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Reasons You're Not Getting Interviews; Plus Some Crazy Real Resume Mistakes

Posted by Slashdot on from the don't-sign-your-cover-letter-in-blood dept.

Yvonne Lee, Community Manager at Dice.com writes, "Not using standard job titles, not tying your work to real business results and not using the right keywords can mean never getting called for an interview, even if you have the right skills to do the job. I once heard advice to use the exact wording found in the ad when placing your keywords. I think you're even more unlikely to get a job if you do some of the things on this list."

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  1. Re:LMFTFY by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    What she really thinks she's doing: "Using job and industry news to increase user stickiness, SEO performance and conversion into jobs database". I wonder how that's working out?

  2. To Yvonne Lee from all slashdot readers, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Since you didn't read my post from yesterday, here it is again: Please go fuck yourself. Seriously. Everybody here means it. That's all. Thank you.

  3. Re:See ya, Slashdot. by samzenpus · · Score: 5, Informative

    We didn't delete anyone's comments. http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3455889&cid=42890287