What To Do When You Are Getting No Calls Back In Your Job Search
- Jun 25, 2015
- 2 min read
I remember losing my job and thinking to myself, well it can't be all that bad at least now i will have time to watch movies and catch up on some reading and maybe even take a vacation. I also felt like the job market wasn't that bad and figured in the next two to three months i would be able to get a job, even if i had to take a temporary paycut. These were the thoughts i was having as i walked out the building i was going to spend the rest of my life working in.
Fast forward three months later and i was miserable I was getting sick of watching the national geographic and wasn't as interetsted in reading as i had originally felt. What seemed to affect me the most was that majority of my friends were going to work while i sat at home anxiously waiting their return so i could have some form of interaction. Unfortunately majority of them were tired from a hard days work and had little to no interest in much chit chat talk less of doing any major activities.
I had also applied for what felt were hundreds of jobs without a single call back, frustration was beginging to set in and I was begining to think there was something very wrong with me.
I couldn't pin-point what i was doing wrong?
The biggest issue i had throughout my job search was that i couldn't tell what I was doing wrong and there were so many variables. I was told that i had a good resume and cover letter but was still not getting calls back so what was the problem. Majority of friends and family attributed my situation to the bad economy and heavy competition in the industry but i knew this wasn't true because I had seen several people get jobs while i was searching.
What i learned:
I soon realized that the issue i had was that i was applying too broadly e.g. trying to apply for any job i saw available with the exact same resume and cover letter. I had figured the more the jobs i applied for the better as it increased my chances of getting something.
I now realize that this method is the least effective method of getting a job, especially when you consider the fact that recruiters only spend an average of 6 seconds looking at your resume. In order to capture a readers attention you must take the time to evaluate the position and tailor your resume to speak directly to the individual assessing your resume.
The moment i started to do this my phone began to ring and i got a lot more traction in my job search. It won't be easy and can be a lot harder than just using the same resume for each application but in the long run it is the most effective strategy.
How do you approach the application process and have you been successful in getting job interviews?
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