Fun Facts Friday

4 Frustrating Facts and Solutions on Job Seeking

Fact 1: “Submit” button takes your resume into a mysterious black hole
Whether you submit a resume because the job description matches your experience perfectly, or whether it is just a random shot in the dark, sometimes you don’t hear back from anyone. Unless a position requires a highly specialized skill set, hundreds of applications, just like yours, will be submitted. Don’t despair! Try networking harder, think and ask everyone you know to recommend you at their job. Internal referrals work miracles!

Fact 2: Employers look to fill job openings internally first
Place yourself in a hiring manager shoes: would you waste hours of your precious time skimming through similar resumes, when a fellow employee's brother apparently has similar work ethics and talents? Invest your effort into networking. Become a regular on LinkedIn – you would be surprised by what former co-workers, bosses, and recruiters you could run into.

Fact 3: Competition in a job market is fierce
Yes it is fierce! Do not get frustrated. Search everywhere. There are various job search websites as well as magazines, newsletters and blogs.

Fact 4: Recruiters get paid to fill job openings, not to befriend you.
Do not spend much of your job searching time on networking with your recruiters. As nice and caring as they might sound, their job is to fill their openings with any person who qualifies.

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