tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6506991690184027637.post3766509103661239485..comments2021-05-22T04:49:21.611-04:00Comments on Similar Circles - mentoring, networking and building community: Resumes: are they outdated?Irma Ladouce11http://www.blogger.com/profile/09975068112926355336noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6506991690184027637.post-90443719811573442912013-04-16T15:05:01.758-04:002013-04-16T15:05:01.758-04:00I just read your blog as well as the Atlantic arti...I just read your blog as well as the Atlantic article on the long-term unemployment. You’re bang on and I agree with you completely. <br /><br />However, the irony of my situation was such that even as a "networker extraordinaire", a 2+ year unemployment resulted in:<br />0 job offers<br />0 offers from my "valuable" alumni networks (Queen’s, Waterloo) <br />1 close call from Rogers – intro provided by a professional 1st degree contact making an intro + recommendation<br />1 almost-offer for a 12 month mat leave fill – with my old team from 12 years earlier (we all knew I was 12 years "past" this role)<br />100’s of resumes in the vacuum of online job applications<br />Then TD specifically put out a request for "general managers" with a gap on their resumes as part of the Back to Business program. Voila, recognition! And a job offer.<br /><br />So as an optimist, I’d like to think that my persistence and my networking would have also landed me a job, as you argue. But empirically, I have to say, in my experience, without TD’s explicit "let’s hire underemployed women & get them back in the work force", I’d still be looking for work, but enjoying a lot of coffee.<br /><br />More food for thought! <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com