You Can't Post Resume Online and Sit Back Waiting for Offers

Your second mistake is that you have not followed up with any of the employers. Another problem with job postings is that there is often no way for a job-seeker to follow-up with the employers; and in fact, we’ve heard many employers actually discourage follow-up from Net job postings. So what can you do? You can expand your job-search strategies beyond job boards and focus on job-search techniques that have great success, such as networking (by far the best technique), using employers’ career sites, mounting a direct-mail campaign, contacting the alumni or career-services office of your alma mater for contacts.

If you’re determined to focus your time on the Internet, please read my partner’s article: Maximize Your Internet Job Search. And one of my articles might help you also: The New Era of Job-Hunting: Strategies for Finding Employment on the Internet.

How do you get noticed? Well, of course you need to have an exceptional cover letter and resume, but you also need to be the squeaky wheel — you need to follow-up all your job leads.

Finally, if you do nothing else, I strongly suggest you read my article, 15 Myths and Misconceptions About Job-Hunting. I think this article will give you some great insights on how to change and improve your job-search strategies.