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There is a hot competition going on in the job market. Getting the right kind of job that suits your profile is a challenging task. It is an art that everyone wants to learn quickly. The main problem most of the job seekers face is their inability to choose a systematic approach to job search. They try here and there and fail miserably in the end. The Jobbi.com offers a simple, easy and systematic approach to job seekers.

You can quickly register in the website by filling out certain information and immediately apply for a job. There is no need for lengthy log in forms which every user wants to avoid. Through a single application form, you can apply for any job. In certain cases, the employers incorporate custom questions to an application to get extra information from you.

Resume is very vital from the job seekers point of view, as it creates that first impression in the minds of employers. It helps them to understand your background, work experience, skills, strengths and weaknesses. It also enables HeadHunters to know about you and recommend the best possible job for you. Through free resume search, you can have an access to various types of resumes and choose one that best matches your profile. The website has three samples that you can go through to build your resume.

The HeadHunters at Jobbi.com facilitate the process of job finding by viewing the profiles of candidates in the sites website. They recommend possible jobs to them that are suitable to their profiles. This makes finding a job easier. The HeadHunters can also earn money from the website on successful selection of the candidate by an employer. The job seekers dont need to pay anything for this.

Finding Work: Don’t Blow Your Chances

“I sent my rsum in and I haven’t heard back from the company yet. It has been weeks now. What is going on?”

A familiar refrain? For many job seekers it is an all too common feeling. You’ve researched the company, found a position that interests you, crafted a cover letter and sent it off with your rsum expecting to hear something, anything over the next week or two. Instead, nothing.

While you can’t control what a company does in their hiring campaign — whether it is for one employee or a group of employees — you can increase the chances you will be contacted for an interview by making some careful choices ahead of time. Without an interview you can’t possibly be considered for work.

Let’s look at some of the reasons why you might not have been called: This is a big beef with Human Resources people. You sent your information to the company, but the way you sent it to them was incorrect. If a company tells you to send your rsum within the body of an email, you must send it to them that way. With the overabundance of viruses and worms on the internet, attachments are fodder for trouble. Plus, they are usually very large and clog up email accounts. Received attachments are automatically deleted and a response to you will therefore be impossible.

You attached your rsum.

You failed to list salary history or requirements. While there is some debate within the H.R. community whether potential employees must actually send in specific information, not giving any amount or stating, “I will provide this information in my interview with you,” may not be acceptable. At minimum give your salary requirement range [e.g. 45-58K per year which is your low and high range. Effectively, you are telling them that you probably would accept a salary in the low 50's]. Salary Negotiable sounds like a nice statement, but it still doesn’t indicate what you want. Are you worried about being screened out? You should be. It is a method for company personnel to weed out those who are too pricey as well as those who lowball their figure just to get an interview. Think carefully ahead of time; why waste your precious time, and theirs, by going on an interview for a position that isn’t in your pay range?

Your rsum is incomplete, incorrect, or the information you provided is wrong. How many times have you seen a copy of someone’s rsum and key information is omitted? No email address listed? That’s bad. No phone number? That is worse. No objective? Not usually a problem, but a wrong objective can be damaging. Don’t list what you want from a company, better to list what you can do for a company.

Other problem areas: typographical errors; improper usage of grammar; terrible formatting [especially when a hard copy was sent via regular mail or fax]; unrelated job information; a rsum that goes back more than ten years; listing of your high school graduation date [especially bad if you graduated more than twenty years ago -- think age discrimination]; improper education for the position; listing references; and more. If you can’t craft a top notch rsum find someone who can do if for you.

Conclusion: Follow directions to a “t” doing exactly what the company requires. Doing more, such as sending in a cover letter and/or references when not requested can cause problems too. Cover letters work great via regular mail, but can be problem with email [again, attachment issues]. If you can follow up, do so. If the company states, “only those candidates we plan to interview will be contacted” or similarly worded statement, you will have to play the waiting game. Of course, knowing someone in the company who can walk your rsum to the person with hiring authority is the best way to get hired.