Are you struggling to land the right interviews and your dream job? Maybe you are not getting any calls at all? Perhaps it could be that you are applying for your employment opportunities in the wrong way or it could be something on your resume that is deterring the HR teams to put you through the initial screening process. If so it can be really frustrating and it can get really bad too if you are feeling a financial strain. Here are some of the most common mistakes that people tend to do when applying for jobs that can stop them from getting hired.
Applying For Everything With The Same CV And Cover Letter
If you are unemployed at the moment and you apply for work for a few hours a day, there may be times when you get tired and just keep on copy pasting the same thing on every single application and email. This can actually hurt you in the screening process. With so many CVs coming in and everybody having pretty much great qualifications the x-factor is what will decide if you get your foot in the door or not and copy pasting is just going to ruin that. Rather than copy-pasting have a template for your CV and your cover letter with bits added that can be customized according to each employer and job that you apply. For example, if this is a very old school company you may need to keep things formal and if it is more relaxed you can loosen up a bit too. That way you will vibe with the organization better and get an interview.
Not Getting Help From The Professionals
You should definitely consider getting a service from a suitable service, for example, a job recruitment agency Melbourne. This way you will actually have better access to the employment opportunities that are available and they will only select and send through resumes for the right jobs too. Besides when you have registered with a service like this a lot of the logistics and interview stress is taken off of your hands as they will set everything up and ask you to be present on time only. After that you will either be selected or rejected based on how you perform at the screening. This will actually help you get hired a little faster than you would think of getting hired if you were applying on your own.
Not Double-Checking Your Emails And CV
We are all human and you could be the best language specialist in the world and still misspell something. Double and triple check everything before sending them out. If an employer were to see your CV and they see a couple of spelling or grammar mistakes it might tell them that you cannot be bothered to double check what you are writing. If there is no order to what you have put down they may think that you are disorganized and lazy and grammar errors can once again reflect language issues and carelessness.
