Dont do these things in a job search!

Dont do these things in a job search! Martin Buckland has a great article on LinkedIn titled Five tips for what NOT to do in a job search. I whole-heartedly agree with this list read his entire article here.  He says: Do NOT show negativity or disengagement. Yes. I wrote about this here: I Smell Blood! Do NOT ignore the power of networking. Amen and YES!  And, use JibberJobber to help you network better. If you have heard my story, you know that I thought I was too good to network.  I learned the hard way that ignoring networking is a mistake. Do NOT mismanage your social profile.  Martin says you are committing career suicide if (go read the article). I dont agree its career suicide, but I do think that you should pay attention to what you do (and dont do) online. Do NOT use an outdated resume or send the same resume for each job. Yes, but I actually didnt have either of these problems.  My resume was right for ME, but never right for the job title I was applying to.  This was THE reason I didnt get interviews. Do NOT use one job search strategy. Agreed: I used one strategy, which was job boards.  Lame, unproductive, depressing. Thanks for the short but potent list Martin! Dont do these things in a job search! Martin Buckland has a great article on LinkedIn titled Five tips for what NOT to do in a job search. I whole-heartedly agree with this list read his entire article here.  He says: Do NOT show negativity or disengagement. Yes. I wrote about this here: I Smell Blood! Do NOT ignore the power of networking. Amen and YES!  And, use JibberJobber to help you network better. If you have heard my story, you know that I thought I was too good to network.  I learned the hard way that ignoring networking is a mistake. Do NOT mismanage your social profile.  Martin says you are committing career suicide if (go read the article). I dont agree its career suicide, but I do think that you should pay attention to what you do (and dont do) online. Do NOT use an outdated resume or send the same resume for each job. Yes, but I actually didnt have either of these problems.  My resume was right for ME, but never right for the job title I was applying to.  This was THE reason I didnt get interviews. Do NOT use one job search strategy. Agreed: I used one strategy, which was job boards.  Lame, unproductive, depressing. Thanks for the short but potent list Martin!