GHDC: Your Work Won’t Speak for Itself
You might think you’re the cock of the walk because you made the big dingus work at your last company. It’s right at the top of your resume. First bullet under the most current job. “Took ownership and saw Project Dingus to completion, on time and on budget.” Oh yeah, that’s the stuff.
GHDC: You Can Explain What You’ve Done
Picture this: you’re in a job interview with a hiring manager and they say, “I saw on your resume that you were the project lead for Project Dingus. Can you tell me more about that?”
You look the hiring manager right in the eyes and say, “Uh… Yeah, I was the lead on Project Dingus. We got it done on time. It was pretty cool.”
Ouch.
GHDC: Unemployment is not your fault
You may have heard of concepts like “body shaming,” and hustle culture is the equivalent of employment shaming. It’s just plain wrong.dea.
GHDC: Internal Recruiters Don’t Know Who They’re Looking For
Internal recruiters are rarely experts for the positions being hired. They generally have a Human Resources background and rarely have expertise outside of their domain (HR is complicated and a universe unto itself!), so if you’re a technology person, the recruiter is probably flying blind trying to figure out how to be helpful.