Avoid job search blunders

Reprinted courtesy of TheCareerNews.com
CHICAGO, IL — You talk too fast. You avoid eye contact. You ask too many questions. You wear too much perfume. You lie about your work history. You show up late to interviews… and you wonder why you haven’t gotten a job yet? Don’t shoot yourself in the foot during your next job search. Here are five mistakes job seekers should avoid:

1. Fire … ready, aim. Don’t waste your time shooting out resumes before you’ve aimed for your ideal job. Think before you send.
2. Assuming you’re on a first-name basis. Never call your interviewer by his or her first name, including interviewers younger than you, says career expert Sally Haver. Until you hear, “You can call me Fred,” or the equivalent, address the interviewer formally.
3. Your life’s an open book. Keep your private life private by making your social profiles closed to the public.
4. Winging it. “One of the biggest turn-offs for a hiring manager is when a candidate they are interviewing has not done the research necessary to understand both the position and the company they are applying for,” says Kip Hollister of Hollister Inc., a New England staffing firm.
5. Neglecting your appearance. Don’t dress too sexy, too casual or wear too much jewelry. Instead, dress for the position you want to have.

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Originally posted by sarah ennenga