According to the Federal Bank of St. Louis, businesses are hiring at one of the slowest rates since 2015.

If you are currently searching for a job, experts recommend tapping into your network as much as possible and celebrating the small wins - even if they’re as small as updating your resume.

Even ‘almost identical’ roles have ‘nuance’. One thing the job search lets you do is ensure you’re using the most relevant language.

“Even if you’re applying for almost identical types of roles, there’s nuance there,” says Octavia Goredema, career coach and author of “PREP, PUSH, PIVOT.” When you’re reading the descriptions of the jobs you apply to, you’ll notice “there might be different measures for success and there might be different words that are used to describe some core functions,” she says.

For the jobs you’re interested in, update your resume to include their language, to the extent that it reflects your experience. “What you’re trying to do is align who you are, what you do best, and the experience you have with what your next employer is looking for,” she says.

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