Comments on: How to apply for jobs http://www.keppiecareers.com/2010/01/28/how-to-apply-for-jobs/ Empowering Success Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:03:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: How to apply for jobs that are a reach | Career Management Alliance Blog http://www.keppiecareers.com/2010/01/28/how-to-apply-for-jobs/#comment-848 How to apply for jobs that are a reach | Career Management Alliance Blog Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:47:20 +0000 http://www.keppiecareers.com/?p=3762#comment-848 [...] Miriam Salpeter. Posted under Job Search on February 1st, 2010 Key advice for job seekers – apply for jobs you are clearly qualified to do! However, it’s also clear that there will be times when you need to apply for jobs that may be a [...] [...] Miriam Salpeter. Posted under Job Search on February 1st, 2010 Key advice for job seekers – apply for jobs you are clearly qualified to do! However, it’s also clear that there will be times when you need to apply for jobs that may be a [...]

]]> By: Kimba Green http://www.keppiecareers.com/2010/01/28/how-to-apply-for-jobs/#comment-847 Kimba Green Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:07:00 +0000 http://www.keppiecareers.com/?p=3762#comment-847 I completely agree with you about only applying for job you are qualified for...but...you knew this was coming...your idea of qualified and my (the job seeker) idea are different. I know what I have done and not all can be written on the resume. Then put it in the cover letter, is what you are going to say. I have. In fact I write a different cover letter for every job I apply for. I realize that there is many highly qualified people also looking for work and I understand that recruiters are reading tons of resumes but recruiters need to admit that they don't read what we provide! In fact I don't know how they can! Certainly all the resumes must start sounding the same. And at the volume that they read I don't know how any one resume can stand out. With all of that said, I still think that I, as the job seeker, should get some kind of a notification that the application was received. With the age of auto notification there is no excuses for this lack of receipt. If you want to find great people you have to do the work and that means getting down and dirty when the job gets tough. What is going to happen when the job market changes? I can tell you that I will remember the recruiters that responded to me and those will be the only ones I will speak to when they need an amazing Project Manager! BTW I did enjoy the post about what the guy did to the magazine and I would not do it myself but it did feel good to read about. I completely agree with you about only applying for job you are qualified for…but…you knew this was coming…your idea of qualified and my (the job seeker) idea are different. I know what I have done and not all can be written on the resume. Then put it in the cover letter, is what you are going to say. I have. In fact I write a different cover letter for every job I apply for. I realize that there is many highly qualified people also looking for work and I understand that recruiters are reading tons of resumes but recruiters need to admit that they don’t read what we provide! In fact I don’t know how they can! Certainly all the resumes must start sounding the same. And at the volume that they read I don’t know how any one resume can stand out. With all of that said, I still think that I, as the job seeker, should get some kind of a notification that the application was received. With the age of auto notification there is no excuses for this lack of receipt. If you want to find great people you have to do the work and that means getting down and dirty when the job gets tough. What is going to happen when the job market changes? I can tell you that I will remember the recruiters that responded to me and those will be the only ones I will speak to when they need an amazing Project Manager!

BTW I did enjoy the post about what the guy did to the magazine and I would not do it myself but it did feel good to read about.

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