I'm one of those obnoxious people that will answer questions with questions.
Them: "How do I make this work?"
Me: "What have you tried?"
Them: "...
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Totally agree: find a job posting for the perfect job you want, and then reverse engineer it. Find a way to demonstrate expertise (it's critical that you can show your expertise) in all of the skills they list - and you'll at least get an interview!
I'm curious, did someone teach you this or did you hear about it somewhere? I did volunteer college recruiting for my first employer and after looking at tons of job reqs I realized, why wouldn't you reverse engineer a job req if that's the job you wanted!
That's exactly how I learned it for myself as well: it was only after I started interviewing people that I realized you could use the job req to figure out exactly what you should be doing to work towards that job. Funny how you only realize stuff after you need it :)
Hundreds of job reqs and resumes later you have an "ah ha!" moment you never forget!
Yes, I have been using job postings for other aspects for example skills relevance and guide with reference to market needs/demands,company prolifing, etc. besides career seeking.
Awesome! Are you teaching others to do it too?
Wow, I hadn't thought of using job descriptions to tell me where to focus my learning. Thanks for suggesting this.
And yes, I would like to reach more posts on this subject.
It's a great checklist as long as you remember you don't have to meet every bit of the description or requirements to apply!