Avoid 10 common mistakes when job hunting

Posted on | October 21, 2011 | No Comments

According to Bob Gerberg Jr, the CEO of ERI which is a resume writing service provider, there are 10 common mistakes that many job hunters make and these range right from the approach to and planning for job hunting to the actual recruitment process. These 10 mistakes that job hunters often make are: 1. They use old-style historical resumes that no longer work.

2. They rely on old job hunting methods and don’t follow a plan.

3. They never market their transferable skills.

4. They don’t minimize their liabilities.

5. They don’t know how to find enough public openings.

6. They never send resume to their best prospects.

7. They never get considered for private jobs. 8. They don’t go after exciting new industry options.

9. They don’t act on leads to private jobs.

10. They come across as average in interviews.

Avoiding these job hunting mistakes with a well-written resume Gerberg advises job seekers to use these key rules to drafting an outstanding resume that will work and help avoid the 10 major mistakes

 

* Your resume must be one page in length.

* The jobs you are going after must be listed first.

* The top third of your resume must be a 20 second summary.

* Any liabilities must never be disclosed

* Your transferable skills must be emphasized

* Your resume must have a first class image.

* Your resume must be scanning ready with relevant key words. For those interested, ERI has created a free 25 minute online video that educates job hunters on how to handle each of the 10 major mistakes.

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