Above all else, my friend, remember this
➔ Amid all the advice and tips out there designed to help you find your next position, there is a plethora of useful information. Yes, of course, there are a few clunkers, but those are relatively few and generally they are easily identifiable.
So how do you condense it, sort it and prioritize it, so that you only can adopt those measures that will help you most? In some respects, that’s what we do. So if we could only give you only one piece of advice, one admonition that you could carry with you, what would it be?
Keep it simple
Sometimes the beauty of challenges such as these lie in their simplicity.
Our one overriding piece of advice? In everything you do in your job search – from cover letters, to resumes, to interviews, to background research, to networking, to follow up, etc. – keep this one thought foremost in your mind: Don’t give them a reason to disqualify you.
When you stop and think about it, that’s what recruiters, interviewers, et.al. are trying to do. They’re looking for a reason to eliminate you and move on to the next one.
A typo in your cover letter? Done. Unexplained gaps in your resume? Outtahere. Late for the interview? You’re toast. Not knowing what the company does? You’re history. Forgetting the name of the person with whom you’re interviewing? There’s the door.
It sounds so simple. It seems so obvious. Yet how many people that you know have been tripped up by these exact things? Moreover, how much time and effort does it take to eliminate these kinds of missteps? Fortunately, not much.
As you traverse through your job search journey, keep that one concept in your mind. Is there anything here that will cause them to say, “Nope. Not this one. Next!”
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