5 Biggest Job Search Mistakes

1. Sending your resume out without targeting it to the hiring manager. Each resume you send should be targeted directly to those who will read it and make the decisions to bring you in for an interview.

2. Your cover letter is all about you, when it should be all about them. Your cover letter needs to convey your understanding of the hiring manager’s needs.

3. Contacting your network at the same time, in the same way, with the same message. Not everyone you know knows you in the same way. Don’t treat them the same.

4. Sending your resume out before you’ve identified all your value pieces. Success is often found at the intersection of opportunity and readiness. Are you ready?

5. Relying on job postings or advertisements. Often the job you get is the one you had no idea about.