What do sending hundreds of resumes and playing Power Ball have in common? Both are about taking chances. Think about it – if there was a winning strategy to playing the lottery, many people would adopt it to win. This would result in a very happy population, careless about unemployment. Yet, millions of people keep on buying lottery tickets in hopes of winning. It is not uncommon for someone to buy tickets by the hundred (not at once, but in the fairly condensed period of time).
A job seeker sending out hundreds of resumes – and not winning a job – is in the same shoes as a lottery player. Literally! It is all left to chance, there is no strategy. Why am I making such a strong claim? Because if it was not a bet against the numbers, it would not require hundreds of resumes. Job seeking is not a statistic. It is not a game of numbers. And yet, people perceive it as such. Just because you sent hundreds of resumes, does not mean that you will get that lucky break.
Why is there no lucky break in sight? Again, think about it: you have done something a hundred times and it yielded no result. It is not working. Something is wrong. Since the only thing you are doing is sending your resume, something is wrong with the process. It could be either a) your resume or b) where you send it.
Let’s break it down.
a. Your resume is wrong. Regardless of how many times you send it, it will yield the same result: nothing. If recruiters and hiring managers are not interested in you because your resume does not interest them, you can send it a million times, and the net result will still be the same: nothing. Just because you do it again and again, does not mean that, out of the blue, someone will just notice something that is not there to begin with. Solution: change resume.
b. Where you send your resume is wrong. Your resume could be perfect, but if the right people are not seeing it, it is not going to see the light of day. Just because you send it again and again will not change the net result. It will still end up in the wrong hands. Solution: change the target audience.
That’s it. Up until the time when you get an actual interview with the company, these are the only two things that stand in the way. It is not about your confidence or your body language. It is not about the choice of words or how you “dress for success”. It is about your resume and where it ends up. A million copies sent… Another grim statistic.
Stop playing the lottery with your resume. Take charge!
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