I was extremely happy in my leadership position in residential construction project management in Austin but a couple of weeks ago we had some corporate restructuring and I was offered a severance to leave the company or go back down to a senior field manager position which I had been doing prior to about a year ago.

Given the current job market, I decided to stay on and fire up a job search on the side to see if I can find something better elsewhere since I did take about a 20% cut in pay, but at least I have a job for the moment. Residential real estate is still a mess so I'm looking in other industries in which my skills and experience might translate well.

Not having conducted a job search in quite a while, my question is what advice do you people have for firing up a job search? What tools are you using? Is Linkedin still a good source? I've been networking with a lot of recruiters on there over the last week or so. Are recruiters a good tool? Are there any kind of useful AI options? Any advice is appreciated. Thanks!

My wife was doing something similar over the past year. The only real traction she got was from her own personal network and working that hard, and she eventually landed a great position.

All of the internet stuff did absolutely nothing for her.

Willing to relocate to Houston?

I have over 27 years of experience in recruiting, career transitions, search strategies, and resume review.

If you are interested in talking with me, send an email to heycoachJeff AT gmail dot com, and I will reply and schedule a 30-minute call.

Sounds great. I'll email you later this evening. Thanks.

No thanks. I grew up there and still have family there but not a fan of the city.

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No thanks. I grew up there and still have family there but not a fan of the city.

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That's good because Houston is actually full. The happening place to be now is El Paso.

Refresh your resume to the best of your ability.....then send it through your AI of choice (ChatGPT, Gemini, etc).

I found that AI did a great job of highlighting a lot of the things I've done in my career better then I could.

You can make a few versions based on the role(s) you are applying for.

HTH and Good Luck!

Good advice. Thanks!