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These are already turbulent times for employees in the technology sector.
Yet, on the plus side weve also witnessed inflation-busting salary rises tough to fill positions.
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Avoiding them is almost impossible as it no doubt puts candidates at an immediate disadvantage.
For the majority of professional occupations, the initial stages of the job-hunting process are conducted entirely online.
A significant proportion of vacancies are first discovered and applied for directly through the platform.
Online participation in such arenas is almost mandatory.
But it should be recognized that every action taken online has consequences.
Platforms and people then use this information everyday to make decisions without the users knowledge.
As individual users we have very little control over the actions of the platforms themselves.
However, we do have autonomy over the information that we give to them.
In principle this approach still works.
Our ability to pursue multiple possibilities in a short timeframe is far greater than for previous generations.
Though so are the consequences of getting it wrong.
Ironically that may just mean fighting AI with AI.
Final thoughts
Mastering our digital body language has never been more important.
The stakes are too important to be passive.
We must all actively participate.
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