In an interview with Katherine Yung at the Detroit Free Press, Jean Baur, a career coach in New Jersey, said that jobseekers need to know when to change tack.
She said that if people are not having any luck finding a job, it makes little sense to keep using the same method.
Changing a CV to make it more role specific, sending targeted emails and making a list of dream companies to work for and trying to network with them are all good ways to improve the chances of getting hired.
'You have to search smart. You can't keep going in the same rut,' she told the source.
Her opinion is supported by other experts who have suggested that a common mistake is to send a generic CV to every job application.
A CV altered to the role that's being applied for will give interviewers more of an insight into how candidates will fit into the job as well as showing passion and interest in the position.
She said that if people are not having any luck finding a job, it makes little sense to keep using the same method.
Changing a CV to make it more role specific, sending targeted emails and making a list of dream companies to work for and trying to network with them are all good ways to improve the chances of getting hired.
'You have to search smart. You can't keep going in the same rut,' she told the source.
Her opinion is supported by other experts who have suggested that a common mistake is to send a generic CV to every job application.
A CV altered to the role that's being applied for will give interviewers more of an insight into how candidates will fit into the job as well as showing passion and interest in the position.
