thinking that getting my resume out to as many people as possible. Out
of some 10,000 resumes sent out, I got nothing - not a single solitary
real response, aside from a handful of "Thanks for sending your resume,
we'll review your qualifications and never get back to you" form emails.
I then put a lot more work into following individual leads, sending
non-folded resumes on heavy cotton stock to actual people (some phone
calls gets me the name of the correct contact - secretaries are *so*
friendly). I also redesigned my resume to look ridiculously traditional
and conservative (hello, serif font) and I was very successful. I don't
know if that was an anomaly or not, but when I actually stopped emailing
a word doc of my resume and instead did my job search the traditional
way, I landed a job in no time.
I haven't read anything along these lines yet, but I know other people
who employed those tactics and are happily employed now, as well. Maybe
it's an employer backlash to the glut of faceless Word Doc resumes?
- Jim
Earl, George wrote:
>Hatton said:
>
>
>>I know how you feel... I've been hunting for something for
>>two months straight and I've hardly gotten any responses at all.
>>
>>Actually, interview-letter ratio is now negative, I've had 3
>>interviews and received 4 response letters telling me thanks
>>but no thanks!
>>
>>That's out of 76 contacts, about 15 of which are
>>staffing/placement agencies. The rest are all direct.
>>
>>
>
>I saw a piece about this on Dateline or a similar show not long ago. The
>gist was that with the advent of the Internet employers simply cannot keep
>up with the numbers of people who are submitting resumes and applying for
>jobs, whether solicited or not. According to this story employers are
>totally overwhelmed with the ocean of resumes and job applications that come
>in via email and they simply cannot respond to them. In addition to this,
>apparently there is some sort of legal requirement that each resume that
>comes in has to be stored for a specific period of time, which is creating a
>massive filing headache for many employers . . .
>
>George
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