Amid a slowing economy and stagnant job market, even career experts aren’t sure what advice to give job seekers.

According to Morgan Williams, Founder and CEO of PeakHR, “The current market has pushed job seekers and recruiters alike into “truly uncharted territory.”

“You can’t rely on tactics that we’ve always done, because we’re in a market we’ve never been in before,” she says. “As much as I can say to do this or do that, it’s really, really important to understand that we are all guessing.”

Emphasizing to job seekers that struggling with unemployment is not their fault: “You can be doing everything and still not get the job,” Williams says.

Some suggestions:

Build your network “before you need it”
Let go of perfection
Take care of your well-being

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