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14 Ways to Stand Out if You’re Applying to Jobs Right Now
That don’t take too much time
7 min readAug 10, 2020
Let’s get one thing out of the way: I am not a recruiter and I’m not a certified resume writer. What I am is someone who approaches job applications as a creative challenge. When I’ve applied to jobs in the past, I’ve always thought:
- How can I stand out?
- How can I make it clear I really, really want this job?
- How can I go beyond what everyone else is doing?
- How can I do these things in the most efficient way possible?
I’m also a content strategist by trade, which comes in handy here. Telling memorable stories is my thing.
By mid-March, it became clear that widespread layoffs were inevitable. As the months went on, I saw post after post from friends, current and former colleagues and other connections who were out of work. I didn’t have jobs for them, but I knew I had to do something. So I posted the following, which I’ve been happy to see all over LinkedIn the past several months.
