“Someday us old folks will use cursive writing as a secret code.”

This was a quote sent to me by my friend Fred.

I remember being in school learning ig pay atin lay (Pig Latin for those of you who never used it in elementary school).

Codes were fun.  And having a secret society or club growing up made you special.  Something that us nerds liked to have since we weren’t in the “cool kids” group.

And in the same way as you move forward in your career you develop skills and a network that make you “part of the club” in your company or industry.

And being an insider is so much simpler than struggling from the outside.

That’s why many people struggle when they have to make a job change late in their career.  It can be easy if it is a straightforward move or where another company is trying to poach you.  But it can be a real challenge if you’re an outsider…such as trying to cold contact someone or submit your resume online for a job where you have no connection with the recruiter or hiring manager and no one referred you in.

That can be scary.

It’s like a secret code you can’t break. And the result is you hear…crickets.  No response.  Just dead air.  Unnerving at best.

So what happens when you need to break the code?

That’s where the codebreaker comes in.  In WWII there were machines the British used to break the German codes…the “Enigma”.

Well if you’re thinking about a job change, you need your own enigma.

Now you can build one from scratch.  But that would mean spending months of 10 hour days on Google trying to piece together the resume and job search puzzle…

…or…you can reach out to me and we can discuss your situation and I can help you uncover your unique code.  What will rocket you past the impersonal Applicant Tracking System…the evil thing that derails most applications.

Or if you just want to know about a site that helps you break that code with your resume, just email me to ask for the link and I’ll send it to you.  If that is the painful lock that is keeping you out then I can send you a skeleton key.

But if your challenge is bigger than that, just email me to schedule a call to chat about your unique situation.