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Busting common job search myths

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    Could you be hurting your chances of finding a new position?

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We've all heard that resonate should not be longer than one single page it never hurts to -- -- right to any job.

Exactly but rather than helping you some of the advice you're getting could actually be harming your chances of finding a new position here to debunks some of the common job search -- Is -- -- issue founder and CEO of the news.com.

-- -- -- Saturday morning I'm great I've been here so first myth out there is that you should follow up on social media to thank your employer get right on social music thank you for allowing me to come in today.

-- -- this is actually can be very very harmful to your chances it seems very impersonal to come publicly say you know.

-- daily news so glad to be interviewed for in an interview with the job for yoga employers can take this as a humble -- as you.

I'm really being impersonal it's much much better idea -- follow up privately with your interviewer.

If you really want to demonstrate your social media haven't exactly and thank you card and email you wanna go above and beyond you can create a private channel on YouTube over slide share -- send them -- thank you.

But it's one on one it's not -- we get right back that they had just mentioned one page resume I've heard that won't ever that's -- right.

It's not -- it depends on your industry if your young professional if you're in an industry that standard that one page resume at standard.

At that point yes you need to follow the rules people -- and not even look at the second page.

But there industries where that doesn't apply and where you can actually be hurting yourself by not including your information I think my first -- it was a three pages and I'm -- -- McDonald's on the -- country buffet at the very honest mistake typically want to -- the -- to what you're -- to use it to a relevant experience off the list -- like okay.

I was applying to parties sought election -- -- I thought if myth number three you should always Wear a suit to an interview move -- move it -- -- in fact you want to dress for the industry that you're in.

So for example if you're applying for a job in the creative industry at a technology start up you understand what people your workplace are going to Wear.

And dress appropriate it was that Robert and I want to be a lifeguard or go one assumes.

I wouldn't I would not go to swimsuit and poke -- I'll let you do want to make sure that your professional version of of like parts America think.

By showing up at and that you know wonderfully classy suit and -- you can still -- -- David Hasselhoff.

-- I'll admit that before that it's a numbers game so more applications -- sit out all your applications and you'll be good to go and you see that's we've seen it's a lot we actually had an article on the daily news called three things to get your -- thrown in the trash.

And one of the biggest was seeming impersonal seeming like you -- -- to a hundred different animal.

Without really tailoring it for the company.

And it's and -- can seem a little unfair to job seekers because the market so hard out there but ultimately an employer wants to see that you care about their position and their company.

And more it's always better so we often recommend that people -- you know fifteen.

Twenty positions.

Really go after those in and demonstrate why they're passionate about that position -- I'm sorry things didn't work that -- conquers.

I was OK and strategy thanks Katherine thank you very much -- news.com thank you so much captain thinks he owns one.

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