Job Hunting

• Being organized is key to getting a job these days. It also helps keep your spirits up to see that you've been working at it. Good post. [lifehacker comment]
• Five Ways to Streamline Your Job Search
• Create a log to keep track of your job search

• Call (or email) after submitting a resume to follow-up. Advise for both sides of the issue and a follow-up call wins (gets) the interview.
  

"Every single day, I hear from people who got jobs because they stayed on the case."
- Liz Ryan,

Tips for Applying to a job from Craigslist

The cover letter should stand out from the 90% of everything else.

• I don't even get to most resume's because the cover letter is so drab. If you want to stand a chance at getting a response, you ABSOLUTLY MUST spend some time on this.
• If you just regurgitate a form cover letter from some book you read, or the email you sent to the last company, I'm going to yawn and hit the delete key before I ever get to your resume.
• You're writing me an email.... imagine me sitting at my desk with my inbox dinging every minute. Do you think I really want to fire up Word to see a formatted cover letter.