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I've been actively job hunting since my last job back in Mar. I'm a hard worker with outstanding work ethics with a lot of knowledge in the warehouse an distribution industry. I can operate various kinds of warehouse equipment such as forklifts, clamps, cherry pickers, rider jacks, and do a lot more. I've been applying at many different places submitting my resume and I haven't received any job offers yet. I have great references an usually I add a cover letter. I NEED HELP!!!!!

It doesn't matter how extensive your experience and skills are, a new job hunt is always stressful. And in every time you compete for a competitive position, the margins of error are tiny; and you feel you must ace every interview.

It's easy to make mistakes when you have all of that pressure bearing down on you. Some are forgiving but others aren't such as answering I don't know to a question in an interview.

There are things and behaviors that will kill your momentum on your job hunt completely dead.

Neglecting Your Cover Letter Or Worse, Your Resume More companies rely on computer software to screen candidates. So if you're hunting for a job, you've completed your fair share of online applications. These applications often ask to upload your resume/cover letter. You should always consider it mandatory to submit a cover letter as well.

Getting too Creative Unless you're a graphic designer, there is no reason to get creative with your resume or show up for a job interview in a costume. When in doubt, try color within the lines when it comes to the application process. Once you're in front of the interviewer, you can describe your creative approaches to successful projects. Not before.

Getting too Pushy Ok, so you sent in a job application for a job you really really want. And you haven't heard back yet. After waiting a few weeks, you shoot the recruiter an email who didn't respond back. What do you do?

Whatever you choose to do in the face of silence, there's one thing you shouldn't engage in. Obsessively phoning or emailing about the gig. Blowing up a Hiring Manager/Recruiter's inbox or voicemail is a sure fire way that you'll end up blackballed by that company for good. Regardless of how good of a candidate you are.

Lying about your Skills I've interviewed people who embellished their skills and experience. I usually catch it on quickly and when I did - it definitely backfired on them. For example - A woman I interviewed for a GM position - she talked the talk - knew what she was talking about, so I was impressed. After her 90 days probationary period. I let her go. She didn't know how to do a damn thing. So don't lie. You will get caught!

Not doing your Prep Make sure your social media is scrubbed of anything that makes you look bad. Have you scanned your resume/cover letter for grammatical and spelling errors?

Do not just jump into a job search without being prepared. Make sure your references are aware that you are job hunting. Otherwise, you could very well be spinning your wheels, looking for a job for a long time.

I have been a dedicated employee but have a short duration with 4 separate employers due to the company being purchased. Divisions or my position were eliminated. This in conjunction with my age ( 56) makes finding a potion where I can contribute very difficult. I am working hard at finding a position but almost at a point of starting my own company despite limited funds. Any advice? Was considering putting re-organization or realignment by my end date on resume(s). Identifying short duration and reason in cover letters?

Job Prospect Ruining Mistakes

A hiring manager for a company receives many resumes. The majority of resumes received are mediocre at best. Same goes for cover emails. It doesn't take much to make your job application stand out. A tiny bit of time and effort on your part will put you head and shoulders above the other job-seekers.

So why aren't you doing it? Chances are, you don't know what you're doing wrong. This article will help by highlighting some common mistakes that are ruining the applicant's prospects. And how to fix them.

Mistake 1: Resumes Sent To Employer Are Generic.

Not having the right name to send your resume to is not going to do you any good in getting you an interview. If you send a generic email to a generic address with a generic message, chances are, it's going to end up in a generic trash bin.

Most employers get a very high volume of emails, including spam along with genuine enquires from a large range of people which includes job-seekers. If your email isn't sent to a specific person, with their name on it, it isn't going to get noticed. It takes but a few minutes to call the employer and ask who to send your resume to.

Mistake 2: Sending Same Resume and Cover Letter To Everyone.

