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Remember, back in the day, when employers wanted generalists? Well rounded employees that could adapt to anything?

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An old recruiter saying: The two times in your life when you're perfect are on the day you're born and on your resume.

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The job market may be improving slightly, but it's still ridiculously tough out there.

I often hear candidate frustration over hiring managers' extremely exacting criteria - criteria that seems impossible for any candidate to fulfill.

It's not the employer's fault - there's an over supply of labor, so why not be picky from their point of view?

Today's article describes 3 strategies to help you stand out from the crowd.

Source: http://reCareered.blogspot.com

Many candidates think that employers just look for experience. Candidates may also overlook that most employers may give even more weight to accomplishments.

Understanding how an employer views each will shed some light on the importance of both experience and accomplishments in your resume.

Hiring managers view experience as possessing the minimum skill level to accomplish a task.

From most candidate's point of view however, unless you expect ageism, number of years of experience signifies greater skill.

Do you feel like your resume is invisible to hiring managers, recruiters, and HR reps? If it feels like your applications are invisible, you're probably right.

"If it's not on your resume, it doesn't exist" was a common saying from my recruiting days, and it explains why many candidates feel invisible.

By looking inside common hiring practices, you can see there are some good reasons for this saying.

Tip #123: Think like a consultant and search for a new job like a consultant.

Why should candidates think like a consultant if you're looking for a full time job?

Because today's hiring managers hire consultants and full time employees the same way, and look for basically the same thing.

Most full time jobs today can be filled by either a consultant or an employee, and there's not all that much of a difference in cost.

So how can you search like a consultant?

To write cover letters, or not? How do hiring managers actually use cover letters? Do they use them at all?

Do they hurt or help the job seeker?

Read Manuscript vs. Machine at: http://reCareered.blogspot.com

Learn how to find and use lists of top job posters, top recruiters, top hiring managers, and get listed as a top job seeker on Twitter.

Twitter just released powerful new capabilities, called Lists - this is a new feature that can really help job seekers.

Twitter Lists help the job seeker determine who to follow, and provides an aggregated feed of job ads...by list.