7 Career Rules You Should Stop Following in Today’s Job Market

A lot of traditional career advice still gets repeated as if the job market hasn’t changed.

Customize your resume. Get another certification. Work hard and wait to get noticed. Job hop to increase your salary. Apply to enough jobs and eventually something will work.

Some of that advice still has value. But following it blindly in today’s job market can hurt your job search and stall your career.

In this video, I break down 7 career rules that need to be reconsidered, including how you customize your resume, job hopping, certifications and degrees, marketing yourself, getting promoted, and the mistake of assuming a new job means you’re safe.

The fundamentals of hiring haven’t disappeared. Employers still want the person they believe is the best fit for the job. What has changed is the competition, the technology, and the amount of risk you have to manage throughout your career.

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00:00 Career advice that may be dated
01:10 Hard work
03:52 Job hopping
07:03 Customizing your resume
10:38 Job security
13:44 Marketing yourself
17:21 Mass applying
19:33 Certifications
22:13 What to do instead

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