The majority of resumes received by employers are addressed to 'Dear Sir/Madam' or worse 'Dear Sirs,' which gets binned (filed away without even being read). These generic emails contain a blah blah message stating how much the sender wants to work for the company, not even mentioning the company name. Employers know that these are being sent to loads of people in hopes that someone will give an interview. The resumes are all identical and don't specifically address the industry that the employer's business is classified with.

Mistake 3: Not Naming Your Resume Properly

When employers get a decent resume (which is rare), they save it. If you have your name in the filename, it can easily be found. If it is genetically named 'resume-final' or 'my resume,' and says ' I desperately hope you give me a job, it isn't going to do much to bring attention to you.

Make things easy for the person who might hire you and give your resume a filename which tells the prospect exactly what it is and who it belongs to.

Mistake 4: Not Respecting The Employer's Time

Employers are busy. In fact most people with jobs are busy. They don't have time to reply to tons of mediocre job applicants (especially if you haven't even bothered to learn the name of the recipient - Mistake 1). They might not even have time to read all the emails and resumes they receive. Keep your cover letter brief and your resume two or less pages (3 total). If you have actually gotten a hold of the person doing the hiring, be sure t ask them what they want. Some employers prefer a one page resume, some might ask for it in the email rather than as an attachment, some don't like personal statements, in other words whatever is going to save them time so they can actually read that what you've done is good and you are worth a further look.

Mistake 5: Not Giving The Details That Are Asked For

Hiring Manager are frustrated when they post a job as requesting specific information from the applicant, and they don't receive it. There is a reason that they ask, so if you don't provide the information, they think you either haven't read the job posting properly (scrub the 'attention to detail' from your resume) or you just don't care. Either way it's not going to make them want to hire you.

Mistake 6: Not Following Up

You know that employers are busy. You know that they get a lot of email they have to sift through everyday. Your resume is likely to end up in some large pile along with all the others (If it made it that far), or worse, it is in the spam folder ( what may happen if you send it to loads of people at once), unread or a the bottom of a very long 'to do' list.

If you'd like it to get a bit more attention, follow up. No, not with another email, they have plenty of those! Give them a phone call. Emails genuinely go astray sometimes, and if you're gas you can resend it. At the very least, you'll remind the person doing the hiring that you exist, and more importantly, that you want the job enough to take the time to follow up.

Mistake 7: Filling Your Resume With Garbage

Very few applicants carefully read the job posting, catering their resumes to the employer or the position that they are after. Employers receive resumes that sound the same after a while, people claiming they're passionate enthusiastic individuals with excellent communication skills and an eye for detail...

If you want your resume to stand out, it's not hard. Just leave the garbage out - it'll give you more space to put something interesting in. Key achievements are a good start, or even links to things you've done, information that will tell the employer what you can do for them, and why they need to hire you.

Mistake 8: Getting The Company Name Wrong

It is written at the top of the website, in bold font, how hard can it be?!

Mistake 9: Getting Your Own Name Wrong

No really, it has happened. People send in resumes with their name spelled incorrectly. That's autocorrect for you!

Mistake 10: Not Allowing Yourself To Shine

Resumes received by employers are not making the most of the applicant's talents. We have all done some quite extraordinary things - sometimes at work, maybe its volunteering, perhaps side projects, whatever it may be, don't forget to include them! Too many of us are taught not to boast or show off - but your resume is the one area where you really need to. Besides, it's not boasting, it's telling people who are interested what you've done that could be useful to them. And what could be more helpful than that?

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Tips To Getting A Job Interview

What are the best ways to get a job interview these days? We hear that the economy is getting better and may be lulled into a false sense of security that job searching may be easier than it had been for the past few years. Sure the economy is better, but the fact is that there are a lot of people applying for the jobs that are available.

That is why you must make sure that your resume is polished. It must grab the attention of the hiring manager and bring your resume to the top of the pile. Your resume needs to make the hiring manager want to bring you in for the interview. If they are excited by your resume, you've just increased your chances to land that all important job interview.

Step one is the resume, however, that is merely a step. It’s not the whole job search. Knowing that you are likely one of many applicants, how do you get “noticed”? There are a few steps that you can follow to greatly increase your odds of landing that interview.

