This is Find Your Dream Job, the podcast that helps you get hired, have the career you want, and make a difference in life.

I'm your host, Mack Pritchard.

I'm also the founder of Max List.

It's a job board in the Pacific Northwest that helps you find a fulfilling career.

Every Wednesday, I talk to a different expert about the tools you need to get the work you

want.

You apply for a job.

You have the experience and skills the employer wants, but you don't get an offer.

Why didn't the hiring manager choose you? Lila Singh is here to talk about three ways to make yourself the obvious choice.

She's a leadership, career development, and mindset coach. Lila helps you elevate your career, overcome your limitations, and learn from other successful leaders.

She also hosts the weekly podcast, Life Leadership.

She joins us from London.

Well, let's jump right into it, Leila.

Many job seekers rely on online applications as their main job search strategy.

Why isn't this approach effective? I think that the working landscape has just completely changed

over the last several years, and particularly at this moment in time, competing in a really

crowded competitive market. And online applications

are attracting hundreds and even thousands of applicants. And that makes it difficult for you to stand

out. And, you know, if you think put yourself in the shoes of a recruiter or a hiring manager,

they'll often skim through resumes and there's a saying that they'll spend

up to six seconds looking at one. So it's difficult to stand out just from that resume. And even with a

good one, you still risk being lost in the algorithm-driven system that a lot of places are using now,

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