Have you applied to 100+ jobs and not landed any interviews?

We have all been there... applying to 100+ jobs knowing we are perfectly qualified and yet not landing any interviews, what's wrong with my resume? What am I missing? Seriously!!!

Don't worry, we speak to hundreds of professionals weekly, you're not alone

Unfortunately, knowing this is happening to the vast majority of professionals out there is not comforting enough for you to just carry on, you rather everyone land interviews, right?

But Brian, I put so much time and effort into getting a job, eventually I will, right? Wrong

When I meet with professionals on Zoom I show them the wall behind me and tell them that I can push against that wall all I want for days, weeks and months... it's not going to move.

What I would need to do instead if I wanted to truly bring that wall down is find the right tools to do so and in literally minutes I could take it down... work smart, heard of it before?

We share below what you need to do to be a lot more effective with the time and effort you put into the job search process because what you're doing right now clearly doesn't work.

1. Math Doesn't lie

Ask yourself how many jobs you have applied to and actually landed... if you are not landing up to 70% of the jobs you are applying to, follow a Job-Market-Driven strategy.

2. Definition of 'insanity'

Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results — that is the definition and most likely what you will become if you don't change your approach now.

Your strategy, if you have one, is clearly not working for you, otherwise you wouldn't be reading this article, so learn what the market is looking for and approach things differently.

3. Do you have a resume or CV?

Wait a second, aren't they the same thing? Nope, not by any stretch of the imagination. There are people that use their names interchangeably, that doesn't mean they are the same.

So what are the main differences between them? First of all, a resume is significantly shorter than a CV (or it should be), maximum two to three pages, absolutely no more than that.

Second, there are elements that appear on a CV that should never be included on a resume, such us your photo, gender, marital status, number of children, religion, ID, passport, etc.

If you use a resume or live in a First World country and just learned that those who use CVs and/or live in Third World countries include all that information, yup... I shake my head, too.

Now... they don't need to include any of that information. None of our mentees living in Third World countries apply with a CV or include that information listed above. None.

So what do they do? They shift over to a resume format, keep it clean, concise, remove all nonsense information that doesn't determine whether you are qualified or not, and apply.

4. Quality > Quantity

We said two to three pages maximum, none of our mentees actually go beyond two pages when they follow the Resume Majesty framework, there's no need to go beyond that.

Seriously... the job descriptions might look lengthy but if you learn how to truly read them you will understand that they basically have a few bullet points that they want to read about.

The majority of any job description is them trying to sell the career opportunity to you so that you apply, but if you look closely the basic and preferred qualifications are very few.

Stop writing what you want to write on your resume and start writing what the employers want to read — NO, this doesn't mean that you need to lie or exaggerate, not at all.

Understand what the market is looking for first of all and once you do that analysis you will be able to write a single version of your resume that is tailored for the role you want.

Did I say tailored? Yes, but just once, for the role you actually want as opposed to the position that you want at a very specific company... all companies are pretty much the same.

5. How many versions do you have?

If you have more than one version because you are constantly tailoring it then you are wasting time and effort, it's incredibly exhausting and most importantly unnecessary.

Also, keep in mind that you can only have a single version of your LinkedIn profile, so how can you have multiple versions of your resume? This discrepancy will always raise red flags.

6. Does your online profile match your resume?

Well, if you have 23 versions of your resume then it never will. We have even met professionals who had a single resume version and whose LinkedIn profiles didn't match.

Ask yourself how you are perceived by recruiters, HR professionals and hiring managers when they assess your LinkedIn profile, what do they think about every piece of content?

So many professionals don't even think about what their profile photos and banners say about them, they just upload their CV photo (terrible idea) which looks like a passport one.

7. Do you know what the market is really looking for?

Make sure after you do the analysis I mentioned above which helps you understand what the market is looking for that you create a single version of your resume and update your profile.

By the way, if your resume is not working for you there's no point in trying to fix it, it would take you more time trying to fix it than actually writing a new one from scratch, do the latter.

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