Why Functional Resumes Screw Up Your Age 40+ Job Search

Many age 40+ job seekers have been advised to use a functional resume by outplacement, most career coaches/authors, and resume writers.

Today, I'm going to tell you to not use functional resumes, because they screw up your job search.

Here are a few reasons why you'll want to stay away from functional resumes:

1. Intended To Hide Information: The whole point of functional resumes is to hide critical information, including resume gaps, recency of relevant experience, length of positions, and age.
2. Gives Employers A False Impression Of You: One of the main purposes of functional resumes is to give employers a false initial perception that your experience is recent, that you don't have career gaps, that you're currently employed and that you're younger than you really are. These false perceptions come out during the interview process, and employers see this as deception ... because that's what functional resumes try to do and why they screw up your search.
3. Employers Don't Believe Them: Most employers won't accept functional resumes from headhunters, because they don't believe them. As employers have experienced with many candidates before you, functional resumes are intended to deceive ... so why should they believe yours is telling the truth?

Good thing there are more effective ways to beat ageism than functional resumes.

I'll show you what to change in your resume, interview, and job search strategies to help you beat ageism, stop losing opportunities when you're qualified, and land a great job fast. While we're at it, I'll teach more ways to accelerate your job search when you're in your 40's, 50's or 60's.

This is the 3rd job market recovery cycle I've recruited/coached through, so I've seen first hand what resume and job search strategies succeed for job seekers during recovering job markets. I've also seen mistakes candidates make, causing their recovery job searches to fail. I've been through this before and know what works and what doesn't.

As a top national recruiter who reads hundreds of resumes per day, who has helped hundreds of thousands of candidates in their job search, and seen thousands of employers' job search processes from the inside, I've got a different perspective than most career coaches.

I see that most job seekers do essentially the same things, even when they think they are job searching differently. I also see most job seekers were taught search methods that eliminate them from consideration, because they conflict with the employer's hiring process.

But I've been teaching job seekers to accelerate their job searches for 14 years by using non-traditional resume/job search strategies that demonstrate impact rather than just being average. I'll show you how to accelerate your job search so you can find a job fast by understanding employers' point of view and hiring processes ... and using this understanding to beat your competition.

(I'm not just a career coach. I've also been a top national recruiter for the last 17 years ... so you'll get advice from an insider's point of view.)

Let me show you what changes you can make to accelerate your job search, whether you're currently employed, between jobs, over 40, trying to change careers/industry/location, if your industry is in decline/consolidation, trying to overcome long term career gaps, family leave, find a remote job, turnaround your job search or other tough to solve job search problems.

I'll show you how to accelerate your job search in my next free webinar on Thursday 12/2/21 at 2:00pm ET/11:00am PT. Join me for my free Resume Revolution! webinar (enroll at https://bit.ly/3qYt4fg) to learn how to accelerate your job search and find a job fast.

Want to see how well this can work for you?

"Great cutting edge advice on your resume, the cover letter dilemma and everyone's job search issues and questions. I guarantee you will hear something new in Phil's webinar that you can use in your job search today - information which you have not heard anywhere else! You will not be disappointed." - S.M.

"Phil has a great grasp on the practicalities of recruiting from the employer perspective, as well as the changing trends in seeking out the next opportunity including the use of social media. I have many takeaways from this webinar and recommend this as a must attend!" - F.E.

"This is straight talk from a guy who has the experience, research and contacts, and the know-how to help us maximize our opportunities. He doesn't pitch gimmicks or shortcuts; he gives guidance, answers questions about the job market and how our resumes are handled, and gives tips that help us get the results we want. Well worth it!" - J.M.

"Amazing info shared by Phil in the Resume Revolution Webinar! Who knew that I was wasting my precious time by relying on job boards?? (well, Phil did, of course...)" - S.H.

"His advice on my resume improved my response rate to easily 7/8 for every 10 sent, and I can say the resulting response was directly responsible for helping to find and land my current engagement." - D.M.

You'll Learn All This At Resume Revolution!

* Actionable tips to beat ageism and find your next job fast

* How to double your interviews and resume response rate

* Current job market outlook

* Competition levels in this job market recovery

* How to optimize your job search and resume to today's market realities

... plus

* Come for the Webinar - Stay for the Q & A with job search experts

Enroll now at https://bit.ly/3qYt4fg .

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