Job Search Behaviors That Will Kill Your Chances Before You Start
Summary
It is hard to think through stress, so you may commit a faux pas based on a simple oversight or speaking before you had a chance to consider the potential consequences. Similarly, if your resume is viewed by the hiring manager, they typically only spend a few seconds deciding if you should remain in contention. Not only does this give you additional space to showcase why you are an ideal candidate, but it lets you provide context that may not fit in your resume. Unless the job itself is highly creative in nature, submitting a quirky resume is usually a big risk that may not result in a reward. However, if you big making a series of follow-up calls, send multiple emails even though you haven’t gotten a response to the previous ones, or others keep aggressively trying to get an answer, your chances of being selected diminish greatly.