b"19Let your personality shine through the screenThe main feedback weve heard from families is that theyre just MORE THAN EVER, not connecting with candidates after an initial Zoom interview.Uh, of course not! Everyone is adjusting to the new normal ofvideo calls and interviews at all hours of the day, and since we FLEXIBILITY IS KEYare coming out of two or three months of being cooped up athome,manyofusarenotreallyfeelinglikethebestorhealthiest versions of ourselves at this exact moment. While its services, but they struggled to find qualified candidates for theirimportant to set yourself up as professionally prepared for a roles. With the unemployment rate nearly ten times higher thanvideo interview with a family or an agency, its equally important it was six months ago, this is no longer the case and manyto open up quickly and let the person interviewing you get a agencies have found themselves with the reverse problem verybetter sense of who you are as a person. Candidates who are quicklya multitude of qualified candidates seeking work and aused to holding back a little more in initial interviews before limited number of families who are currently launching searches.warming up are being passed over for future interviews.Additionally,manyagencieswereforcedearlyontolayoffemployeesoreliminaterolesintheircompany,somanyareEmily Chisholm, our candidate director, shares more: When a adjusting to both working remotely and working with a smallerperson speaks from a genuine place, you feel it, and it can team. Know that agencies still value you so much (they wouldntinvoke the listener to envision the speaker in wonderful ways. It's exist without you!) but they may not have the bandwidth to geta rare ability, especially in a professional interview. But because on the phone each week and discuss every open position, orsomuchofthisworkisrootedinloveandservice,whena provide feedback on your resume or application. Please dontcandidate can speak from this place, it lays the groundwork for takethispersonallyeachagencyisfocusedonfindingnewtrust. I like to think of this as knowing how to express an intent families to work with right now so that they can assist you andand have the listener connect with the real you. other candidates find new positions and begin re-building theirbusinesses to be self-sustaining once again. Unless specificallyKnow that agencies may be overwhelmed asked by the agency, please dont call to check in. Be sure toPrior to COVID-19, many agency owners were sharing the same follow the instructions given by the agency to ensure they aredifficulties. They had no shortage of families signing on for their able to move forward with you as a candidate quickly."