Does it seem like your applications go into a dark hole? Check out these tips to help avoid the Resume Rabbit Hole. For insight into launching and advancing your career follow me on Twitter @JR_Son, read my blog at http://endeavoringblog.com or like my Facebook page at http://Facebook.com/endeavoring

1. How to Avoid the Resume Rabbit Hole
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2. How to Avoid the Resume Rabbit Hole
Tip #1: Look for positions within driving distance for
interviews, or at most a short plane flight away.
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3. How to Avoid the Resume Rabbit Hole
Tip #2: Provide a chronological resume with your work history
clearly framed. Do not omit dates.
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4. How to Avoid the Resume Rabbit Hole
Tip #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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5. How to Avoid the Resume Rabbit Hole
Tip #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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6. How to Avoid the Resume Rabbit Hole
Tip #5: Save your network for the right opportunity. An
information interview will not remove objective requirements.
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7. How to Avoid the Resume Rabbit Hole
Tip #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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8. How to Avoid the Resume Rabbit Hole
Tip #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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9. How to Avoid the Resume Rabbit Hole
Tip #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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10. How to Avoid the Resume Rabbit Hole
Tip #9: Check email regularly and use an email address
I can recognize easily e.g. First.Last77@gmail.com. My
email box is full. Don’t be hard to find.
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11. How to Avoid the Resume Rabbit Hole
Tip #10: Send the recruiter a thank-you note to expressing your
appreciation. Kindness costs nothing and is always remembered.
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