{"id":80419,"date":"2014-09-03T08:00:29","date_gmt":"2014-09-03T13:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?p=80419"},"modified":"2014-09-02T18:35:58","modified_gmt":"2014-09-02T23:35:58","slug":"how-youre-screwing-up-your-job-search","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?p=80419","title":{"rendered":"How You\u2019re Screwing Up Your Job Search"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Rebecca Kluberdanz, Senior Editor,\u00a0INALJ\u00a0<\/span>Montana<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Nebraska<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Nevada<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>New Hampshire<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>New Jersey<\/a>,<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>New Mexico<\/a>, and\u00a0<\/span>Wyoming<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

How You\u2019re Screwing Up Your Job Search<\/span><\/h3>\n

\"REBECCA_KLUBERDANZ_NYS\"<\/a>Like many of you out there I am ALWAYS looking for ways to improve my job searching and\u00a0interview skills. That often involves reading all of the fabulous blog posts written for INALJ.com<\/a>,\u00a0as well as Googling around looking for any advice anyone is willing to give. Recently I came\u00a0across an article<\/a> on Forbes.com<\/a> telling me how I was screwing up my job search! Now, there are\u00a0some things I agreed with but others, I was not so crazy about.<\/p>\n

The first piece of advice listed is simple. Do not provide references that won\u2019t give you glowing\u00a0recommendations!<\/strong> To me, this seems like a no brainer but the more I thought about it, the\u00a0more complicated it actually seemed! I tend to think that everyone I have ever worked with\u00a0thought I was great (I know, super narcissistic ha-ha) because I arrived every day either on\u00a0time or early and always did my job. Sometimes I even did MORE than my job. However, just\u00a0because I think I was a great employee, does not mean someone else did. I think it\u2019s important\u00a0that when you choose references you either know exactly what they are going to say or you feel\u00a0comfortable enough with them to ask them to say exactly what you think your future employer\u00a0might want to hear.<\/p>\n

The article tells job seekers to avoid laying out your resume in a microscopic font.<\/strong> I remember\u00a0when I first learned to write a resume. It felt like the number one thing emphasized was to\u00a0keep it to one page. No matter what you do your resume should only be ONE PAGE. Sure, in\u00a0high school that was fine. I could barely fill up a whole page! But now, I want hiring managers\u00a0to see everything I\u2019ve done and I don\u2019t want to have to leave things out to keep my resume to\u00a0one page only. That\u2019s why I was relieved to read this piece of advice! Sometimes if your resume\u00a0flows onto a second page it\u2019s not the end of the world! As long as it\u2019s not because you\u2019re filling\u00a0your resume with long-winded paragraphs utilizing a second page is not the worst thing you will\u00a0ever do.<\/p>\n

Another piece of interesting advice was to always say glowing things about your former\u00a0employer.<\/strong> This I found extremely interesting! Now I can honestly say I have never gone into an\u00a0interview and bad mouthed a former employer but I never worked hard to talk positively about\u00a0them either. I would say I was more neutral than anything else. However, this article claims that\u00a0hiring managers identify more with your former boss, not you, which makes total sense! Even if\u00a0you think that the managers at former position made terrible choices, when talking about them\u00a0you should spin it in way that doesn\u2019t seem super negative or critical. Always be positive, no\u00a0matter what you\u2019re discussing!<\/p>\n

The last piece of advice I\u2019m going to discuss is one that I had a hard time with. Don\u2019t be honest\u00a0about your weaknesses.<\/strong> This one sort of threw me for a loop. I know that the general rule is\u00a0to spin your weaknesses to show how you have overcome them and make them seem more\u00a0like strengths, but I don\u2019t feel like you have to lie to do this. I\u2019ll agree that there are some\u00a0weaknesses that may not be appropriate for an interview setting. For example, if you are\u00a0interviewing for a management position it is probably not best practice to talk about how\u00a0you have a hard time connecting with people. However, I feel you can avoid discussing some\u00a0weaknesses while still being honest about others. I think mostly it is just important to put the\u00a0emphasis on your positivity and show how you can overcome any obstacle.<\/p>\n

Reference:<\/p>\n

Stop Screwing Up Your Job Search In These Ten Ways<\/a> \u2013 Susan Adams, Forbes Staff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Rebecca Kluberdanz, Senior Editor,\u00a0INALJ\u00a0Montana,\u00a0Nebraska,\u00a0Nevada,\u00a0New Hampshire,\u00a0New Jersey,\u00a0\u00a0New Mexico, and\u00a0Wyoming How You\u2019re Screwing Up Your Job Search Like many of you out there I am ALWAYS looking for ways to improve my job searching and\u00a0interview skills. That often involves reading all of the fabulous blog posts written for INALJ.com,\u00a0as well as Googling around looking for any…<\/p>\n

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