These are from Michael Webb (the guy that did the webinar that I attended last night - see previous post).
The first most deadly sin that job seekers make:
Conducting the majority of your job search online.
If you are spending most of your day online responding to job postings, you are most likely depressed or quickly approaching a state of depression. I call this phenomenon Internet Depression. Internet Depression occurs when you apply to several jobs a day (possibly dozens) in which you know you are well qualified and you never hear back from anyone.
Of vital importance is the knowledge that there is nothing wrong with you other than the fact that you are conducting your job search wrong. You see, the internet is a wonderful tool for job searching. It is, however, important to remember that it is only a tool.
Fact: When you apply online to a posted job, you are competing with the entire world for that job. I call this the Electronic Cattle Call. Your resume is sitting in an electronic folder somewhere along with hundreds of other resumes - just waiting for some overworked, underpaid Human Resource generalist to review.
In order to get rid of your Internet Depression and jump start your job search, you need to find another way to reach the hiring managers that are looking for you.
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