Unfortunately, job search can be a “numbers game”.
When the Internet first came on the job search scene it was a great differentiator. Candidates who found jobs advertised on the Internet and submitted their resumes via email often went to the front of the line. They were competing with other job searchers who were still combing the Sunday Classifieds and faxing or mailing their resumes to HR departments.
My, how times have changed! Now, the online job boards (Monster, DICE, HotJobs, CareerBuilder, etc.) have replaced the Classifieds as the “matchmaker” for candidates and jobs. Companies that use the job boards have built entire infrastructures around posting jobs and receiving, sorting, and sifting resumes. Staffing specialists in companies are often nameless, hiding behind an anonymous email id that obviously does not belong to a person. How do you get your resume read? How do you get it into the hands of the individual that will make the decision on whom to interview?
Well, unless you have an “inside connection”, it can be a “numbers game”. How long will it take you to submit your resume to enough...