","cover_uid":"mxeyoqt95hvyziksvvia","published_on":"2020-09-11T12:24:00.000Z","content":"Ok after doing 1000s of resume reviews I think I have discovered the problem. \r\n\r\nHere’s a typical job searcher flow\r\n\r\n1. Person writes resume that doesn’t show off their accomplishments or is clear about their value\r\n2. Person applies for 100s of jobs\r\n3. Hiring manager can’t understand or see value in the resume because it’s not written well or customized for the job. \r\n5. Person doesn’t hear back\r\n6. Person keeps applying without making changes or getting coaching.  \r\n7. Person loses faith and starts questioning their value. \r\n\r\nJob searchers think the problem is step 5 and by the time they are at step 6, feels horrible. \r\n\r\nBut really the problem was step 1. The biggest issue I see across resumes is they most often don’t communicate your value well. Key accomplishments aren’t there, promotions are left off, it’s badly written or has run on sentences just stuffed with buzzwords.\r\n\r\nThe problem isn’t people don’t think you have value. The problem is you haven’t written your resume in a way where the value is clear. \r\n\r\nFor example, let’s say I was a Chef 👨‍🍳. Most people write their resume like this\r\n\r\n**Henry’s Diner**\r\n\r\nChef 2013 - 2020\r\n* I cut vegetables \r\n* I made dinner\r\n\r\nThey focus on their responsibilities. It’s just a list of things they were assigned to do. Compare this too\r\n\r\n**Chef (Promotion)**\r\n\r\nHenry’s Diner\r\n2018-2020\r\n* Increased Friday night sales by 10% by inventing new recipes for healthy eating \r\n* Managed team of 4 line cooks, provided training, mentorship and coaching which increased employee retention by 1 year. \r\n\r\n**Line Cook**\r\n\r\nHenry’s Diner\r\n2015-2018\r\n* Reduced food waste by 15% by optimizing order calculations and customer estimates. \r\n* Won Employee of the Month 3 times. \r\n\r\nSo what happens is everyone has this amazing work history (literally everyone I talk to has amazing wins) but writes their resume as if nothing ever happened.\r\n\r\nThen they get all bummed no one saw their value. \r\nYou didn’t write your value!\r\nThat’s your job. Nobody else’s!\r\n\r\nNow cue the “but I didn’t have any metrics”. Everyone always says this. Everything has metrics. None of us tracked 10,000 steps a day 10 years ago but now we all do. The metric always existed but someone did the creative work to find it. \r\n\r\nThis is what you have to do with your resume writing.\r\n\r\n1. Be absolutely proud of your real work history and write it in a way that makes it clear.\r\n2. Be creative and figure out your metrics. Ask your boss, ask your coworkers, brainstorm.\r\n\r\nJust because you think there aren’t accomplishments or measurements, doesn’t mean that is true. You have to do the work to remember and write well about your wins. \r\n\r\nThe biggest problem I see isn’t that people don’t have value, it’s that people don’t make their value clear to others.\r\n\r\nThis is in your control!\r\nAnd instead of jumping to step 2, add a new step 1.5 and network!\r\n\r\nSend your resume to a warm receiver. Don’t apply to 100s of jobs online without making changes or networking.\r\n\r\nThat is wasted effort. It seems like applying for jobs is the right work but it isn’t. Making connections is your number one tool after writing a great resume. \r\n\r\nAnd the kicker? If you are stuck, get a coach! That’s what we are here for. People do our resume sessions and almost immediately see results.\r\n\r\nYou are applying for a $75k a year job! Invest in yourself and get a coach to help you. It’s hard to change on your own. It’s hard to know what to change on your own. But we are here to help!","user":{"id":2,"username":"kidbombay","name":"Ketan Anjaria","avatar_url":"https://res-5.cloudinary.com/hireclub/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_north,h_200,q_auto,w_200/h5zk2mzyb3e45b428l0f"}},{"id":99,"name":"Juneteenth","slug":"juneteenth","cover_uid":"wgijkxiyzgnza6491wen","published_on":"2020-06-11T15:50:05.942Z","content":"Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States.  Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19th that the Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now free. \r\n\r\nFrom https://hellajuneteenth.com/\r\n\r\nJuneteenth. You may not have heard of this holiday, but this year we want to change that. Most people are familiar with the celebration and history of July 4th. However, there’s more to our history than this. When the U.S. became free in 1776, it wasn’t a celebration for everyone. Black Americans weren’t declared free for another 87 years. And two and a half years after that, the last slaves would officially be freed.\r\n\r\nJuneteenth marks a day of liberation. We have reason to celebrate the journey and freedom of Black Americans in this country - and amidst all that’s happening in the 2020 we want to push for full recognition and celebration of this day on a national level. As this year marks the 155th year since the final slaves were freed, it’s time for historical steps forward.\r\n\r\nGoing forward Juneteenth will be a paid company holiday for HireClub. \r\nA day where our team can remember and celebrate this important day in American history. \r\n","user":{"id":2,"username":"kidbombay","name":"Ketan Anjaria","avatar_url":"https://res-5.cloudinary.com/hireclub/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_north,h_200,q_auto,w_200/h5zk2mzyb3e45b428l0f"}}]