1. Personalize Your Cover Letter

Avoid using "To Whom it May Concern" if possible for a more personalized cover letter with the name of a hiring manager, human resources director or recruiter of the employer you're applying to. This will show that you took the time to research the organization and will also impress the individual in charge of hiring. It can be a key way to fast-track your application. Browsing LinkedIn is a useful way of identifying employees in a company. You can also call the employer and ask who will be conducting the interview for the position that you are interested in applying for.

2. You Must Follow Up

All the other steps such as networking are irrelevant, if you are not following up. Be polite, charming and persistent without being pushy or obnoxious. Ask your contact how she/he prefers to be communicated with and possibly how often. Respect that they are busy and have their own priorities, but don't give up if you don't get an immediate response.

3. Develop A Striking Resume

Make sure that your resume stands out from the rest. There are great resumes and terrible resumes. A great resume clearly define what problems you will solve for the employer should they hire you. Also, make sure that you adjust the resume based on the position and the company that youre applying with.

4. Contact The Hiring Manager

Be assertive. If you know who the hiring manager is, call her/him and briefly state that you have applied for the position. Take the opportunity to alert them to this and let them know that if they took ten minutes to meet with you, they would find you a viable candidate. The worst thing that can happen is that you get turned down.

5. Be Specific

Develop a list of specific target companies that you can identify to those with whom you are networking. For example, if you say, “I want to work in engineering,” which really doesn't get the impact that, "I want to work for XYZ company in an engineering capacity, namely leading a team of hardware engineers,” would with the hiring manager. The later helps the hiring manager to a) understand what you are looking for and b) start thinking about who she/he may know at XYZ company.

6. Networking Is A Must

This cannot be strongly stated enough. The best way to place your resume at the top of the pile is to network. Your goal is to have someone hand the resume to the appropriate person and say, “I think we need to look at this person.”

7. Know Your Strengths

Knowing what you bring to the table and clearly articulating it sets you apart from the masses right away. Often, people are not clear on what they can do to specifically help a company. Hiring companies want to know what you can do for them… it helps if your cover letter and resume answer that question well.

8. Research Your Target Employers

Know those companies that appeal to you and appear to be a great fit. If you don’t know about the company or if you don’t really want to work there, it typically shows in a conversation. If you are excited about the potential of working for the company and you have clearly done your research that will make you extremely appealing and different from the rest.

9. Don’t Rely On Job Boards

Not that you cannot find a job utilizing a job board but statistics show that 90% of jobs are never posted (which is why #6 is what it is) and those that are posted are swamped with job seekers taking the traditional, ineffective route.

10. Develop Marketing Material

What can you leave with a new contact that sets you apart from the other people they have talked with? Professional business cards are a must but what about a biographic? This doesn’t replace a resume but is rather a marketing piece that visually tells the story of your job history.

11. Quality Always Trumps Quantity

The solution is straightforward: quality trumps quantity. After all, your time is money, so be discriminating about where you apply. Instead of applying for everything you find, focus your energy on writing personalized cover letters, targeted resumes, and sending them out to companies hiring for positions that you are qualified for. The closer a match, the better your chances of getting hired.

12. Utilize Social Media To Create Your Brand

Develop your brand as an industry expert using Jobcase, LinkedIn and, if you’re brave, Twitter. Post professional, relevant articles that are pertinent to the type of jobs in which you are interested.

While nothing can guarantee an interview, taking a proactive, professional approach will certainly increase your odds. Go the extra mile, it will payoff in your job search.

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So I have been applying for jobs and getting no response so decided to go back to school for medical assistant I have heard a lot of bad things that I should just go for my rn I couldn’t ever do nursing it’s not for me but with that said what’s the difference between nursing and medical assistant? I am in Florida so medical field is where the jobs are.

Have you applied to a bunch of jobs with no results? There is a chance a human never even sees your resume! This is because of the systems that a vast majority of large and small companies use to filter resumes. These systems are called applicant tracking systems and they can work with you or against you.

