Don't Get Mad, Rewrite Your Resume!

Over on Job Mob, Jacob wants recruiters to start responding to job seekers. Having been in the same boat, I know the frustration of not receiving a response to your resume, but honestly, I think the focus is all wrong in this case.

If recruiters don't want to interview you having looked at your resume, would a standard email auto-response really make you feel any better?

If you've written a great resume and sent it to the right people, you will get responses. If you're not getting responses then either your resume or your job search strategy are defective (possibly both).

Focus on fixing those and the responses will come.

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Comments

[Jacob from JobMob]

Louise, thanks for mentioning JobMob and it's good to hear your opinion.

I agree with you. Having a sensible job search strategy and a good resume are key and I try to teach my readers on JobMob about these things. However, the vast, vast majority of job seekers still feel tremendous rejection - even when most were not actually rejected - by the lack of recruiter response. Perhaps an autoresponse giving resume and/or job search strategy tips would work better than what I proposed.

Whatever it takes to reduce the hatred against recruiters is a good thing in my book.

I Stumbled this for you:
http://jobmob.stumbleupon.com/review/25333323/

[Susan Ireland]

Louise, you're right. Listening is key to knowing if your resume is working. If you don't hear anything, then you need to overhaul, or at least tweak your resume.

If you ask several people their opinions about your resume, you're bound to get confused because they'll all have a different opinion. The ultimate test is to send it to an employer. If there's a positive response from the employer, it's a good resume. If there's no response, the resume needs work.

[Resume Writer]

This is what I have had to to several times....but now I have a very good resume, and it got me noticed as I was applying for my current position. When I look at my resume now compared to the first one I ever written, I now realize why I couldn't get a job with the first one!