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Increase Chances of Getting the Job by Understanding Why You Won't
Posted by Adam Pash at 7:00 AM on May 30, 2008
Job hunting is tough work, and you want to do all you can to ensure you get the gig you want. With that in mind, CNN.com lists 25 ways you could be sabotaging your job search. For example:
Not keeping track of your accomplishments: When you're happy with your job, it's easy to forget about possible future job hunts. You never know when you'll end up looking for new work, and if you don't keep a running list of awards, promotions and accomplishments, you might not remember them when it's time to update your resume.Identifying and correcting your roadblocks to a new career is vital, so do yourself a favour and correct any of the 25 reasons you're not landing the job before they effect a real job search. Photo by slushpup.
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Roger Branton
Posted May 30, 2008 11:19 AM
I dont know about the jobsearching, but that chick is HOT!
krom
Posted 7:31 AM 30/5/08
Bah, skip the job hunt and become a successful blogger instead. Then none of those things matter.
PS Check #7.
krom
goodywitch
Posted 8:07 AM 30/5/08
Forget to shower?
goodywitch
mwb1100
Posted 7:56 AM 30/5/08
Time to start a grammar fight - I think you want to say: "correct any of the 25 reasons you're not landing the job before they **affect** a real job search", unless you mean that the job search will start because one or more of those 25 reasons got you fired.
mwb1100
Pterror
Posted 8:51 AM 30/5/08
I think the word choice of "effect" works in the post.
Pterror
wutzu
Posted 9:27 AM 30/5/08
I think "effect" was an unintentional, but very clever, play on words.
wutzu
jeffk
Posted 11:28 AM 30/5/08
Reason #26 - confuse "effect" with "affect" when vying for a position with the German National Socialist Grammar Party.
jeffk
S3CT
Posted 11:24 AM 30/5/08
Unintentional yet still incorrect no matter how clever. If it was in quotes then maybe we'd have something.
S3CT
stonyfield69
Posted 9:38 AM 30/5/08
Does anyone have any suggestions for what to use on a cover letter besides "To Whom it May Concern," if no hiring person's name is mentioned and cannot be found?
Or should the company/organization be called and asked for a contact name?
Thank you!
stonyfield69
ResQBrett
Posted 3:47 PM 30/5/08
Useful, but nothing new here.
ResQBrett
considerphi
Posted 5:10 PM 30/5/08
Hmm do engineers expect a thank you note? I've never got one or sent one. Anyone else?
considerphi
Wit
Posted 11:43 PM 30/5/08
@stonyfield69: It might be a good idea to contact the company and ask the receptionist, yes. If this is impossible, there's always "Dear Sir or Madam."
Wit
Joseph
Posted 12:48 AM 31/5/08
@considerphi: I have sent em. Lots. I even sent em to the company that hired me and laid me off 2 and a half years later. They did give me a sweet severance package though.
Joseph