The Job Search Strategist

Strategies, tips and tutorials on how to find work and advance your career

Here’s a post from a frustrated job seeker on craigslist:  
Has anybody found a job on Craig’s List?
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Date: 2008-02-06, 8:27AM EST
Has anyone replied to a job posting and subsequently been contacted by that company? I have replied to approximately 12 jobs in the past four weeks. I haven’t received so much as a bulk “thanks but [...]

In a previous blog I discussed the purpose of a resume, which is to get enough of the right attention to land that phone or face-to-face interview.  But sometimes a resume isn’t enough or…maybe it’s too much.
I read and screen resumes for a living. Nothing is more frustrating than trying to fill a job and [...]