Comments on: How to apply for jobs https://www.keppiecareers.com/how-to-apply-for-jobs/ Social media speaker, social media consultant, job search coach Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Kimba Green https://www.keppiecareers.com/how-to-apply-for-jobs/#comment-847 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.

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