Turning the tables

So the network has been contacted, LinkedIn updated, job postings tracked and applied to relevant positions. But compared to last time I went exploring the job market the landscape has changed – and not “just like a little bit”. Where I was called into interviews more or less immediately after contacting relevant employers and hired within a month. Now I am having a one year anniversary with my project of finding my next perfect position. That said it has also been a journey where I have covered what it is I want to work with, figuring out what to call myself, what job postings seem to be asking for someone like this. And then we have challenges with CV and online profiling, how to contacting make use of my network and how to apply for a position. Working through all of these topics and issues have just made it perfectly clear that the scene has change and become radically more chaotic and confusing. Trying to navigate all of it has not helped and rather had the opposite effect. So to summarize quickly; I have tried to plan, prepare and reach out. It is obviosuly not working. Hence the title!

So I have some idea as to what I want to work with. And that means I have some ideas as to what such a job posting might look like. But so far I have never seen anything remotely close to this. Which means I should have some idea as to what it might look like. So I took some time to put one together, and right now I am having my friends, mentor and network look through and commenting on it. Because rather than applying for a position I plan to post the job description where I am the perfect candidate and at the same time promoting such a position in my own network. And maybe this will find its way to the right employer out there…

Extended Curriculum Vitae

The world of recruiting and applying to jobs is changing rapidly these days and like everyone else it quickly becomes as situation of “adapt or die”. As part of my experimentation during 2024 and 2025 I developed what I refer to as my extended CV that expands on both my work history as well as my personal life to create a thirty three page long document. This document became my data set for experimenting with AI as well as my main resource for “cherry picking” content for what to include in actual job and project applications as well as generating any type of content related to such activities. In its complete version it quickly becomes a massive inaccessible dataset that has very limited use, but when used and filtered by me to target and adapt positions or projects it quickly became the perfect reference. Either it was for me to find specific data or to have an AI generate a targeted version of it the document contained as much information as possible and it is still getting updated today as this document is very much alive and almost living a life of its own.

These were the main headlines used for the CV:

• Basic information
• Sammendrag
• Education
• Certifications
• Courses
• Experience
• Selected projects
• Personality
• Positions of trust
• Feats
• Participation
• Knowledge of programming/coding
• Knowledge of software
• Knowledge of methodology
• Language
• Favorite quotes

With planned additions for favorite literature, movies, television series, tabletop and computer games.