how to avoid the resume rabbit hole: top 10 tips
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How to Avoid the Resume Rabbit Hole
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How to Avoid the Resume Rabbit HoleTip #1: Look for positions within driving distance for interviews, or at most a short plane flight away.
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How to Avoid the Resume Rabbit HoleTip #2: Provide a chronological resume with your work history clearly framed. Do not omit dates.
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How to Avoid the Resume Rabbit HoleTip #3: Make sure you have all the objective requirements e.g. the required degree, the required years of experience, any certifications, and any relevant skills listed.
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How to Avoid the Resume Rabbit HoleTip #4: Determine, realistically, how well your resume would stand up against other resumes. If you are short of the desired skills, it won’t be worth your effort to apply.
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How to Avoid the Resume Rabbit HoleTip #5: Save your network for the right opportunity. An information interview will not remove objective requirements.
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How to Avoid the Resume Rabbit HoleTip #6: Don’t price yourself out of the market. Match your salary requirement to the market, plus or minus 5% of the mid-range.
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How to Avoid the Resume Rabbit HoleTip #7: Better to take a temporary role and continue your job search than to apply for lesser roles, if you hope to be compensated at a more senior rate.
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How to Avoid the Resume Rabbit HoleTip #8: Include the best phone number to reach you; one attached to voice mail that is set up and not full. I cannot reach you & cannot leave a message, you are making it too hard for me.
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How to Avoid the Resume Rabbit HoleTip #9: Check email regularly and use an email address I can recognize easily e.g. [email protected]. My email box is full. Don’t be hard to find.
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How to Avoid the Resume Rabbit HoleTip #10: Send the recruiter a thank-you note to expressing your appreciation. Kindness costs nothing and is always remembered.
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