B2B Data Integration and Transformation Blog

Last week, we received an application for our Customer Success Specialist position. At first glance, Alex’s (not their real name) application seemed super promising. Then we began to notice red flags that created doubt about the legitimacy of their resume.

Has it been a long time since you have interviewed for a job? How do you prepare for an interview? If you're hiring, how do you find the most qualified candidates? These are great questions. If you’ve been in the same position for several years, things have changed since the last time you were in the market for a new job. Companies use different methods and styles and you need to be ready to adapt.

While the labor market remains tight, with more job openings than seekers, rising inflation, soaring producer prices and a return to pre-pandemic unemployment levels are all good reasons for you to dust off and polish up that resume.

In the downturn of the economy over the last couple of years a lot of people were out of work. This also creates more competition for any open position within a particular company. When employers placed a help wanted ad or IT job posting, they tended to get hundreds of resumes. During the initial job screen, the hiring manager quickly scans the resumes and decides if there is any interest, normally looking for any reasons that would disqualify the resume, rather than calling each applicant.

As a recruiter, I’ve had many people ask me “How do I become an EDI developer?” There’s no simple answer. Historically, an EDI coordinator or EDI business analyst who wanted to become an EDI developer would be trained on their company’s EDI tool and their career would evolve internally.