How Artificial Intelligence Affects Your Job Search, with Nicolle Merrill

Find Your Dream Job: Insider Tips for Finding Work, Advancing your Career, and Loving Your Job

Mac's List

Careers, Business

4.8 • 624 Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2019

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Automation is the most prevalent trend in the job application process. It’s highly likely that an Applicant Tracking System will decide whether you even get brought in for an interview. Should we be afraid that the robots are taking over? Not quite, according to today’s guest on Find Your Dream Job, Nicolle Merrill. Nicolle says you need to learn as much as possible about how artificial intelligence affects the modern job search to set yourself up for success. In addition, you should invest time and effort into your online presence, and continue to develop authentic relationships with professional connections. About Our Guest: Nicolle Merrill (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicollemerrill/) is the founder of Future Skills (http://www.futureskills.blog/), a company that teaches professionals how to advance their skills and stay relevant in today’s rapidly changing working world. She is also the author of the upcoming book, “Punch Doubt in the Face: How to Upskill, Change Careers, and Beat the Robots.” (http://www.futureskills.blog/future-of-work-book/). Resources in This Episode: Want to know more about the future of work? Explore emerging careers and more at Nicolle’s website: http://www.futureskills.blog/ Are you stuck in a mediocre job? Nicolle’s podcast, 50 Conversations (https://www.50conversations.com/), will help you make the jump into a career you can love. Your presence online is critical in order for employers to find you. Learn how to use your social media to make a favorable impression by enrolling in our free online course, How to Wow and Woo Employers Online (https://macslist.teachable.com/p/impress-employers-online/?src=podcast). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode is sponsored by Plaud, the AI wearable gadget that takes notes of meetings and calls.
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0:58.9	That's PLAUD. This is Find Your Dream Job, the podcast that helped you get hired,
1:16.4	have the career you want, and make a difference in life.
1:19.2	I'm Mac Pritchard.
1:20.5	I'm also the founder of Max List.
1:22.6	It's a job board in the Pacific Northwest that helps people find fulfilling careers.
1:28.0	Every week, I interview a career expert about the tools you need to find the work you want.
1:33.9	Automation has become common everywhere, especially in hiring.
1:38.0	For example, an algorithm used by an applicant tracking system, not a hiring manager,
1:43.7	might decide if you get a job
1:45.0	interview. Our guest today says, savvy job seekers need to understand how algorithms and other
1:51.8	forms of artificial intelligence affect a job search. Here to talk about this is Nicole Merrill.
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