These systems are looking for certain keywords in order to push the resume through to humans. No matter how much of a star you are if your resume/cover letter doesn't match the keywords of the industry and job listing you won't move forward. My clients never worry about this and you shouldn't have too either.

Here are 3 action steps to get you passed the ATS systems and toward the interview!.

1. Use simple formatting Colors, unusual fonts can sometime be unreadable by the ATS systems and passed on. Keep it simple with all formatting on the cover letter and resume.

2. Match the language of the job listing in your cover letter. Make sure the cover letter reflects the job role. This helps you look attractive to the bots used in this process and once you do reach human hands it sales your skills in relationship to the role in a quick glance.

3. Use industry key words- This is one of the secret sauce methods I use to get swift job interview results for my clients. This is likely the most key step. You need to make sure you have the general industry key words within your resume. Go to this website I use and look up the job/role/career you seek once you find it be sure to add all the keywords that are related to that role/career/job. Here is the site https://resumeyeti.com/resume-keywords/

Best of luck and of course let me know if you have any questions!

--To being the hero of your story!

If you find yourself in this situation - take a deep breath and relax. You can handle this. And with some planning, you can keep track of the trends.

Practices in searching for a job continuously to change, with new technology, search engines, video interviews, and with the dreaded applicant tracking system, sometimes it may feel like it's impossible, especially if you're stressed and anxious about looking for new employment.

Here are a few ways to take the stress off your back and keep track of the new trends

NOTICE JOB DESCRIPTIONS - EDUCATE YOURSELF, pay close attention to the posted job listings. What are hiring managers emphasizing, and how are they wording their descriptions? Echo that language when you're communicating with them, and look for patterns that seems prevalent in your industry

PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO COMPANY/INDUSTRY NEWS - Take advantage of newsletters and blogs from job search sites. They offer a wealth of updated knowledge about the latest recruiting trends. Stay current with the financial trends as it may give you an early indication of which way the job market is going and what you can do to show your value to potential employers.

USE YOUR NETWORK -Ask others you know in your industry what trends they see in recruiting and retention in your line of work. You probably know at least one HR specialist from a previous employer who can give you suggestions. Stay in contact with them and don't be afraid to pick their brain. They'll likely be happy to share some info.

GO TO A CONFERENCE - Yes, they can be pricey but this will help you boost your network and knowledge of the latest job hunting trends in your industry. Pick one super valuable conference for what you do and GO. It will be worth it. Make the most out of the experience and attend to as many sessions as possible - network with movers, shakers, and participate in a panel or discussion. Talk to vendors as well. See what's new.

UTILIZE SOCIAL MEDIA - Is another good source to mime for job searching trends that you'll find via Linkedin, Facebook & Twitter. You'll receive updates and might even be surprised who is active online. It's worth a look to see if you can find someone to keep you in the loop with everything NEW in your field.

Remember when it comes to landing a new job, substance will always trump trendiness. The latter may help you get your foot in the door but to get the gig, you need to be honest and complete in your resume, prepare well for interviews, and represent yourself with poise while emphasizing your experience and expertise. That's a trend that'll never change.

I learned something, that I thought I should pass on. I am sure this has happened to others as well. You apply for a position, have your resume in good order. Send in a great cover letter. And hear nothing, and you are totally puzzled because you were positive you were a great match.

A few things to be aware of: Sometimes even if the job position did not state it. They will quit accepting positions after they reach a certain number. And the truth is they do not send out notices of any type to say capacity reached. Or the opposite can happen, not enough people actually apply. They may have internally at the company stated they want to see at least 8 resumes. And if there are not enough qualified applicants based on the recruiter handling them. More often than not, they end up reposting the position. And I have found that well over 50% of the time they do not consider anyone who applied the first time.

I know this does not apply to all positions, at all places. But if you are really interested in a specific position and the application was through an agency. I suggest to follow up with them. Good Luck Everyone!