​5 Simple Job Hunting Techniques to Land Your Dream Job

Available research shows that more than half of people who are currently employed are considering getting a new job. Furthermore, more than half of people currently employed feel that they have just a job and not a career.

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Whether you are fresh out of college and looking for your first job, or whether you're tired of your current job and need a replacement job, some job hunting techniques are bound to give you an edge. The following are five seemingly-simple but highly effective job hunting techniques that will inch you closer to your dream job.

1. Spend more time on your resume

Your resume is likely to influence your chances of getting hired more than anything else. Research shows that the average recruiter will spend about 3.14 minutes reading your resume and will make up his/her mind about whether to hire you within the first minute of reading your resume. Consequently, 1 in 5 recruiters will reject a candidate before they've finished reading the candidate's resume.

In essence, your resume can make or break your job prospects -- which means you probably should be spending more time on it. Here are some quick tips:

• Carefully proofread and edit your resume: research shows that 59 percent of recruiters will reject a candidate because of poor grammar or spelling errors -- since this is usually indicative of sloppiness and a candidate's lack of attention to details.
• Keep it simple and to the point: Avoid trying to be too clever. Just go straight to the point and keep things simple. Research shows that more than half of recruiters reject candidates due to overuse of cliches or trying to be too clever. The same goes for design: more than 40 percent of recruiters reject candidates due to too much design, inappropriate fonts, clip art images, or emojis. Just keep it simple.

2. Employ the use of multiple resumes

Many job seekers are of the impression that a resume has to be fixed and consistent across all job search efforts. Not necessarily. If you haven't been using it yet, having multiple resumes could give you an edge when it comes to getting your dream job...

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by Idham Azhari