Hi! My name is Brenna Lasky. I have 8+ years of corporate recruiting experience and I just recently launched my own career coaching business, Brenna Lasky Coaching, where I share insights on job searching, growing in your career, and landing a role in tech.

Here’s a quick snapshot of my experience in big tech and what I did:

All three companies are amazing but I especially loved my time at Meta! I was lucky enough to be able to visit their offices in Paris, London, Dublin, Menlo Park, SF, Vancouver, Seattle, Denver, Chicago, NYC, and Miami. During my time there, I also served as a point of contact for our summer interns (love working with students!) and helped facilitate a monthly speaker series to educate employees on the work that other departments were doing. Having the opportunity to work on projects like these outside of my core role was really fun and exciting!

First and foremost, don’t forget the basics. So many resumes are submitted with spelling errors, sloppy formatting, and misspelled names. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been addressed as Breanna, Brenda, or Brena. First impressions are everything so don’t blow it on a silly mistake like this. Always ask someone to proofread your resume/application before submitting it.

Another big mistake is simply relaying your experience and listing out your responsibilities. For example, it’s a missed opportunity if your resume looks like this: greeted customers, took orders, and cleared tables. As the resume reviewer, this doesn’t tell me

A) Were you even good at it OR

B) Because if you being there, were you able to help the business you worked for in a positive way.

When possible, always speak to your results and how you made an impact. An easy framework for this is: action verb + task or project + metric or result.

Candidates that stand out are the ones that show value. So many candidates simply talk about their past experience but they forget the most important part: How they can solve that potential employer’s problems. Average candidates only talk about what they’ve done in the past. Great candidates speak to how their experience can solve the problems at hand. The best candidates don’t just relay their experience, they connect the dots for their interviewer on how they can add value and solve their problems.

As for skills, it will be specific to each role. You can identify these in a few different ways:

It can be as simple as asking “to be successful in this role, what are the most important qualities and skills that a new hire should possess?” Whatever their response is, use this knowledge to your advantage and weave it into your answers moving forward!

Apple has announced the acquisition of Pixelmator, a Lithuanian company known for its advanced image editing apps on iPhone and Mac platforms. Founded in 2007, Pixelmator has been recognized for incorporating Apple’s AI and machine learning technologies into features like automated color adjustments and object removal in photos.

Although Apple typically opts for smaller acquisitions, this purchase includes popular products like Pixelmator Pro and Photomator, with no immediate changes to these apps planned. This acquisition follows Apple’s pattern of integrating innovative technologies from acquired companies into its ecosystem. Read more HERE from CNBC.

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